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Over 20 Museums Have Free Admission On January 31
LACMA is one of the several museums offering free admission on Jan. 31 (Photo by Shabdro Photo via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
It's that special time of year again where we can get our culture on without having to pay a dime. Several museums around SoCal will be offering free admission on Jan. 31, and a couple on Feb. 1 as part of the 10th annual "Museums Free-For-All" event.
Some of the big ones on the list include LACMA and MOCA, and there are a bevy of different types of museums focused on different topics from art to science and natural history. While you can get free general admission, keep in mind that special-ticketed events and parking aren't free.
Here's a list of all the museums offering free admission on Saturday, Jan. 31. For the ones that are closed on Saturdays, there's a note next to them that mention that they're giving free admission on Sunday, Feb. 1 instead:
If anything, we hope your museum experience is just as magical as the one these guys had in 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off:
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