FREE! LACMA, MOCA and the NORTON SIMON MUSEUM

Want to go to a world-class art museum but can't afford those airline ticket prices or costly museum admissions? 

Check out the comments section for good tips from Nick Klotz, Elva Zepada-Earnhart, and Joey Naranjo.  (Thank you Nick, Elva and Joey!) And check these, as well:

 

Chris Burden's "Urban Light" at LACMA


Los Angeles County Museum of Art

LACMA is on Wilshire Boulevard, in the Miracle Mile, sharing park space with the La Brea Tar Pits.  After 5 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (LACMA is closed Wednesdays) general admission to the permanent galleries and non-ticketed exhibitions is free to Los Angeles County residents with proof of residency.

For information re: LACMA's address, directions, hours and exhibitions, click here.

Steve Martin roller skates through a LACMA gallery in L.A. Story

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Grand Avenue

Museum of Contemporary Art 

Admission to MOCA is free every Thursday, 5–8pm.  (MOCA has two sites in downtown Los Angeles: one on Grand Avenue, and another in Little Tokyo.) All other times, students with I.D. are charged $5; children under 12 and jurors with I.D. are free. 

For information re: MOCA's address, directions, hours and exhibitions, click here. 

Mark Rothko, No. 9, 1954 (MOCA Permanent Collection)

The exterior of the Norton Simon with Rodin's "The Thinker" on the right.

Norton Simon Museum 

Students with a valid I.D. are always admitted free, as are visitors under 18.  The Norton Simon, west of Pasadena's Old Towne, on Colorado Boulevard, is closed Tuesdays, but open all other days from noon to 6 p.m.; on Friday it is open until 9 p.m.
 
For informtion re: the Norton Simon's address, directions, hours and exhibitions, click here. 



Paintings (collage-style) at the Norton Simon