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Discover More at NHM Commons
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles welcomes you to explore NHM Commons, the Museum’s newly-opened wing and community hub in Exposition Park.
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Research and Collections
Digitized Mammals
How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection
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A paleoart rendition of Eupachydiscus sp. by Cullen Townsend.
Research and Collections
Collections Staff Help Ammonites Come Out of Their Shells
Uncovering how digitization and collections management made a groundbreaking extinction study come to life
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A New Landscape
The Community Plaza of NHM Commons is a gathering place that has been imagined with pride and purpose. 
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Collective Knowledge from Our Changing World
From evolutionary history to our conservation future, explore the power and majesty of museum collections through the lens of famed NatGeo photographer Craig Cutler
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Dino Fest Discussion
Gnatalie the Green Dinosaur: From Ground to Mount
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Dino Fest Discussion
Jurassic Giants: The Largest Organisms on the Morrison Formation Floodplain and the Sauropods That Ate Them
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Meet LA's Gnewest Star: Gnatalie the Green Dino
NHM Commons—the Museum’s new wing and community hub—will welcome visitors this fall with, among other wonders, the newest and biggest fossil Angeleno: Gnatalie.
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New Exhibit | Wolves: Photography by Ronan Donovan
Ronan Donovan, a National Geographic Explorer and photographer, has examined the relationship between wild wolves and humans in order to better understand the animals, our shared history, and what drives the persistent human-wolf conflict.
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Mark Dion standing outside in front of mammoth sculptures and lake pit
Mark Dion Talks Excavations
Mark Dion discusses his immersive, uncanny installation at La Brea Tar Pits.
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