Museum Day 2009- Free Admission to your favorite museum

I love almost anything that is free. As I was researching a future post, I stumbled upon Museum Day 2009, which will take place on Saturday, September 26th. Museum Day 2009 is sponsored by The Smithsonian.

Museum Day 2009 will offer you and a guest(all you have to do is head to this link and print out a free card) FREE general admission to hundreds of museums and cultural venues nationwide. California has over 90 participating museums! This is the perfect opportunity to make that visit to a particpating museum that you have been wanting to visit. No excuses!

All you have to do is head here and print out your Free card. It allows you and a guest admission to participating museums. Simple as that!

Here is a list of participating museums in Southern California.

• Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Palm Springs
• American Museum of Ceramic Art Pomona
• Birch Aquarium at Scripps La Jolla
• California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum Escondido
• Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert Rancho Mirage
• Corita Art Center Los Angeles
• Craft and Folk Art Museum Los Angeles
• El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park Santa Barbara
• Elverhoj Museum of History & Art Solvang
• Escondido History Center
• Fowler Museum at UCLA Los Angeles
• Fullerton Museum Center Fullerton
• Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano
• Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum Huntington Beach
• Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Los Angeles
• Millard Sheets Center for the Arts Pomona
• Mingei International Museum Escondido Escondido
• Mingei International Museum San Diego San Diego
• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego La Jolla and San Diego
• Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach
• Museum of Making Music Carlsbad
• Museum of Neon Art (MONA) Los Angeles
• Museum of San Diego History San Diego
• Museum of Ventura County Ventura
• Oceanside Museum of Art Oceanside
• Palos Verdes Art Center Rancho Palos Verdes
• Pasadena Museum of History Pasadena
• Point Fermin Lighthouse San Pedro
• Quail Botanical Gardens Encinitas
• Reuben H. Fleet Science Center San Diego
• Reynolds Gallery Santa Barbara
• Riverside Metopolitan Museum Riverside
• S.C.R.A.P. Gallery - The Art Museum for the Environment Indio
• San Bernardino County Museum Redlands
• San Diego Air & Space Museum San Diego
• San Diego Archaeological Center Escondido
• San Diego Chinese Historical Museum San Diego
• San Diego Natural History Museum San Diego
• San Mateo County History Museum Redwood City
• Santa Monica Museum of Art Santa Monica
• Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles
• The Adobe Chapel Museum San Diego
• The Whaley House Museum San Diego
• University Art Museum Santa Barbara
• Victor Valley Museum & Art Gallery Apple Valley
• Watts Towers Arts Center & Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center Los Angeles
• Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology Hemet

The Los Angeles Museum of Holocaust will offer Free admission on Sunday September 27th , since the museum is closed on Saturday.

There are hundreds of museums participating nationwide. Make sure to tell your friends and family because this is an amazing opportunity. For additional information head on over here.