Jessica Portner

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Children standing around the Paleo Play Zone, a counter with imitation sand and fossils, with mounted taxidermy up high on the wall in the background

Paleo Play Zone

There’s something new to see in the Discovery Center!

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Orchard spider Spider Pavilion

Spiders in the House

Awe-inspiring or awfully scary? NHM’s arachnid educators are standing by in our seasonal exhibit, the Spider Pavilion, ready to unspool the truths about these web spinners with tangled reputations.

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A painting of a woman with scenes of L.A. woven in her hair

Naturalist

A Mural Remembers L.A.

Chicana Artist Barbara Carrasco’s mural, L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, is now on view in the new Welcome Center of NHM Commons.

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