Coming Attraction: SoCal Museums Free-for-All on January 25

Alfredo Ramos Martínez, La Pintora de Uruapan / Uruapan Painter Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Gift of the P. D. McMillan Land Company, 1963.24. © Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project, reproduced by permission.

Who doesn't love "free" -- especially when that intoxicating word accompanies "admission" to cool places that families love to visit?

That's what's happening on Saturday, Jan. 25, with the Southern California Museums Free-for-All, when 20 museums in L.A. and Orange County open their doors for free. (Keep in mind that it's general admission only and excludes parking and special exhibits.)

Feel free (there's that word again!) to check out the Picturing Mexico: Alfredo Ramos Martínez in California exhibit at the Pasadena Museum of California Art (pictured up top) or the Global Citizen exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center (a photo from which is pictured below).

All for -- you guessed it -- free.

Marina Bay Sands. View from water. Image by Timothy Hursley

Here's a complete list of participating museums:

Annenberg Space for Photography

Armory Center for the Arts

The Autry National Center of the American West

California African American Museum

California Science Center

Fowler Museum at UCLA

The Getty Center

The Getty Villa

 (Timed tickets are required. Visit www.getty.edu.)

Hammer Museum

Japanese American National Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

 (Offer valid for general admission only. Does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions.)

Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial

 (Hollywood and San Pedro)

The Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Latin American Art

Orange County Museum of Art

The Paley Center for Media

Pasadena Museum of California Art

Santa Monica Museum of Art

Skirball Cultural Center

USC Pacific Asia Museum

Enjoy!