(CelebNMusic247) Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa Announces Museum Day Live on September 29th:
Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa has issued a proclamation announcing Saturday, September 29, 2012 as Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! in the city and county of Los Angeles.
On Museum Day Live!, people can access over 1,500 participating museums nationwide for free including some of Los Angeles’ most important institutions by downloading tickets online.
Jennifer Hicks, Group Publisher, Smithsonian Media, said:
“We are honored that Mayor Villaraigosa has issued a proclamation for this year’s Museum Day Live!”
“We are thrilled to have so many museums in the Los Angeles area participating in Museum Day Live! such as the California Science Center, The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE, Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA), Santa Monica Museum of Art and more. Los Angeles is a center of art and education and we are excited for the citizens of Los Angeles to take advantage of this celebration of art and culture.”
Now in its eighth year, more than half a million visitors are expected to visit museums across the country on Museum Day Live! For more information and to download free tickets, please visit Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive or like the Facebook page and follow on Twitter.