Smithsonian Museum Day California Museums 

 April 4, 2020

Smithsonian Museum Day Live! Tickets grant free admission to participating museums

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Museum Day Live! annual event celebrates education through local participation across the country with free admission policies encouraging learning and the dissemination of knowledge nationwide. Last year over 350,000 museum-goers visited over 1,400 museums. In 2016 they changed the arrangement. Instead of running the event through smithsonian.com website, they put it onto their magazine site and now require guests to apply for and obtain 1 single ticket good for one museum during the event. Previously you could attend more than one museum through local offers based on each museum's policies.

2020 Smithsonian Free Admission 

• Aerospace Museum of California
  McClellan, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 
• American Bookbinders Museum
  San Francisco , CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum
  Vista , CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Bakersfield, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Buena Vista Museum of Natural History and Science
  Bakersfield, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• California Museum
  Sacramento, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• California State Railroad Museum
  Sacramento, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 
• California Surf Museum
  Oceanside, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Cartoon Art Museum
  San Francisco, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Channel Islands Maritime Museum
  Oxnard, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Chico Creek Nature Center
  Chico, CA. Hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
• Chinese Historical Society of America
  San Francisco, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Dr. Willella Howe Waffle House and Medical Museum
  Santa Ana, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
• EcoVivarium
  Escondido, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Elverhoj Museum of History & Art
  Solvang, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Fillmore Historical Museum
  Fillmore, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Flight Path Museum & Learning Center at LAX
  Los Angeles, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
• GRAMMY Museum
  Los Angeles , CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Haggin Museum
  Stockton, CA. Hours: 12-5 p.m.
• Heritage Museum of Orange County
  Santa Ana, CA. Hours: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Japanese American National Museum
  Los Angeles, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Laguna Art Museum
  Laguna Beach, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Lawrence Hall of Science
  Berkeley, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Maidu Museum & Historic Site
  Roseville, CA. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• March Field Air Museum
  Riverside, CA. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Morris Graves Museum of Art
  Eureka, CA. Hours: 12-5 p.m.
• Museum of Craft and Design
  San Francisco, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Museum of Latin American Art
  Long Beach, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Museum of Making Music
  Carlsbad, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Museum of Sonoma County
  Santa Rosa, CA. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center
  Anaheim, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Sacramento History Museum
  Sacramento, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 
• San Diego History Center
  San Diego, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 
• San Joaquin County Historical Museum
  Lodi, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
  Santa Barbara, CA. Hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• The Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House
  San Diego, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• The International Printing Museum
  Carson, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• The Santa Ana Fire Museum
  Santa Ana, CA. Hours: 12-4 p.m.
• The Tech Interactive
  San Jose, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum
  Alameda, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum
  Vallejo, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Zalud House Museum
  Porterville, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
• di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
  Napa, CA. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

Free Admission Every Day

• Alta District Historical Society | Alta District Historical Society | DINUBA, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Free admission every day
• Barona Cultural Center & Museum | Barona Cultural Center & Museum | Lakeside, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Bonita Museum and Cultural Center | Bonita Museum and Cultural Center | Bonita, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• California African American Museum | California African American Museum | Los Angeles, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.  | Smithsonian Affiliate Museum | | Free admission every day
• Cayucos History Museum | Cayucos History Museum | Cayucos, CA | Hours: 12-3 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Exeter Courthouse Gallery and Museum | Exeter Courthouse Gallery and Museum | Exeter, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Ford House Museum and Visitor Center | Ford House Museum and Visitor Center | Mendocino, CA | Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage | Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage | Arcadia, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes | LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes | Los Angeles, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.  | Smithsonian Affiliate Museum | | Free admission every day
• Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles | Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles | Berkeley , CA | Hours: 12-6 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Lancaster Museum of Art & History | Lancaster Museum of Art & History | Lancaster, CA | Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Lincoln Memorial Shrine | Lincoln Memorial Shrine | Redlands, CA | Hours: 1-5 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
  San Jose, CA | Hours: 12-5 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum | Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum | carlsbad, CA | Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Peninsula Museum of Art | Peninsula Museum of Art | Burlingame, CA | Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Templeton HIstorical Museum Society | Templeton HIstorical Museum Society | Templeton, CA | Hours: 1-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day
• Tulare County Museum | Tulare County Museum | Visalia, CA | Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.  | Free admission every day

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