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Culture on a Budget: Free Museum Entry This Weekend
This weekend brings the opportunity to check out many of our area museums for a can't-beat-it price: Absolutely free. If you've got more time than dimes these days, hit up as many of our amazing art, history, science, and culture museums at no charge.
A full list of of participating venues and what day(s) they are admitting patrons free of charge after the jump!
List via LAFreeBee:
* Armory Center for the Arts - Both Days Free
* The Autry National Center - Sunday, October 4th ONLY
* Bowers Museum - Sunday, October 4th Only
* California African American Museum - Both Days Free
* California Heritage Museum - Saturday, October 3rd Only
* California Science Center - Both Days Free
* Craft and Folk Art Museum - Both Days Free
* Fowler Museum at UCLA - Both Days Free
* 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
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