Press & Filming

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News & Press Archive

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.  
 

DYNAMIC NEW PROGRAMS TO LAUNCH WITH THE OPENING OF NHM COMMONS

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to present Ocean Encounters, a spectacular new puppet performance, and T.REX 3D, a cutting-edge film narrated by Sam Neill, in new NHM Commons theater 

NHM to Host an Opening Day Celebration and Block Party for NHM Commons, the Museum’s New Wing and Community Hub, on November 17, 2024

The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County Presents Mark Dion: Excavations

Part of the region-wide initiative PST ART: Art & Science Collide, the exhibition opens September 15 at La Brea Tar Pits

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Presents Reframing Dioramas: The Art of Preserving Wilderness

Part of the region-wide initiative PST ART: Art & Science Collide, the exhibition examines the art and science of dioramas and features three contemporary art installations in a newly re-opened diorama hall