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Featured Program

Ice Age Encounters

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Today
03
Dec
Forest Urban Live Invertebrates Collections Manager
NHM

Live Animal Presentation: What Do Bugs Use Slime For?
Science of Slime FamilyYouth
  • 11:30 am

Forest Urban, our Invertebrate Living Collections Manager, will share some amazing live animals, and you'll find out what slime can do for them!

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Crustaceans Collections Storage- Behind the Scenes
NHM

Virtual Scavenger Safari: Crustacea
After-Hours Members Special Program All Ages
  • 5:30 pm

Join Dr. Joel "Jody" Martin, for a behind the scenes look into NHM's crustacea collection!

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When Women Vote: A Zócalo/NHMLAC Event Series - Logo
NHM

What Are Today’s L.A. Women Fighting For?
Talks All Ages
  • 6 pm
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Sat
05
Dec
guests family kids la brea tar pits fossil lab
Tar Pits

Inside the Fossil Lab
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 2:30 pm

Discover how our paleontologists clean, sort, and study fossils uncovered in the Tar Pits!

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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nibbles sabertooth cat puppet ice age meet and greet la brea tar pits and museum
Tar Pits

Ice Age Meet and Greet
Live Theater Show All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Sun
06
Dec
guests family kids la brea tar pits fossil lab
Tar Pits

Inside the Fossil Lab
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 2:30 pm

Discover how our paleontologists clean, sort, and study fossils uncovered in the Tar Pits!

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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nibbles sabertooth cat puppet ice age meet and greet la brea tar pits and museum
Tar Pits

Ice Age Meet and Greet
Live Theater Show All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Mon
07
Dec
jann vendetti with snail nature gardens
NHM

Meet Jann Vendetti: Snail Trails and Mollusc Mucus
Science of Slime FamilyYouth
  • 1 pm

Join Dr. Jann Vendetti, NHM’s Associate Curator of Malacology (and resident snail specialist) for a glimpse into the wonderful world of molluscs!

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Wed
09
Dec
sage plant with purple flowers
NHM

Revitalizing Native Food Culture with the Chia Café Collective
Educator Workshop Adult
  • 4 pm
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Sat
12
Dec
Sing Move Play! Small child smiling
NHM

Sing Move Play!
Members Special Program FamilyYouth
  • 10 am

Come sing, move, and play with NHMLA!

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guests family kids la brea tar pits fossil lab
Tar Pits

Inside the Fossil Lab
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 2:30 pm

Discover how our paleontologists clean, sort, and study fossils uncovered in the Tar Pits!

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

Learn More
nibbles sabertooth cat puppet ice age meet and greet la brea tar pits and museum
Tar Pits

Ice Age Meet and Greet
Live Theater Show All Ages
  • 3 pm
Learn More