NexGen Family Days

Family Days

Andell Family Sundays
12:30–3:30 pm | Free, see locations below
Join us on Sundays for programs designed especially for families. Make art, explore the museum, or join a bilingual gallery tour. Most of all—have fun!

East Coast Meets West Coast

May 5, 12, 19, 26 | 12:30 pm

Travel from the East Coast to the West Coast without leaving the room. Take a tour of Compass for Surveyors: 19th Century American Landscapes and create your own scenic art—you can even make a compass.
Los Angeles Times Central Court | Free, no reservations

Architecture is Art

June 2, 9, 16, 23 | 12:30 pm

From houses to schools to museums, architects are artists who design the world around us. In workshops, be an architect for a day to design and build a new Los Angeles.
North Piazza | Free, no reservations

While you're here, cruise on over to BCAM to see more than a thousand miniature cars zooming through Chris Burden's kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, which is in action every Sunday at the following times: 10:30–11:30 am; 12:30–1:30 pm; 2:30–3:30 pm; 4:30–5:30 pm.

Andell Family Sundays is supported by Andrew and Ellen Hauptman and the Hauptman Family Foundation.

Familiy Day at Charles White Elementary School
10am–2 pm | Free
Family Day at Charles White Elementary School welcomes visitors of all ages to discover the LACMA Education exhibition Shinique Smith: Firsthand through free family-friendly tours, surprising scavenger hunts, and creative art projects.

Shinique Smith: Firsthand—Family Day
Saturday, February 9

Saturday, March 9
Saturday, April 13
Saturday, May 11
Saturday, June 8

Charles White Elementary School ǀ FREE | 2401 Wilshire Boulevard ǀ Visitors can enter the gallery on Family Day via the corner of Park View and Wilshire Boulevard ǀ For more information, please contact 323 857-6211.


Target Free Holiday Mondays
Visitors of all ages are invited to a free* day at the museum

Memorial Day
Monday, May 27 | 11 am–5 pm | *Free, tickets required
Visitors of all ages are invited to a free day at the museum, with bilingual tours, free programs, art-making activities, and live music by  Music of China Ensemble at UCLA directed by Chi Li at 12:30 and 2:45 pm.

*Does not include admission to Stanley Kubrick and James Turrell: A Retrospective
* To ensure a safe and pleasant visitor experience, tickets to the Boone Children's Gallery on Target Free Holiday Monday will be timed and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Pick up your free timed ticket in the Boone Children's Gallery on the day of the event. Timed tickets allow for a thirty minute visit.


Education Department | English: 323 857-6512 | Spanish: 323 857-6504 | educate@lacma.org

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