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Experience the LAUSD Urban Arts Festival, where our students reign as creative trendsetters as budding artists. We thrive on fostering community spirit, elevating student talents, and uniting Los Angeles' creative heartbeat under one roof.
LA County Arts and Culture Near You
As the creative capital of the world, Los Angeles County is home to amazing art and cultural treasures! To help LA County community members get involved in local arts and culture experiences, the LA County Department of Arts and Culture created the Arts and Culture Near You Map. In it, you’ll find amazing arts and culture spots all over the County to explore, and you can also add your own favorites—a theater, museum, dance studio, music venue, or an organization where you engage in the arts.
African American Firefighter Museum (AAFFM) is dedicated to collecting, conserving, and sharing the heritage of African American Fire Fighters through collaboration and education.
Address: 1401 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles 90021
Reservation required? No
California African American Museum (CAAM) has a permanent collection that houses 5,000 objects that span landscape painting and portraiture, modern and contemporary art, historical objects and print materials, and mixed-media artworks.
Address: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles 90037
Reservation required? No
California Science Center aspires to stimulate curiosity and inspire science learning in everyone by creating fun, memorable experiences, because we value science as an indispensable tool for understanding our world, accessibility and inclusiveness, and enriching people’s lives.
Address: 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles 90037
Reservation required? No
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum (FIDM) collects, preserves, and interprets fashion objects and support materials with outstanding design merit.
Address: 919 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90015
Reservation required? No. *Only open when there’s an exhibition
Fowler Museum at UCLA explores global arts and cultures with an emphasis on Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas—past and present.
Address: 308 Charles E. Young Drive N, Los Angeles 90024
Reservation required? No
Getty Center is a museum with something for everyone: art, modern design, unique gardens, and spectacular city views.
Address: 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles 90049
Reservation required? Yes - timed-entry
Getty Villa Museum lies along the coast, north of Santa Monica, and displays ancient Greek and Roman art in a recreated Roman house.
Address: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades 90272
Reservation required? Yes - timed entry
Griffith Observatory reliably connects you to unusual sights in the sky, the changing seasons, visiting astronomers and their latest discoveries, and more.
Address: 2899 East Observatory Road, Los Angeles 90027
Reservation required? No
Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90024
Reservation required? No
Hollywood Bowl Museum is a celebration of one of Los Angeles' most historic landmarks - a venue that has played a major role in music and entertainment, and has helped shape the careers of some of the most famous performers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Address: 2301 North Highland Ave., Los Angeles 90068
Reservation required? No
Holocaust Museum LA continues its mission to commemorate those who perished, honor those who survived, educate about the Holocaust and inspire a more dignified and humane world.
Address: 100 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles 90036
Reservation required? Yes
Homestead Museum has houses, cemetery, gardens, and stories that will surprise you from start to finish.
Address: 15415 East Don Julian Road, City of Industry 91745
Reservation required? No
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA) is an epicenter of artistic experimentation and incubator of new ideas.
Address: 1717 East 7th Street, Los Angeles 90021
Reservation required? Yes
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes is a community hub where people gather to celebrate Latinx culture through transformative exhibitions, music, dance, culinary arts, and multigenerational artmaking and storytelling experiences.
Address: 501 North Main Street, Los Angeles 90012
Reservation required? No
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) presents, collects, preserves, and interprets the art of our time.
Addresses: 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
Admission: timed-entry reservations are required
The Broad is a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles offering free general admission and an active program of rotating exhibitions.
Address: 221 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
Admission: Same-day tickets are released daily in addition to monthly ticket releases, which are on the last Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT for admission the following month.
The Nethercutt Collection contains over 250 American and European perfectly restored automobiles, along with a vast array of rare mechanical musical instruments and precious antique furniture.
Address: 15151 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar 91342
Reservation required? Yes
Travel Town Museum educates the public about railroad history as it pertains to the development of the Southwest Region of the United States, particularly the Los Angeles area.
Address: 5200 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles 90027
Reservation required? No
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) expands knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art through its Collection, ground-breaking Exhibitions, stimulating Educational Programs, and engaging Cultural Events.
Address: 628 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach 90802
Admission: free on Sundays; children under 12 free at all times
USC Pacific Asia Museum creates inspiring encounters with the art, history and culture of Pacific Asia to promote intercultural understanding in the service of elevating our shared sense of humanity.
Address: 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena 91101
Admission: free on second Sunday of each month; children under 17 are free at all times; pay what you wish every Thursday
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Autry Museum of the American West features world-class galleries filled with Native American art and cultural materials, film memorabilia, historic firearms, paintings, interactive areas, and more.
Address: 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles 90027
Admission: free on second Tuesday of every month
Descanso Gardens connects people with nature and one another.
Address: 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge 91011
Admission: free Tuesday tickets are released the first of every month; they are required for admission
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a unique 127-acre botanical garden and historical site located in what was the heart of the historic Rancho Santa Anita in the city of Arcadia.
Address: 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia 91007
Admission: third Tuesday of the month, admission is free; advance tickets are required and are available the first day of each month.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 149,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe.
Address: 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90036
Admission: free at all times to Youth (12 & under) and Teens (13–17) Residing in L.A. County, NexGenLA members and one guest. (NexGenLA is a free membership for kids under 17 years who live in L.A. County)
Free for L.A. County residents, weekdays after 3 pm with valid ID
Free for Bank of America debit or credit card holders, first full weekend of every month
Free for all visitors, second Tuesday of each month
Advance reservations are highly recommended.
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Japanese American National Museum promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience.
Address: 100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
Admission: free all day every third Thursday of the month; all other Thursdays: free from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Reservations are required.
Skirball Cultural Center is a place of meeting guided by the Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger and inspired by the American democratic ideals of freedom and equality.
Address: 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles 90049
Admission: free on Thursdays; exhibitions require advance reservations
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
Address: 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino 91108
Admission: first Thursday of every month is Free Day. Admission is free of charge with advance reservation. Free Day tickets are available the last Thursday of every month for admission the following week.
Kidspace Children’s Museum is designed to delight and engage children emotionally, intellectually, and physically through joyful, kid-driven experiences.
Address: 480 North Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena 91103
Admission: free on first Friday of each month from 4-7pm; advance reservations required
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is a gateway back to the Ice Age, right in the heart of L.A.
Address: 5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90036
Admission: free to L.A. County residents, Monday-Friday from 3-5 PM with valid ID, California teachers with ID, California EBT card holders; available onsite at ticket window; no advance reservation required
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLA) protects and shares more than 35 million specimens and artifacts, the largest natural and cultural history collection in the western United States.
Address: 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles 90007
Admission: free to L.A. County residents, Monday-Friday from 3-5 PM with valid ID, California teachers with ID, California EBT card holders; available onsite at ticket window; advance reservations recommended
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The LA Unified Partnership with LA Metro Fareless System Initiative is a new pilot program for all TK-12 students, focused on helping students ride transit without the worry of paying fare. Los Angeles Unified is partnering with LA Metro to offer students unlimited rides until June 30, 2023 on buses and trains run by LA Metro and other participating transit systems, at no cost to families.
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Outdoor learning is a multisensory experience that enlivens learning, uses all learning modalities simultaneously, and intuitively allows students to create baseline experiences that provide a context to subject matter content. Outdoor education has been proven to support the nervous system, have therapeutic and healing effects, benefit mental health and wellness and support emotional balance.
■ Descanso Gardens
■ South Coast Botanic Garden (Grades K-3)
■ Heal the Bay Aquarium (Grades K-4)
■ Los Angeles River/Friends of the L.A. River
■ Los Angeles Maritime Institute/Tall Ships
■ USS Iowa Battleship
■ Marine Mammal Care Center
■ Heal the Bay Aquarium
■ Cabrillo Aquarium
■ LAFC Soccer Stadium and live Falcon Exhibit
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