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Press & Filming

You can find press information related to exhibitions, collections, and programs below.

Press Requests

For all press requests, interviews, images, and non-commercial filming assistance, or to be added to our media list, please send inquiries to press@nhm.org.

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Advertising & Marketing Requests

For requests regarding advertising and marketing, please send inquiries to advertising@nhm.org.

News & Press Archive

NHM Mineralogy Curator Describes "Mineral of the Year'

December 1, 2015—An orange-brown mineral named ophirite, described by a team lead by Dr. Anthony R. Kampf, Curator Emeritus of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM), has beendesignated the “Mineral of the Year” by the International Mineral Association.

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Press - Tattoo Exhibition Spotlights Southern Californian Artists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

On view November 19, 2017 through April 15, 2018

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Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections: WeDigBio

The future of digitizing museum collections

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