Family Visits

Make a Free Reservation

Admission to the Getty Center is free for the whole family: all you need to do is make a timed-entry reservation for your visit. Each person in your group over the age of two needs a reservation; you can make reservations for up to six people in one booking.

Things to Do

The tram ride, gardens and outdoor spaces, and art galleries are fun for families to enjoy together. Outdoors, stroll the gardens and discover hundreds of colorful and unusual plants. Indoors, explore art with your kids—and don’t worry if you’re not an art expert yourself!

Art Detective Cards

Hunt for clues as you explore the Getty Center inside and out and uncover the answers to trivia questions on these cards. Pick them up in the Museum Entrance Hall. Available in English and Spanish.

Audio Tours

Enjoy guides about animals, angels, and monsters featuring stories, music, and sounds inspired by Museum objects. Available on the free GettyGuide app.

Ask Questions

Find out what your kids think about the art and keep the conversation going by asking for answers rather than giving them. Here’re a couple to start you off: What's happening here? What would it be like to be a part of this work of art?

Play Art Critic

Pick a gallery and ask your child to talk about which artworks appeal to them and why, or about how they’re similar or different. You might try: Which is your favorite work of art in this gallery? Least favorite? Which artwork would you want to take home? Why? Where would you put it?

Tell Stories

Make up a story with your child about an artwork they find interesting. Here are some prompts to get you started: What happened right before the moment we see here? What’s going to happen next?

Play a Game

“I Spy” is an easy game to play in the galleries. Someone in your group silently picks an artwork that the others can all see and then gives clues to their choice. For example, “I spy a tall tree.” Or, focus on one artwork and the “spy” picks a detail for the others to guess. Players take turns asking for clues and guessing.

Scavenger hunts are also a fun option. Choose a theme, like animals, insects, hairstyles, shapes, textures, etc., and find artworks that fit the theme as you visit the galleries.

Make Art

Bring some paper and pencils or colored pencils and draw in the galleries or outside—whatever inspires you! Please note that pens and markers are not permitted in the galleries, and that adults should carry pencils when not in use.

Where to Eat

Box lunches and drinks are for sale at the Garden Terrace Cafe and coffee carts to the right of the Museum entrance and in the Museum Courtyard. See the menu—and skip lines by preordering and paying for meals—online.

Or bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawn next to the Central Garden or at any public seating area. Picnic tables, benches, and lawns are also available at the Lower Tram Station.

Gallery Restrictions

Front-facing child carriers are the only type of carrier permitted in galleries. Carriers that require a child to be placed on the back are not allowed and must be checked at the Coat Check located in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Baby bottles are allowed in the galleries, but all other food and beverages are not.

Stroller and Wheelchair Rentals

Standard strollers and wheelchairs are available for free rental on a first-come, first-served basis at the Lower Tram Station above the parking structure and at the Coat Check Room in the Museum Entrance Hall.

Restrooms

A family restroom, with a private nursing area and a unisex stall for helping a companion, is located in the Museum's South Pavilion.All of our public restrooms have diaper-changing tables.