Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
Find cultural centers, volunteer opportunities, immigrant support, community arts, language access, and family organizations across LA and OC.
Use this guide to find something concrete to do, whether that means attending a cultural program, volunteering, asking for help in a familiar language, joining a neighborhood group, or helping children learn family history.
Public events may be open to everyone while services have city, age, immigration, or income rules. Open the organization's current calendar or service page before visiting.
26 places and resources
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AJSOCAL provides free legal aid, citizenship workshops, and civil-rights advocacy for AAPI and other communities across Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Readers can call for legal advice or watch for free citizenship and community workshops.
Price and cost notes
Free legal help and workshops as described on official pages
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Exposition Park, Los Angeles
600 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037
CAAM presents African American art, history, and culture from its Exposition Park museum. Admission is free, and readers can use the official site for current exhibitions and family-friendly programs.
Price and cost notes
Free admission
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
El Pueblo / Chinatown historic corridor, Los Angeles
425 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
CAM preserves and shares Chinese American history from the historic Garnier Building at El Pueblo. Suggested admission is low-cost, exhibits are wheelchair accessible, and the museum offers school and group tours near Union Station.
Price and cost notes
Suggested admission about $2–$3; members free
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
East West Players is the nation’s longest-running Asian American theater company, presenting Asian American stories at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo. Readers can buy tickets, attend community events, or follow library and outreach performances around Los Angeles.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
JACCC presents Japanese and Japanese American arts and culture from its Little Tokyo campus, with galleries, the Aratani Theatre, and community programs. Readers can plan a visit for exhibitions and performances or use the campus as a recurring cultural home base.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
JANM shares Japanese American history and culture through exhibitions, family festivals, and programs across Southern California. The Pavilion is closed for renovation until late 2026, but campus and offsite programs continue, including the 2026 Natsumatsuri Family Festival.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles
5505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
KCCLA presents Korean arts, exhibitions, and cultural education from its Wilshire Boulevard center. Readers can check the official calendar for gallery shows, performances, and public programs that introduce Korean culture to Southern California audiences.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
LA Plaza is a free museum and cultural campus near Olvera Street centered on Mexican, Mexican American, and Latinx history, art, music, and family learning. The campus includes exhibitions, outdoor performance space, and a teaching kitchen with culinary programs.
Price and cost notes
Free admission
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
231 E. Third St., Suite G-106, Los Angeles, CA 90013
LTSC provides social services and community development rooted in Little Tokyo, with bilingual support for Japanese American and neighboring Asian Pacific Islander communities. Readers can contact the main office for social-worker appointments or the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute satellite for South Bay services.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
2 places
The Skirball is a Jewish cultural center that welcomes all communities with museum exhibitions, family programs, and Noah’s Ark. Readers can visit Tuesday–Sunday, use free Thursdays, or reserve timed Noah’s Ark tickets for a multigenerational outing.
Price and cost notes
About $20 general; free Thursdays; free for members and children under 2
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Mar Vista / Del Rey, Los Angeles
12448 Braddock Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90066
VJCC preserves Japanese and Japanese American heritage on the Westside through language, martial arts, cultural arts, sports, and senior programs open to the wider community. Readers can browse classes online or stop by the Braddock Drive campus to find an activity for kids, adults, or older adults.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
1 place
Pacoima, Los Angeles
12953 Branford Street, Pacoima, CA 91331
SFVJACC preserves Japanese culture and the Japanese American experience through Valley classes, events, senior meals, and a community library. Readers can contact the Pacoima campus for cultural classes, language-school connections, or volunteer roles.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
3 places
The Asian Pacific Resource Center at Rosemead Library is a special LA County Library collection focused on Asian American and Pacific Islander history, arts, and culture, with materials in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and English. Readers can browse the collection, use research resources, or ask the APRC librarian for referrals.
Price and cost notes
Free with library access
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
AYC offers culturally and linguistically competent education, employment, and family supports for low-income and immigrant youth across the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles, and Antelope Valley. Readers can explore afterschool programs, family services, food support, and volunteer opportunities.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
USC Pacific Asia Museum presents arts and cultures of Asia and the Pacific Islands from its Pasadena campus. Readers can plan a visit Wednesday–Sunday, check free-day calendars, or book group tours for families and school groups.
Price and cost notes
About $9–$15 general; children 14 and under free; recurring free days
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
1 place
GVJCI is a South Bay Nikkei community center with Japanese language school, cultural programs, senior and youth activities, and volunteer opportunities. Readers can use it as a local gathering place spanning Gardena, Torrance, and nearby beach cities.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
3 places
MOLAA presents modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art from its Long Beach museum near downtown. Readers can visit Wednesday–Sunday, use free Sundays, or request group tours.
Price and cost notes
About $15 general; free for children under 12; free Sundays
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
PIEAM is a Long Beach community house for Pacific Island arts and cultures, with rotating exhibitions and educational programs. Readers can visit Wednesday–Sunday, email ahead for an appointment, or plan a small-group tour.
Price and cost notes
About $5 general; children under 12 free
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Cambodia Town, Long Beach
2201 E. Anaheim St. Suite 200, Long Beach, CA 90804
UCC elevates Long Beach’s Cambodian community through culturally rooted youth arts, citizenship help, benefits navigation, and economic supports in Cambodia Town. Readers can contact the Anaheim Street office for programs or volunteer opportunities.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
1 place
Muzeo is Anaheim’s downtown museum and cultural center, pairing the historic Carnegie Building with galleries and community programs in heritage, culture, and the arts. Readers can visit Wednesday–Sunday and watch for family events, workshops, and local-history programs.
Price and cost notes
About $10 general ages 14+; Anaheim residents about $8; children 3 and under free
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
4 places
Bowers Museum presents world cultures through art and regularly hosts Asian and family cultural festivals in Santa Ana. Readers can visit Tuesday–Sunday, use Santa Ana resident free Sundays, or check the family-festival calendar for Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn programming.
Price and cost notes
About $18 general; children under 12 free; Santa Ana residents free on Sundays with proof of residency
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Garden Grove
12912 Brookhurst St., Ste. 410, Garden Grove, CA 92840
OCAPICA provides multilingual health, youth, workforce, housing, and advocacy supports for Asian and Pacific Islander and other underserved communities across Orange County. Readers can start with the main Garden Grove office for general inquiry, youth, workforce, and housing programs.
Price and cost notes
Services described as free and multilingual on official program pages
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Fountain Valley
VAALA connects Orange County communities through Vietnamese art, film, literature, and youth workshops. Readers can follow Viet Film Fest and other programs on the calendar, or volunteer for arts events and community projects.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
Little Saigon area, Garden Grove
13962 Seaboard Circle, Garden Grove, CA 92843
The Vietnamese Heritage Museum preserves refugee and Vietnamese American stories through artifacts, memorial walls, oral histories, and public programs in Garden Grove. Readers should confirm current open hours before visiting, then use the official site for exhibitions and anniversary events.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
2 places
Korean American Center offers accredited Korean language classes and cultural workshops in Irvine as a designated King Sejong Institute. Readers can enroll kids, teens, or adults in person, join folk-art workshops, or check community events on the calendar.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
SCCCA operates Irvine Chinese School and the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, with language classes, community cultural programs, orchestra and dance groups, and major festival partnerships. Readers can explore afterschool and community classes or watch for Mid-Autumn and Lunar New Year events around Irvine.
Details checked Jul 22, 2026
If you want cultural events or classes, look for a center with a public calendar. If you need navigation or language support, check who the program serves and whether an appointment or referral is required.
Volunteer roles can be occasional, event-based, or ongoing. Match the time commitment and duties to what you can realistically sustain rather than assuming every organization needs the same kind of help.
A broad multicultural organization and a community-specific cultural center do different work. Read how each group describes its mission and audience before attending a program or requesting support.
Some services have geographic, age, immigration-status, or income rules. A public event may be open to everyone even when a related service program has narrower eligibility.