Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles

The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA, 90036
323-934-PAGE
http://www.tarpits.org

Daily: 9:30a-5p
Adults $7
Students/Seniors $4.50
Children 5-12 $2
Free on the first Tuesday of every month.


Located in the heart of metropolitan Los Angeles, the world famous Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits represents the only active urban paleontological excavation site in the United States.

This unique Southern California attraction displays Ice Age fossils of animals from sticky asphalt deposits 10,000 to 40,000 years old, including saber-toothed cats, mammoths, dire wolves and mastodons.

Also on display are the fossilized remains of microscopic plant remains, insects and reptiles. Daily, visitors can watch scientists and volunteers clean, repair, and identify fossil remains inside the glass-enclosed Fishbowl Lab.

During the summer, visitors can watch the live excavation of fossils.

- The only consistently active urban Ice Age excavation site in the world.
- Houses one of the world's largest and most diverse collections of Late Pleistocene fossils.
- Hosts Project 23, an excavation project that can inform new research on global warming, geological change, and biodiversity.

Also related:
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The William S. Hart Park and Museum

Contact the museum for latest information.

LA County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-763-DINO
http://www.nhm.org/

Daily: 9:30a-5p (closed certain holidays)
Adults $9
Seniors 62+, Students 18+ w/ID, Children 13-17 $6.50
Children 5-12 $2
Free on the first Tuesday of the month
Parking accepts cash only

- Protects over 35 million specimens, dating back 4.5 billion years
- An amazing collection of dinosaurs, mammals, insect zoo, birds, shells, and one of my favorites, gems and minerals. They also have California and American History exhibits, as well as Ancient Latin American Art.
- Focuses on the 'big picture' of the planet, the natural and the cultural world
- Daily guided tours at 2pm
- A 'cheat sheet' is available if you have limited time to tour (a one hour quick tour suggestion)
- They also have a neat First Friday series of events that are for adults in the evenings that include special presentations and live music

Also related:
The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
The William S. Hart Park and Museum

Contact the Museum for its latest info and special exhibits.