Mind-Blown at Home | Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County

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Mind-Blown at Home

Film buffs, tastemakers, science nerds, and museum fans share what blows their mind about our museums, whether it's a trio of T. Rexes, sparking gems, monster movies, or polar bears. We want to know what blows your mind!

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Watchlist: Dig Into Dinosaurs Under Quarantine

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Crash McCreery holding dinosaur fossil

NHM Creatures and Mark “Crash” McCreery

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Bill Deverell, Director at Huntington-USC, in front of The Star in Becoming Los Angeles

Bill Deverell and NHM's Shining Star

Dino inspirations with Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard

Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard's Dino Inspirations

Still shot of Micheline Pitt in the Natural History of Horror exhibition at NHM

Micheline Pitt and the Science of Scary

Luis and t rex trio

Dr. Luis Chiappe and the T.rex Trio

What blows YOUR mind?

NHM Polycotylus fleshed out - illustration by Stephanie Abramowicz

Mind-Blown Science: NHM's Extraordinary Plesiosaur

Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of our Dinosaur Institute, explains why this giant marine reptile blows his mind.