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Ongoing Daily Tours (except Wednesdays, when the museum is closed) Topics change daily for these tours led by LACMA docents. Please check the daily tour schedule posted in the Ahmanson Building, Level 2. All tours are free with museum admission.
1 pm In Focus Tour: Explore several related objects in LACMA's collection. Just twenty minutes long.
1:30 pm Spotlight Talk: Focus on one permanent collection object for fifteen minutes.
2 pm and 3 pm Gallery Tours: 50-minute tours of a different area of the museum or a special exhibition are offered each day. (Check the calendar for occasional noon and 4 pm tours as well.)

May 1, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM Film: Winchester 73 [bt]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM : Storytelling in the Boone Children's Gallery [ham]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: LACMA Art + Architecture (50 min) [ahm]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Burma VJ [bt]

May 2, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]

May 3, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: European Painting & Sculpture (50 min) [ahm]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Female Surrealist Animation [bt]
  • 8:45 PM Film: Female Surrealist Cinema [bt]

May 4, Friday

May 5, Saturday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States (50 min) [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Talk: Dancing In Wonderland [aoa]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art (50 min) [aoa]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 4:00 PM Music: David Henry Hwang [bt]

May 6, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Talk: Dancing In Wonderland [aoa]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of Korea (50 min) [ham]
  • 3:00 PM Talk: Contemporary Chinese Art [ba]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States (50 min) [res]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Colburn Chamber Orchestra [bt]

May 7, Monday

May 8, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM Film: The Trouble With Harry [bt]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: American Art (50 min) [aoa]
  • 4:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 7:00 PM Talk: Artist Talk [bcam]
  • 7:00 PM Film: Art21 Screening [ba]
  • 7:30 PM Talk: Architects Lecture Series [bt]

May 9, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 10, Thursday

  • 12:30 PM Talk: Art of Looking [bpge]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Islamic Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 7:00 PM : Muse Event [res]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Khrustalyov, My Car! [bt]

May 11, Friday

May 12, Saturday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: California Design, 1930-1965:"Living in a Modern Way" (50 min) [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of Japan (50 min) [pja]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 5:00 PM Film: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief [bt]
  • 7:00 PM NexGen: After Dark [var]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Stray Dog [bt]

May 13, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Islamic Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Crossroads Chamber Orchestra [bt]

May 14, Monday

May 15, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM Film: Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife [bt]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 1:30 PM : Figure Drawing
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: European Painting & Sculpture (50 min) [ahm]

May 16, Wednesday

May 17, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of China (50 min) [ham]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: South and Southeast Asian Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 7:30 PM Film: The Italian Job [bt]
  • 8:00 PM Music: 3MG [bpge]
  • 9:20 PM Film: Funeral in Berlin [bt]

May 18, Friday

May 19, Saturday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: California Design, 1930-1965:"Living in a Modern Way" (50 min) [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Costumes in Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 4:00 PM Talk: African American Art [ba]
  • 5:00 PM Film: Experiment in Terror [bt]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Criss Cross [bt]
  • 9:05 PM Film: M [bt]

May 20, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 12:30 PM NexGen: Andell Family Sundays [np]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of Japan (50 min) [pja]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Ahmanson (50 min) [ahm]
  • 4:00 PM Talk: Lawrence Weiner [ahm]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Chamber Ensembles [bt]
  • 8:30 PM Film: Moonrise Kingdom [bt]

May 21, Monday

May 22, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM Film: Secret Ceremony [bt]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Contemporary Art (50 min) [bcam]
  • 7:30 PM Talk: The Body Adorned [bt]

May 23, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 24, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of Japan (50 min) [pja]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Latin American Art (50 min) [aoa]

May 25, Friday

May 26, Saturday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: California Design, 1930-1965:"Living in a Modern Way" (50 min) [res]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 5:00 PM Music: Ricardo Lemvo [hp]
  • 5:00 PM Film: Murder by Contract [bt]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Nightfall [bt]
  • 8:50 PM Film: The Prowler [bt]

May 27, Sunday

  • 12:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 12:30 PM NexGen: Andell Family Sundays [np]
  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM : Gallery Conversations [ahm]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: American Art (50 min) [aoa]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Modern Art (50 min) [ahm]
  • 6:00 PM Music: Chamber Ensembles [bt]

May 28, Monday

May 29, Tuesday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:00 PM Film: Invisible Man [bt]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico (50 min) [res]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Ahmanson (50 min) [ahm]

May 30, Wednesday

  • MUSEUM CLOSED

May 31, Thursday

  • 1:00 PM Tour: In Focus Tour (20 min) [var]
  • 1:30 PM Tour: Spotlight Talk (15 min) [var]
  • 2:00 PM Tour: Art of Japan (50 min) [pja]
  • 3:00 PM Tour: Highlights of the Ahmanson (50 min) [ahm]
  • 7:30 PM Film: Gerhard Richter Painting [bt]

LACMA Building Codes

ahm Ahmanson Building lw LACMA West
aoa Art of the Americas Building latcc LA Times Central Court
bt Bing Theater lbc Leo Bing Center
bcg Boone Children's Gallery np North Piazza
bpge BP Grand Entrance off Off-site
bcam Broad Contemporary Art Museum pja Pavilion for Japanese Art
ba Brown Auditorium res Resnick Pavilion
ham Hammer Building var Various
hp Hancock Park