Following L.A. County guidelines for COVID-19, the Hammer Museum is temporarily closed. More information.

Programs & Events

A photograph of the Capitol with a tear through it

Insurrection at the Capitol: What’s Next?

THURSDAY JAN 14, 2021 5PM PST

Unpack last week's breach of the Capitol building and consider what's next with a panel moderated by Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.

Watch Past Programs Online

Group photo of US Supreme Court

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy and the Supreme Court's Future

Thursday Sep 24, 2020 5:00 PM This is a past program

Reimagining the Museum: Critical Curating in the Americas

ONLINE: Critical Curating in the Americas

TUESDAY OCT 13, 2020 5 PM PDT

A man with a construction mask around his chin stands in a concrete tube, looking up at the sky

rafa esparza: UCLA Department of Art Lecture

THURSDAY NOV 19, 2020 6:30 PM PST

Explore our series

Mindful awareness meditation

Special Programs

ONLINE: Mindful Awareness Meditation

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

Thu Jan 9 2020 12:30 PM

Mayo Thompson performing a live concert

Music & Performance

Mayo Thompson: Live in Concert

In a rare live show, Thompson performs his 1970 album "Corky’s Debt to His Father" in full for the first time in Los Angeles.

Thu Jan 9 2020 7:30 PM

Still from the film Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) showing two people standing on a hill, in shadow

Spring Night, Summer Night / In the Middle of the Nights

The Archive presents the North American digital restoration premiere of Spring Night, Summer Night as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Fri Jan 10 2020 7:30 PM

Gallery view of the Armand Hammer Collection at the Hammer Museum

Exhibition Tours: Armand Hammer Collection

Hammer educators lead a 45-minute tour of the collection every Saturday at 1 p.m.

Sat Jan 11 2020 1:00 PM

Still from the film The Challenge (1957) showing two young girls walking

Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film

The Archive presents short 16mm films from the 1950s to the 1970s that engage with ideas about race, identity, and community outside of mainstream theatrical cinema.

Sat Jan 11 2020 7:30 PM

Gallery Games

CANCELED: Gallery Games, Winter 2020

The March 15 program has been canceled due to uncertainty around COVID-19. These 45-minute guided sessions combine family-friendly tours with easy-to-play games.

Sun Jan 12 2020 11:00 AM

Two men and a women stand with torches

Kids Screenings

Family Flicks: National Treasure

Ben Gates must steal the Declaration of Independence or let it fall into dangerous hands.

Sun Jan 12 2020 11:00 AM

People looking at art in the Hammer Museum galleries

CANCELED: Art in Conversation

Due to uncertainty around COVID-19, the Hammer is temporarily closed to the public and this program has been canceled.

Sun Jan 12 2020 1:00 PM

Still from the film Little Fugitive (1953) showing a close-up of a young boy frowning

Little Fugitive / In the Street / The Quiet One

The Archive screens a trio of films capturing youth in New York as part of the series American Neorealism, Part One: 1948–1984.

Sun Jan 12 2020 7:00 PM

Glenn O'Brien

Glenn O’Brien: Intelligence for Dummies

Jonathan Lethem, Andy Spade, and others read from the recently released book of essays by the late Glenn O'Brien.

Tue Jan 14 2020 7:30 PM

All public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from an anonymous donor. Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, the Elizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation, The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.

Readings are supported by GRoW @ Annenberg.

Digital presentation of Hammer public programs is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.

Hammer public programs are presented online in partnership with the #KeepThePromise campaign—a movement promoting social justice and human rights through the arts.