Museum Day - Saturday, September 24, 2011

Smithsonian Building, Washington, D.C.
Public domain image from Wikimedia Commons.

On Museum Day, hosted annually by Smithsonian magazine, participating museums across the United States offer free admission to one person and a guest. (Smithsonian Museums offer free admission every day.) Visit the Smithsonian website for more information about Museum Day tickets.

Below is a list of participating museums in Southern California counties with links to their websites. Whether you are interested in music, art, science, living history, or something else entirely, you will surely find a museum in Southern California that appeals to you.

Remember that in order to get free admission on Museum Day, you must have an official ticket available at the Smithsonian website!

Kern County:

Kern County Museum, Bakersfield

Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest

Los Angeles County:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona

Autry National Center, Los Angeles

California Science Center, Los Angeles

Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles

Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach

Palos Verdes Art Center, Rolling Hills Estates

Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA), Pasadena

Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica

The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Watts Towers Arts Center & Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center, Los Angeles

Zimmer Children’s Museum, Los Angeles

Orange County:

Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana

Dr. Willella Howe-Waffle House and Medical Museum, Santa Ana

International Surfing Museum, Huntington Beach

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach

Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano

Riverside County:

Living Desert Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Palm Desert

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, Indio

Western Science Center, Hemet

San Diego County:

Barona Cultural Center & Museum, Lakeside

California Surf Museum, Oceanside

Creation and Earth History Museum, Santee

Lux Art Institute, Encinitas

Marston House Museum, San Diego

Mingei International Museum, San Diego

Museum of Making Music, Carlsbad

Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego

San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego

San Diego Archaeological Center, Escondido

San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinitas

San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, San Diego

San Dieguito Heritage Museum, San Diego

The Adobe Chapel Museum, San Diego

The Whaley House Museum, San Diego

San Luis Obispo County:

Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero

San Bernardino County:

Historical Glass Museum, Redlands

The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga

Santa Barbara County:

Casa de la Guerra, Santa Barbara

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, Santa Barbara

Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Solvang

Rancho La Patera & Stow House, Goleta

Wildling Art Museum, Los Olivos

Ventura County:

Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard

Museum of Ventura County, Ventura

© 2011 Denise Spurlock, Ancestral Trees Research