Planning Your "Museum FREE Day" Experience

Museums offer a variety

of enriched learning opportunities

and whether you're seeking... 

Art

and science

or

History

and culture

you're sure to find it all

at one of your local museums

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Hey Southern California...

Here's an opportunity to visit for FREE!

Museums' Annual Free-For-All Day 

January 25, 2020

www.socalmuseums.org/free-for-all

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The Gardner Family

"The Family w/ Teens"

There are so many museums to explore

that it can be overwhelming... 

-American Museum of Ceramic Art

-CAAM

-California Science Center

-Cayton Children's Museum

-Descanso Gardens

-LaBrea Tar Pitts

-LACMA

-LA Museum of Holocaust

-MOCA

-Natural History Museum

-Torrance Art Museum

so visit each museum website

to help inform your decision!

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The Skirball Cultural Center

because...

Museums are a great place

to both play and learn!

The Broad

(read our "Thrill or Chill" post here)

The Italian American Museum

A quality museum experience
can allow you to feel worlds away,

while in your own backyard...

Enjoy food and entertainment

as well as a FREE concert!

The Hammer Museum

Find inspiration

from featured

artists

stylists

scientists

and before you leave...

check out the special exhibits and upcoming events

to help plan your next museum visit accordingly! 

(find more Family Adventures here)

Exploring the United States... (Utah)

There are...

50 States
"united"

and many opportunities

to see them all!

So whether you're visiting

for business or pleasure

make time to enjoy

new experiences

while appreciating... 

what each town has to offer

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Bryan

"Young Male Traveler"

"Young, free, and unstoppable"

driving distance...

Los Angeles to Salt Lake City

(approx. 689 miles)

First time in Utah?

"Enjoy the beautiful scenery,

landscapes, and architecture"

welcome to...

Park City, Utah

Travel Tip:

Grab a FREE

visitor's guide

and/or plan your visit

to coincide with the annual...

Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival 2020

Jan 23-Feb 2

Travel Tip:

Not in the entertainment industry?

No worries...

you may still attend the festival by

purchasing an individual film pass

get details

here...

Explore other things to do

during your visit to Salt Lake!

(find more Family Adventure here)

Thrill or Chill... at the Chinese American Museum

Traditional Chinese Lantern Festivals mark
the culmination of the Lunar New Year...

(and although we are very far from China)

opportunities to celebrate
can be found all around

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The Gardner Family

"The Family w/ Teens"

This event is promised "rain or shine", but we were very
grateful for blue skies, as it literally poured the night before

Grab your jacket, it's cold out!

Annual Lantern Festival

Visit the vendors, watch the FREE show,

and make/decorate your own lantern

Grab a bite to eat (on Olvera Street) or at one of the food trucks

before popping into the Museum for a lesson in history and culture

Sun Wing Wo General Store and Herb Shop

Chinese American Museum

Journeys

a Permanent Exhibit focusing on Chinese immigration to the

U.S with an emphasis on community settlement in Los Angeles

If you could only carry six items on your journey

to a far-away, foreign land, what would they be?

The museum invites visitors to...

"Understand, appreciate, and share the rich cultural
legacy and continued contributions of Chinese Americans "

Upcoming...

19th Annual Los Angeles Lantern Festival

Saturday, March 7, 2020

rain or shine

click here for details

(find more Thrill or Chill Adventures here)

Exploring the United States... (Ohio/Kentucky)

Our families travel abroad often,
but when exploring the U.S...

we seek

and
we find

"Thrill or Chill" Adventures
right in our own back yard!

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Sis Kathy

"Widowed"

(and still enjoying life)

Aruba
Bahamas
Mexico

our featured traveler doesn't
plan to slow down anytime soon

"Find what makes you happy,
and do more of it"

Travel tip:
Don't discount opportunities

to cross "bucket list adventures"
from your list even during your

American travels!

Ride a camel...
in Kentucky!!!

Take a moment...
slow down...

and chill...

while learning more about the
animals at the Creation Museum

then

"thrill it up"
with

an aerial course...
zip lining...

or

freefalling...

at the adventure park!


Screaming Raptor Zip Lines

Next day...

a quick ride across the border into
the next state is only 25 miles!

Cincinnati, Ohio

"Sing the Queen City"

Prepare yourself for an eye-opening
educational experience at

the National...

Underground Railroad Freedom Center

The Face of Freedom

"Discover the stories...
and find your own"

because

"You have a moral obligation, a mission and a mandate,
to speak up, speak out and get in good trouble. 

You can do it.
You must do it.

Not just for yourselves but for generations yet unborn."

If not you, then who?
If not now, then when?

-Representative John Lewis


plan your visit

(find more Family Adventure here)

Exploring Art and Culture (Chinese New Year)

Exploring Art and Culture

provides opportunities to expand our knowledge,
share of ourselves, and try new things as we grow together

also check out...

Celebrating Black History
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Tribes of Africa

Latino Heritage Month

Exploring Art and Culture w/ Family Movie Night

Native American Heritage Month
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"Make happy those who are near,
and those who are far will come"

-Ancient Chinese Proverb

Set up a tea party and in-house museum to

highlight books and cultural artifacts

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Cleversticks

by Bernard Ashley

Activity:

Purchase bamboo chopsticks and allow children to discover

the fine motor coordination required for chopstick mastery 

 

 

Chinese New Year

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

camla.org

Expand your knowledge and visit the

Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles...

it's FREE!

(re-adapted post from 1/17/18)