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Things to do in Los Angeles

Museums, family fun and tours & cruises — 100 places to go in Los Angeles, California. 13 free to enter · most admission $9 to $30. 18 have a verified saving right now.

Los Angeles attractions span museums, entertainment centers, and outdoor experiences. Museums dominate the landscape: the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the world's largest museum devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking, while the California Science Center is one of the nation's largest science museums featuring multiple hands-on galleries and special exhibitions. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is a museum where visitors explore galleries filled with paintings, sculptures, and installations across multiple exhibitions. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County invites visitors to explore four floors of exhibitions featuring fossils, minerals, and live animals. For active families, the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park invites visitors to explore animal exhibits and attend educational presentations and activities throughout the day. Entertainment centers like XLanes offer bowling, arcade games, karaoke, billiards, darts, a sports bar, and a restaurant under one roof. Escape rooms, climbing gyms, trampoline parks, and virtual reality arcades round out options for different ages and energy levels.

What this list covers

Los Angeles has 100 places to go, mostly museums (50), family fun (16), tours & cruises (12).

65 of them publish an admission price, 62 publish opening hours, 3 have something dated on now, 18 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on September 23, 2026.

How we know these are real

Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:

“Twilight entry after 4PM - $12 walk-in / $10 online”

Quoted from caytonmuseum.org · checked on

What’s on in Los Angeles

3 places in Los Angeles have something dated on, 4 listings in all. Dates and wording are the venue’s own.

On nowJun 23 – Oct 18Season

The Getty, Los Angeles

Lost. Found. Returned.

An exhibition tracing the journey of an Otto Greiner drawing from Dresden during World War II to Los Angeles, demonstrating the relevance of provenance research in 2026.

Checked September 16, 2026

“Jun 23, 2026–Oct 18, 2026”

Quoted from getty.edu · checked on
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Dec 4 – Jan 8Event

Holiday Ice Rink, Los Angeles

DJ Spotlight - Collection of LA's hottest DJs

LA's hottest DJs perform weekly, playing soul, funk, disco, new wave, modern pop and 90s throwbacks. Families skate to live music on Thursday evenings.

From $8 per person

“Thursdays, December 4 - January 8 I 7 pm to close”

Quoted from holidayicerinkdowntownla.com · checked on
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Museums in Los Angeles50

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Family fun in Los Angeles16

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Tours & cruises in Los Angeles12

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Escape rooms in Los Angeles8

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Bowling in Los Angeles4

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Indoor climbing in Los Angeles3

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Trampoline parks in Los Angeles1

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Zoos & aquariums in Los Angeles1

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Shows & live entertainment in Los Angeles1

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Historic sites in Los Angeles1

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Farms & pumpkin patches in Los Angeles1

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Parks & beaches in Los Angeles1

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Ice & roller skating in Los Angeles1

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Free in Los Angeles

13 attractions in Los Angeles get you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.

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Common questions

How many attractions in Los Angeles are running a deal?
18 of the 100 attractions in Los Angeles currently have a verified saving, covering 60 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website.
How much do things to do in Los Angeles cost?
Most admission in Los Angeles runs $9 to $30 per person, and 13 places are free to enter. Published prices run from $5 to $71 — $5 at Griffith Park & Southern Railroad, $71 at Paramount Pictures Studio Tour, across 5 attractions in Los Angeles that publish their own. Each figure is that venue’s own price line for what it names, which is not always plain admission, and each attraction’s page carries the rest of its rates.
What’s on in Los Angeles right now?
3 attractions in Los Angeles have something dated running, 4 listings between them. Each carries its own dates and the venue’s own sentence, and nothing is listed once its dates have passed.
Is there anything free to do in Los Angeles?
13 attractions in Los Angeles say on their own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction.
What kinds of attractions are included?
museums (50), family fun (16), tours & cruises (12), escape rooms (8), bowling (4), indoor climbing (3), trampoline parks (1), zoos & aquariums (1), shows & live entertainment (1), historic sites (1), farms & pumpkin patches (1), parks & beaches (1), ice & roller skating (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No. Every deal here carries the date it was last checked on the attraction’s own website and a link straight to the page it came from, so you can confirm it before you travel. Prices and offers change without notice.
What can we do with a toddler in Los Angeles?
The Zimmer Children's Museum welcomes children from infancy through age eight to explore 21,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits designed for discovery-based play. Ball N Bounce is a kids play house where children engage in open play in an indoor venue. The Dolby Theater Tour offers children under three free admission.
What's best for teenagers who like competition and action?
Sky Zone Van Nuys is a trampoline park where visitors jump, flip, and spin across interconnected trampolines and themed attractions. Rockreation Los Angeles Sport Climbing Center is an indoor climbing gym where visitors climb rock walls and participate in programs suited to beginners and experienced climbers. The Escape Game LA is an escape room where visitors solve puzzles and uncover clues within a sixty-minute game.
Are there museums beyond the typical art and history kind?
The Petersen Automotive Museum showcases over a century of automotive history across 17 exhibitions. Icons of Darkness is a museum exhibition showcasing the world's largest privately owned collection of screen-used special effects, props, and costumes from science fiction, horror, fantasy, and superhero films. The GRAMMY Museum in downtown Los Angeles offers four floors of music exhibits and interactive experiences celebrating recordings and artists across all genres.