The annual SoCal Museums Free-for-All Day is back this 2026! On Sunday, February 22, 2026, over thirty Southern California museums will offer free general admission for all. Check out the participating museums below.
FREE-FOR-ALL DAY OFFER
The SoCal Museums Free-For-All Day offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each museum. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.
2026 FREE-FOR-ALL DAY PARTICIPATING SOCAL MUSEUMS:
Below are the Southern California Museums participating in Free-For-All Day. You have museums from Santa Barbara all the way to Catalina Island participating.
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Tickets will be first come first serve all day)
- American Museum of Ceramic Art (Advanced reservations are required. Visit amoca.org to make a reservation)
- Autry Museum of the American West (Advanced reservations are required. Visit theautry.org to make a reservation)
- Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
- Bowers Museum
- The Broad (Advanced reservations are recommended. Visit broad.org to make a reservation)
- California African American Museum
- California Botanic Garden (Advanced reservations are recommended. Visit calbg.org to make a reservation)
- Columbia Space Center
- Craft Contemporary
- The Forest Lawn
- Fowler Museum at UCLA
- The Getty Center & The Getty Villa (Timed tickets are required for The Getty Center. Visit getty.edu to make a reservation)
- Hammer Museum (Show a L.A. Metro TAP card at the Hammer Museum Store for 10% off your purchase, including membership)
- Institute Contemporary Art, LA
- La Brea Tar Pits & Museum (Advance tickets required. Visit tarpits.org to make a reservation)
- LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
- Lincoln Memorial Shrine
- Long Beach Museum of Art (Advance tickets are recommended. Visit lbma.org to make a reservation)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (Advance tickets are required. Visit lacma.org to make a reservation)
- MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Advance tickets are recommended. Visit moca.org to make a reservation)
- Museum of Latin American Art
- Museum of Tolerance
- Palm Springs Art Museum
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Advanced reservations recommended. Visit sbnature.org; Sea Center not included)
- Santa Monica History Museum
- Skirball Cultural Center (Advance tickets recommended for both Noah’s Ark and general admission. Visit skirball.org to make a reservation)
- Wende Museum
OTHER FREE MUSEUM DAYS (OR DISCOUNTED):
If you can’t make it to Free-For-All Day, you can also visit some Los Angeles museums for free on certain days of the month during Free Museum Days.
For those in San Diego, check the museums participating in the San Diego Museum Month for 50% admission for the whole month of February.
Also, every September, get free admission to museums across the country during Museum Day.
Other Fun Things to do in Southern California:
- Universal Studios Hollywood Discount Tickets
- Disneyland Discount Tickets
- Aquarium of the Pacific Discount Tickets
- Warner Brothers Studios Tour Discount Tickets
- Tips for visiting Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
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