Things to do in Los Angeles with kids
10 attractions in Los Angeles • Updated May 2026
The best things to do in Los Angeles with kids, all in one place. Los Angeles is home to The Getty Center and a stack of history museums for families, plus easy day trips across California. Below are 10 family things to do in Los Angeles with addresses, ticket info and age suitability. Use the search to find a specific name or filter by category.
Published May 2026. Editorial oversight by James Morgan. AI-assisted, human-edited. Our editorial standards
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Planning a family day out in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has 10 family attractions we would happily take our own kids to. Battleship USS Iowa Museum is the one most families start with. Climb six decks of a historic battleship at the Port of LA to see its bridge, guns, and missiles up close. California Science Center is the other name that comes up again and again. Explore free hands-on science galleries, from GAME ON!. Discovery Cube Los Angeles rounds out the pick of the bunch. A hands-on science center in Los Angeles where kids explore interactive STEM exhibits across a full day of discovery. Also worth your time: Griffith Observatory, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
None of these venues publishes a fixed family ticket price on this page, so check the official site for current admission before you set out.
Beyond family attractions, families in Los Angeles also head for history museums (4), science museums (3), art museums (2) and zoos & wildlife (1). If you are ranging wider, everything we cover in California is one click away.
10 attractions in Los Angeles
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History Museums
Battleship USS Iowa Museum
Los Angeles, California
Climb six decks of a historic battleship at the Port of LA to see its bridge, guns, and missiles up close.
Science Museums
California Science Center
Los Angeles, California
Explore free hands-on science galleries, from GAME ON! to a living LA ecosystems garden, plus a giant-screen IMAX.
Science Museums
Discovery Cube Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
A hands-on science center in Los Angeles where kids explore interactive STEM exhibits across a full day of discovery.
Science Museums
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles, California
Peer through free public telescopes and catch a planetarium show high above Los Angeles.
History Museums
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Los Angeles, California
Watch paleontologists pull saber-toothed cats from bubbling asphalt in the middle of LA.
Zoos Wildlife
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Los Angeles, California
Meet newborn gorillas and orangutans and ride a carousel of 64 hand-carved animals.
History Museums
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California
Come face to face with multiple T. rex skeletons and life-sized dinosaur puppets in LA.
History Museums
Petersen Automotive Museum
Los Angeles, California
From classic cars to Hollywood movie machines, an LA shrine to the automobile.
Art Museums
The Getty Center
Los Angeles, California
A hilltop LA art campus pairing Old Masters with sweeping city and ocean views.
Art Museums
The Getty Villa
Los Angeles, California
Wander a recreated first-century Roman villa filled with Greek and Roman antiquities.