Calendar

Discover the hidden worlds beneath our feet in this family-friendly film that follows a brave chipmunk on a big adventure through a miniature wilderness.

Enjoy NHM’s one-of-a-kind Nature Gardens while learning more about urban wildlife. Visitors of all ages are welcome to stop by anytime during the hour and stay as long or short as you’d like!

Join a Museum Educator to hear about exciting discoveries from the Tar Pits! These 20-minute presentations highlight what we can learn at the Tar Pits, followed by a Q&A opportunity. Topics are always changing.

Dive into a prehistoric undersea adventure with our brand new, live performance starring life-size sea creature puppets. Join us as our amazing puppeteers and paleontologists bring these extinct animals to life.

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen.

In the Commons Theater, see T. REX 3D which animates the life of T. Rex, including NHM’s own Thomas the T. Rex, in this all-new, family-friendly film. Narrated by Sam Neill of Jurassic Park fame, T. REX 3D offers a thrilling, immersive experience. 

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

Journey to remote Pacific atolls in this stunning new short film that reveals the beauty, history, and fragility of some of the world’s most pristine marine ecosystems.

Excavations evokes a behind-the-scenes museum space, displaying new work alongside early museum murals, dioramas, and maquettes of Ice Age mammals in a playful, irreverent presentation.

Experience our newest exhibition showcasing some of the rarest and most spectacular mineral specimens ever discovered. Unearthed reveals the beauty of minerals and crystals in their natural state, with some on view for the very first time.

Dive into our multimedia-rich, immersive exhibition. Discover L.A.’s prehistoric past through the stories of nearly 40 fossils that are uncovering the secrets of our submerged prehistory.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the dioramas, NHM is restoring and reopening a diorama hall that has been closed for decades. There, visitors will experience immersive new installations that call attention to dioramas as a unique combination of art and science and explore biodiversity, ecology, conservation, colonialism, and changing museum display techniques.