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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Commercial Filming Requests

Please send inquires to Unreel Locations at unreelsite@aol.com or visit their website at www.unreellocations.com.

Advertising & Marketing Requests

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

News & Press Archive

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Launches Nationwide “Camp Croods” in Partnership with La Brea Tar Pits and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Virtual museum kids programs celebrate the home entertainment release of Golden Globe nominated film The Croods: A New Age and feature scientists, animators, story artists and more for interactive camp sessions
 

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NHMLAC Urban Nature Research Center uses community science to demonstrate the challenges and opportunities of city-living for native lizards

Photos contributed by volunteers from across Southern California show that city lizards are at higher risk of losing their tails but decreased risk of tick parasitism, highlighting the value of community science for urban ecology studies

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La Brea Tar Pits Launches New Community Science Project to Digitize Ice Age Fossil Findings

Volunteers can help transcribe 'dig' field notes for fossils excavated since 1969

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Newly Discovered Specimens Uncovered by NHMLAC Dinosaur Institute Help Identify Missing Links in Evolutionary History of Pterosaurs

International team of researchers demonstrate enigmatic dinosaur relatives from the Triassic, lagerpetids, represent the closest relatives of pterosaurs, with key fossils found at collaborative field site involving NHMLAC’s Dinosaur Institute

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Nickelodeon and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Launch “Science Of Slime”

New Video and Online Event Series Brings Together Nickelodeon Characters and NHM Scientists to Inspire Curiosity and Spotlight Slimy Specimens in Museum Collection

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