Museums Free-For-All Weekend

This weekend is the perfect time to explore any or all of the amazing museums in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) because they offer FREE admission this weekend! It’s part of the 14th Annual SoCal Museums Free-for-All this weekend (more than 40 cultural institutions across Southern California are providing free admission) and just in time to provide some much-needed counter-programming to the Super Bowl.

The Japanese American National Museum will offer free admission Saturday. Pictured here: Detail of artwork by Esthelle Ishigo that depicts the Japanese interment camp at Heart Mountain, Wyo., in 1942. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information. The participating museums in DTLA are:

The Broad (Free advance general admission tickets strongly recommended to avoid waiting in the standby line. Visit www.thebroad.org to make a reservation.)

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA-LA)

Japanese American National Museum (Free tickets available at janm.org/freeforall.)

La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Grand Avenue

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Here’s the full list in case you want to venture outside DTLA.