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News & Press Archive

Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County Unveils ‘L.A. on Wheels’ Online Series

This year’s ‘Being L.A.’ initiative celebrates the diversity of Los Angeles and its people through the lens of creative modes of transportation with online stories and videos

NHMLAC Announces Spring and Summer Programming for the Natural History Museum and La Brea Tar Pits

A suite of new programming and exhibits fill the calendar for the upcoming seasons

La Brea Tar Pits Researchers Identify a Mysterious Fossil Seed to Reveal New Chapters in L.A.’s Climate History

Through advanced microscopy and imaging techniques, La Brea Tar Pits scientists successfully identify a previously unknown species to Southern California from fossilized seeds, revealing a drought-fueled dance between two species of juniper with lessons for the region’s climate future

NHM COMMONS OPENS NOVEMBER 17, 2024

NEW PHOTOS SHOW TRANSFORMATIVE 75,000-SQUARE-FOOT RENOVATION FEATURING NEW WELCOME CENTER, OUTDOOR PLAZA, COMMUNITY THEATER, AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS

Admission-Free Welcome Center Features Gnatalie the Green Dinosaur and Barbara Carrasco’s 80-foot-long mural L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective

New Experiences Include Community Science exhibition, Immersive Puppet Performance Ocean Encounters, T.REX 3D film and Collective Knowledge from Our Changing World Photography Exhibition Highlighting NHM’s Vast Collections and South LA Cafe’s new Expo Park Location

Opening Day Celebration Features Community Ceremony with Indigenous and Civic Leaders, including Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, and a Performance by Tierra Blanca Arts Center

New Bird Species from the Age of Dinosaurs Fills in the Gaps of Bird Brain Evolution

The exceptionally rare fossil skull of a new bird species from the Age of Dinosaurs reveals that avian skulls achieved their recognizably modern shape using archaic structures—an unexpected but stunning example of parallel evolution—while also unearthing a missing link in the long evolutionary history of the bird brain.