Free entry 18
Museums and sights that are free, always or on certain days. From each place’s official page.
Always free
- Griffith Observatory
- Getty Center
- Getty Villa
- The Broad
- MOCA Grand Avenue
- Hollywood Bowl
- California Science Center
- California African American Museum (CAAM)
- Hammer Museum
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA)
- Rancho Los Cerritos
- Italian American Museum of Los Angeles
- Los Encinos State Historic Park
- MuseumNorton Simon Museum
Free on the first Friday of every month, 16:00-19:00
Source: nortonsimon.org - MuseumAutry Museum of the American West
Free on the first Wednesday of every month
Source: theautry.org - MuseumSkirball Cultural Center
Free every Thursday
Source: skirball.org - MuseumMuseum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
Free every Sunday
Source: molaa.org - MuseumUSC Pacific Asia Museum
Free every second Sunday; also free on exhibition opening and closing weekends, Lunar New Year week and in May (AAPI month)
Source: pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu
Tax-free shopping
The US has no VAT. In the City of Los Angeles, sales tax (10.25%) is added at the till, and we found no official refund scheme for tourists.
Step by step
- The rate depends on the city where you buy: 10.25% in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, 11% in Pasadena and West Hollywood, 11.25% in Santa Monica and Culver City (rates from 1 October 2026).
Official sources: cdtfa.ca.gov, cdtfa.ca.gov
Lost passport
If your passport is lost or stolen, here is what to do.
If you are a citizen of another country
Contact your own country’s embassy or consulate in this city. Your foreign ministry’s website lists its address.
If you are a Turkish citizen
- Book an appointment with the Turkish mission in this city at konsolosluk.gov.tr and go in person.
- If you need to get home, ask for a temporary passport. It is free, valid for one trip to Türkiye or to the country you live in, and usually valid for one month.
- Bring your Turkish ID card (if it is lost too, a photo document such as a driving licence), a biometric photo 50 x 60 mm taken in the last six months, and your ticket home.
- For a lost passport you do not need a police report.
- The temporary passport ends with that trip. Apply for a new passport in Türkiye or at the mission in the country you live in.
Turkish mission here
Turkish Consulate General in Los Angeles
8500 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA
Call: +1 424 313 8800
Out of hours: +1 310 779 3288
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, konsolosluk.gov.tr (Passport: lost passport, temporary passport).