Free Museum Days - Los Angeles and Orange County - October 3rd & 4th, 2009

One of the reasons to live in a metropolitan area are the excellent museums. Below is a listing of museums that will be participating in the upcoming "Museums Free-For-All in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. If you don't live in Southern California, don't worry. I'm sure there are free museum days in your area as well. Here are links for free museum days in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and New York City.

MUSEUMS FREE-FOR-ALL
24 Los Angeles and Orange County Museums
Free Admission Days October 3 and/or 4, 2009
http://www.museums.org/news.asp

In a joint effort to present the arts and culture to the diverse and myriad communities in Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the fifth annual "Museums Free-For-All" Saturday-Sunday, October 3 and 4, 2009. The following museums - presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science - will open their doors wide and invite visitors free of charge.*

Participating Museums:

Armory Center for the Arts - Both Days
The Autry National Center - Sunday, October 4th ONLY
Bowers Museum - Sunday, October 4th Only
California African American Museum - Both Days
California Heritage Museum - Saturday, October 3rd Only
California Science Center - Both Days
Craft and Folk Art Museum - Both Days
Fowler Museum at UCLA - Both Days
The Getty Center - Both Days
The Getty Villa**- Both Days
The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live - Sunday, October 4th Only
Hammer Museum at UCLA - Sunday, October 4th Only
Japanese American National Museum - Saturday, October 3rd Only
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial - Saturday, October 3rd
The Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles (MOCA) - Sunday, October 4th Only
Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) - Both Days
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Sunday October 4th Only
Norton Simon Museum - Sunday, October 4th Only
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art - Both Days
Orange County Museum of Art - Both Days
The Paley Center for Media - Both Days
Santa Monica Museum of Art - Saturday, October 3rd Only
Skirball Cultural Center - Sunday, October 4th Only
The Studio for Southern California History - Both Days
*Regular parking fees apply. General museum admission only. May not apply to ticketed exhibitions.
**Timed tickets are required. Visit www.getty.edu.

Thanks Shannon for bringing this listing to my attention.

For a listing of year around free museum days in the Los Angeles area, click here.

Bank of America customers - free museums first weekend of every month!

Bank of America is now offering free museum entrance to selected museums in 18 states, on the first weekend of every month - you just show any Bank of America card.

http://promotions.bankofamerica.com/museums/ (click on link to see more details and which museums are available in your state or vacation destination)

Not all museums are included, but there are some very good ones included in this offer - in Southern California they are:

LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90036
323 857-6000
www.lacma.org

Long Beach Museum of Latin America Art
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA
90802
562.437.1689
www.molaa.org

Orange County Discovery Science Center
2500 N. Main Street, Santa Ana
Orange County, CA
92705
(714)542-2823
www.discoverycube.org


Orange County Laguna Art Center
307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach
Orange County, CA
92651
(949)494-8971
www.lagunaartmuseum.org

Riverside Art Center
3425 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside, CA
92501
951-684-7111
www.riversideartmuseum.org

San Diego's Birth Aquariam at Scripps
2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla
San Diego, CA
92037
(858)534-FISH

San Diego's Mingei Internatonal Museum at Balboa Park (also one in Escondido)
1439 El Prado - on the Plaza de Panama
San Diego, CA
92101
619-239-0003
www.mingei.org/splash.php
aquarium.ucsd.edu/

Escondido California Center for the Arts
340 N. Escondido Blvd
Escondido, CA
92025
760-839-4120
www.artcenter.org

In Northern California, two in San Jose, three in SF (including DeYoung) and two in Sacramento. See website for locations.

Thanks to Naomi for this post.