In Focus Tours
Docents highlight one artist, style, or movement in these 20- to 25-minute tours. In Focus tours are offered most days at 1 pm. For topics and updated schedules, please consult the online calendar or the weekly schedule available from the museum's information desk.

Exhibition Talks
Fifty-minute guided tours of many of LACMA's special exhibitions are offered weekly. Please see the online calendar for the times and locations of these tours.

Group Tours
For groups of twenty or more adults, please call Sara Beth Newell, group and onsite sales manager, at 323 857-6008.

School Tours
Grades 1–12 are given tours by volunteer docents free of charge from October through May. Nine thematic tours, specialized tours, and tours of special exhibitions are available. A pre-visit tour video is sent to teachers to prepare students for their visit. For information about school tours, please call 323-857-6108.

Permanent Collection Tours
Gallery talks focusing on LACMA's permanent collection are given daily, except Wednesday, when the museum is closed. Please see the online calendar for current tour topics.

The Art of Looking
Join LACMA educators for a one-hour facilitated gallery discussion focusing on the permanent collection.
Second Thursday of each month | 12:30 pm

September 11 | LACMA Educator Cristina Cuevas-Wolf facilitates a discussion of modern Latin American art.

October 9 | LACMA Educator Alicia Vogl Saenz offers a look at modern art.

BP Grand Entrance | Free, no reservations | Meet at the box office ticket window

Art Chats

College students trained as gallery teachers facilitate informal discussions on special exhibitions and the permanent collection in this new program. From June through September, Art Chats will highlight the special exhibition The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art, 1615-1868, from the Price Collection.

Pavilion for Japanese Art, first level | Free, no reservations | Meet by Pavilion entrance

Fridays, 8 pm
June 27
July 4, 11, 18, 25
August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
September 5, 12

Saturdays, 4 pm
June 28
July 5, 12, 19, 26
August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
September 6, 13

Please note the tour schedule is subject to change. Check the calendar for the most up-to-date tour listings. Many of LACMA's Museum Art Councils also hold frequent talks and courses. Unless noted otherwise, education programs are free to museum members and included in the general admission fee for all others. No seating is reserved. For children's audio tours, family guides, and art totes, see the NexGen page.

Tour schedules are subject to change. Check the calendar for up-to-date listings.

See additional lectures offered by LACMA's Museum Art Councils.

Learn about children's audio tours, family guides, and art totes on the NexGen page.