Museums
Balboa Park - Contains 15 museums in San Diego (free various Tuesdays)
Bowers Museum - Santa Ana
Bunny Museum - Pasadena (always free, by appointment only)
California African American Museum (CAAM) - Los Angeles (always free, parking $6)
California Science Center - Los Angeles (permanent exhibition galleries always free, parking $6)
Claremont Museum of Art - Claremont (free first Friday monthly)
Discovery Science Center - Santa Ana (Parking $3)
Fisher Gallery - Los Angeles (USC)
Fowler Museum - Los Angeles (UCLA, always free, parking $8)
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art - Malibu (Pepperdine University, always free)
Galco’s Soda Pop Stop - Los Angeles
Hammer Museum - Los Angeles (UCLA, free every Thursday)
Heritage Square Museum - Los Angeles
Huntington Library and Art Collections - San Marino (free first Thursday monthly)
J. Paul Getty Museum - Los Angeles (always free, parking $7)
Japanese American National Museum (JANM) - Los Angeles
Long Beach Museum of Art - Long Beach (free first Friday monthly)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) - Los Angeles (free second Tuesday monthly)
Luckman Gallery - Los Angeles (CSULA, always free, per hour parking)
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) - Los Angeles (free every Thursday evening)
Museum of Jurassic Technology - Culver City
Museum of Latin American Art (molaa) - Long Beach (usually free third Sunday monthly)
Museum of Neon Art (MONA) - Los Angeles (free second Thursday 5-8pm monthly)
Museum of the American West - Los Angeles (free every Thursday 4-8pm)
Natural History Museum (NHM) - Los Angeles (free first Tuesday monthly)
Nethercutt Collection - Sylmar (always freey)
Norton Simon Museum - Pasadena (free first Friday 6-9pm monthly)
Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) - Newport Beach (usuallfree second Sunday monthly)
Pacific Asia Museum - Pasadena (free fourth Friday monthly)
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits - Los Angeles (free first Tuesday monthly)
Pageant of the Masters - Laguna Beach (July and August)
Paley Center for Media - Beverly Hills
Palm Springs Desert Museum - Palm Springs
Palos Verdes Art Center - Rancho Palos Verdes (always free)
Petersen Automotive Museum - Los Angeles
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum - Buena Park, Hollywood
San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) - San Diego (free third Tuesday monthly)
Southwest Museum of the American Indian - Los Angeles
Torrance Art Museum - Torrance (always free)
Wende Museum - Culver City
William S. Hart Ranch and Museum - Newhall (always free)