Museums of the Arroyo day. Six museums all FREE. It's culturally gratuitous!!

Once a year six museums in the Arroyo Seco area participate in Museums of the Arroyo Day, opening free of charge from noon to 5 p.m.
(last museum entrance at 4 p.m.)

Usually it is around the 3rd Sunday in May. As of the time of this posting . . . they had not decided for 2024 yet. If this changes when they post it to http://www.museumsofthearroyo.com we will tweak any info.

museums are:

• The Gamble House
• Heritage Square Museum
• The Los Angeles Police Museum
• The Lummis Home and Garden
• The Pasadena Museum of History.

A free shuttle should be available to move us around.

All six (five) museums will have their usual historical displays and galleries open, and special MOTA Day activities

Here is their main website. Always check the website for best and latest info.

http://www.museumsofthearroyo.com

Since you only have a few hours of free access to these locations, and free events like this tend to attract a crowd . . . arrive early

It is NOT possible to see all. Pick three museums and explore at a leisurely pace.

In this case . . . . All the locations are standout. Yeah . . . I know you read the Police Museum and thought to pass on that.

But yes . . .along with the other things they have there, . . .
You get to snap take own free police booking photos or stand in a criminal lineup in the Interrogation Room.

I totally need to update my mugshot. I think the last one I have a different haircut. This is so much more convenient and does not involve a taser.

So since all the places are good. RSVP and then POST in the comments what museum you want to START at (and the time expected). If I see a trend I will use that as starting point.

Gold Line Connections
Both Heritage Square and the Southwest are stops on the Gold
Line. Consider taking Metro to MOTA Day.

Parking . . .
Parking is available on surface streets around each museum; there
is limited parking at the Southwest and the Los Angeles Police Museum’s
parking lots. There is no parking on Homer Street near Heritage Square.
Ample parking can be found at the Heritage Square Gold Line parking lot; park there and enter Heritage Square from the south gate.

Shuttles
Shuttles will stop at all museums except Heritage Square; visitors must take a short walk from Lummis Home to get to Heritage Square.
Shuttles will run in two routes:
Gamble House/Police Museum route
AND
Police Museum/Lummis-Southwest route.

To attend this event
#1 RSVP on this event with the red RSVP button
AND THEN
#2 Fill out the event form https://forms.gle/FW4aozDwU1ngkqVu6
(spoiler alert: if you do not fill out the form you will not get accurate or updated event info)(Meetup messages is not reliable or efficient at getting out info. Too many have notifications turned off)

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