Academy Museum Free Day 2026
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The Academy Museum celebrates its fifth year with a day full of free, family-friendly fun, including museum admission, line dancing lessons, and a movie in our state-of-the-art David Geffen Theater. Summery snacks and beverages are available for purchase.
No need to reserve a ticket in advance. Simply show up and let us welcome you.
Schedule
10am | Museum opens
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Free admission, no advance reservation necessary.
11am–4pm | Esquites (Mexican street corn in a cup) and aguas frescas by Fresh Fruit by Ruth through the Inclusive Action for the City Street Vendor Resources program | Walt Disney Company Piazza
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Free esquites for the first 100 servings. Food and beverage available for purchase thereafter.
11am–4pm | Ribbon making with Brown Sugar Collective
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Make personalized ribbons inspired by your favorite movies and state your vision for the stories you want to see in film. Brown Sugar Collective is a self-directed, community effort to increase BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) visibility of TGI (transgender, gender-expansive, intersex) folks in Los Angeles. Its goal is to create free or low-cost events, with no one turned away for lack of funds.
Noon–5pm | Tacos by Fanny’s | Walt Disney Company Piazza
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Fanny’s, the Academy Museum restaurant, offers tacos and other treats for purchase.
1pm and 3pm | Line dance workshop | Walt Disney Company Piazza
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A 30-minute, beginner-friendly lesson in community partnership with Bootleg Linedance, a queer line-dance organization with a focus on building community care, sharing the joy of movement, and making space for all bodies to belong. We strive to uplift the brilliance of groups historically divested from country line dance spaces, particularly BIPOC, transgender people, gender-expansive folks, women, and femmes.
2pm | Munich in 35mm | David Geffen Theater
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Free
6pm | Museum closes
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.