Several Santa Barbara and Ventura County museums will be participating in SoCal Museums Free-for-All, Sunday, Feb. 5. The event will be in-person for the first time since 2020.
Overall, some 30 museums — presenting art, cultural heritage, film, natural history, and science — will open their doors and offer free general admission.
The following Santa Barbara and Ventura County museums will be participating:
Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Paula Art Museum
“We are thrilled to be able to collectively welcome visitors from across the region on this special day once again. The Museums Free-for-All has always been a celebration of the varied and remarkable institutions in Southern California, and it is meaningful to continue this tradition of accessibility and joy,” said Briana Sapp, SoCal Museums president and director of marketing and communications, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
“We hope this will be an opportunity to both revisit old favorites and see new exhibitions or to try somewhere new,” she said.
The Free-for-All also serves as a reminder that free visitor days are available year-round at museums across Southern California. A calendar of free days can be found at socalmuseums.org/free.
This offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each museum. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.
Below is a complete list of participating museums:
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
American Museum of Ceramic Art – (Advance tickets required. Visit www.amoca.org to make a reservation.)
Armory Center for the Arts
Bowers Museum
Catalina Museum for Art & History
Cayton’s Children’s Museum (Advance tickets required). (Visit www.caytonmuseum.orgto make a reservation.)
Craft Contemporary
Descanso Gardens – (Advance tickets required. Visit www.decansogardens.orgto make a reservation.)
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University
Hammer Museum
The Getty Center
The Getty Villa (Timed tickets are required for the Getty Villa. Visit www.getty.edu to make a reservation.)
Japanese American National Museum
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum – (Advance tickets required. Visit www.tarpits.orgto make a reservation.)
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Long Beach Museum of Art
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) (Advance tickets recommended. Visit www.moca.orgto make a reservation.)
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
Museum of Latin America Art (MOLAA)
Museum of Tolerance
Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Monica History Museum
Santa Paula Art Museum
Skirball Cultural Center – (Advance tickets recommended. Visit www.skirball.org to make a reservation.)
The Wende Museum
The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum
USC Asia Pacific Museum
SoCal Museums is a group of marketing and communications professionals from museums all over Southern California. Their mission is to foster dialogue between marketing and communications museum professionals in Southern California.