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Free things to do in Los Angeles

6 museums and landmarks in Los Angeles are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 35 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 12 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 6 places

  • Museum of Contemporary Art
    South Grand Avenue 250
    Mo off; Tu-We,Fr 11:00-17:00; Th 11:00-20:00; Sa-Su 11:00-18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • The Broad Museum
    South Grand Avenue 221
    Mo off; Tu-We,Fr 11:00-17:00; Th 11:00-20:00; Sa-Su 10:00-18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
    Th-Su 12:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Gallery at REDCAT
    Tu-Su 12:00-18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Los Angeles Central Library Getty Gallery
    Mo-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 09:30-17:30; Su 13:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • América Tropical Interpretative Center

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Griffith Park
  • MacArthur Park
  • Barnsdall Art Park
    06:00-22:00
  • Grand Hope Park
    Mo-Su 06:30-22:00
  • Los Angeles State Historic Park
    North Spring Street 1245
  • Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Runyon Canyon Park
  • Wattles Garden Park
    North Curson Avenue 1850
    dawn-dusk
  • Plummer Park
    Santa Monica Boulevard 7377
    Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
  • Carthay Circle Park
    Mo-Su sunrise-sunset
  • Los Angeles Plaza
  • Pershing Square
  • Palmer Park
    East Palmer Avenue 620
  • The Magical Park
    Harold Way 5100
    24/7
  • California Friendly
  • Campo de Cahuenga
  • Harold A Henry Park
  • Maple Park
    East Maple Street 820
  • Pacific Park
    S Pacific Avenue 501
  • Rio de Los Angeles State Park

Viewpoints — 15 places

  • Mount Lee
    Mount Lee Drive
  • Cahuenga Peak
  • Dolby Family Terrace
  • City Hall Observation Deck
    Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
  • Mount Hollywood
  • The Last House on Mulholland
    Mulholland Highway 6101
  • Hollywood Sign Vista at Last House
  • Adams Hill
  • Olive Hill
  • 5 Points
  • Hollywood Bowl Overlook
  • Glendale Peak
  • Bee Rock
  • Mount Bell
  • Mount Chapel

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