Know Before You Go

To ensure safety of all visitors, read our COVID-19 safety guidelines.

Explore the Hammer Museum with our free mobile guide on Bloomberg Connects. Listen to exclusive audio from artists and curators, watch video profiles, and more. Download it ahead of your visit, and look for a Bloomberg Connects icon near your favorite artwork to access special content. Don’t forget to bring your headphones.

The Hammer requires visitors to check items larger than 12” x 6” x 12” (including purses, bags, and backpacks) at the welcome desk. The Hammer may refuse to accept other items at its discretion and is not responsible for items held at coat check. Please remember to retrieve any checked items before you leave the museum.

The Hammer Museum welcomes visitors to take non‐flash, personal‐use photography except where noted. Share your images with us @hammer_museum / #hammermuseum on Twitter and Instagram.

If you are a member of the press and would like to capture our exhibitions and programs, please email the Hammer’s Senior PR Manager, Santiago Pazos, at spazos@hammer.ucla.edu for accommodations.

Enjoy a meal in the Hammer's courtyard at Lulu, a visionary new restaurant led chef David Tanis and legendary chef and food activist Alice Waters. Learn more.

Food and drink is not permitted in the galleries or the Billy Wilder Theater.

For the safety of the art, pens and markers are not permitted within the galleries. Pencils are available at the welcome desk. 

As a courtesy to other museumgoers, cell phone conversations should be conducted outside of the galleries. 

Hammer public programs may be presented at the museum or online. Exhibition tours and Lunchtime Art Talks are held in-person at the museum. UCLA Film & Television Archive screenings are held in-person in the Hammer's Billy Wilder Theater.

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Trained service animals are welcome in all spaces throughout the museum. We welcome other supervised and leashed domesticated animals only in the museum’s courtyard.