Programs & Events | Hammer Museum

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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Exhibition Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2025.

Sat Dec 13 1:00 PM

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Kids Special Programs

Art Lab

Drop by Art Lab for hands-on creative activities inspired by artworks on view at the museum.

Sat Dec 13 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television

Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring television pioneer Desi Arnaz, featuring a Q&A with Todd S. Purdum, author of Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television.

Sat Dec 13 7:30 PM

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826LA@Hammer: Pitch and Write! My First Opinion Piece: A Workshop for Kids Who Have Something to Say

Writer Ralinda Harvey Smith helps students hone their writing skills into an op-ed format and establish an authoritative voice that demands attention.

Sun Dec 14 11:00 AM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

British Sounds / The Third Generation

Screening of two 70s films, the first directed by Jean-Luc Godard and the second by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Sun Dec 14 7:00 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Dec 18 12:30 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Punishment Park / Ice

Cartoonist and illustrator Nathan Gelgud will be on hand to discuss two politically charged films from the 1970s.

Fri Dec 19 7:30 PM

Brightly colored painting of a sad teddy bear riding a car along a road

Exhibition Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2025.

Sat Dec 20 1:00 PM

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Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

We Can’t Go Home Again / A Night at the Opera

Cartoonist and illustrator Nathan Gelgud will be on hand to discuss this screening of director Nicholas Ray's final film and the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera.

Sat Dec 20 7:30 PM

Brightly colored painting of a sad teddy bear riding a car along a road

Exhibition Tour: Made in L.A. 2025

Hammer educators lead conversation-based tours of the exhibition Made in L.A. 2025.

Sat Dec 27 1:00 PM