Free entry
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Getty Center
Art, pale stone and space to look out over the city. Free admission, with a timed reservation and a separate parking charge.
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Good things in Los Angeles, for free
Free-entry places and exhibitions. Check reservations, parking and optional extras.
Explore our growing Los Angeles selection, with checked details and official sources.
Free entry
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The Broad
A contemporary-art anchor on Bunker Hill. The collection is free to visit; special exhibitions can have separate tickets.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Stendahl’s World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles
An exhibition about the art trade and its consequences. Follow the movement of Mexican antiquities through a Los Angeles dealer’s archive.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Hammer Projects: Gê Viana
Sound, moving image and memory meet at the Hammer. Gê Viana’s first institutional presentation in the United States is free to visit.
Free entry
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Hammer Museum
A free art visit in Westwood, with exhibitions that reward curiosity. Make one show the centre of an afternoon.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Griffith Observatory
A view across Los Angeles and a reason to look up. The observatory building and grounds are free; planetarium shows are separate.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
MOCA Grand Avenue
A free contemporary-art visit on Bunker Hill, in Arata Isozaki’s Grand Avenue building. Reserve ahead if you want a firmer plan.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Hammer Projects: Vibeke Mascini
Plants, cables and the movement of electrical energy meet in a new installation at the Hammer Museum.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
California Science Center
Free core science galleries in Exposition Park, with plenty of room for curiosity. IMAX and ticketed extras are separate from general admission.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Fowler Museum at UCLA
A free museum on the UCLA campus, with exhibitions that open conversations about art, objects and cultural life.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Exposition Park Rose Garden
An outdoor pause between Exposition Park’s museums, with rose beds, a fountain and room to sit when the garden is in season.
Free entry
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Getty Villa
Ancient art and garden courtyards in Pacific Palisades, for a day planned around the coast.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
A historic hall in El Pueblo becomes a place to explore Italian American life in Los Angeles.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
ASU FIDM Museum
Fashion and costume collections bring the work behind clothing into a museum setting in downtown Los Angeles.
On the house
EventConcerts
Jazz at LACMA: Judy Wexler
A free Friday evening with jazz vocalist Judy Wexler at LACMA’s Smidt Welcome Plaza.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
A contemporary-art programme makes this institution an address to follow for changing exhibitions.
Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Burton Chace Park
A marina-side park offers an easy waterside pause away from the busier beachfront.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Roundhouse Aquarium
At the end of Manhattan Beach Pier, this compact aquarium introduces the marine life of Southern California.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Chavez Ravine Arboretum
Historic tree plantings turn this part of Elysian Park into a quieter, more observant kind of outdoor outing.