Per LA County Department of Public Health, masks must be worn at all times indoors and in NHM's Butterfly Pavilion. View our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for more information.

Visit Our Museums

Safety, cleanliness and community health are our utmost priorities as we welcome people back into our museums. The Natural History Museum and the museum at La Brea Tar Pits are open. Advance tickets are recommended. The William S. Hart museum will remain closed until further notice.

Natural History Museum

Explore nature and culture from the inside out

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Rise Up L.A.: A Century of Votes for Women

Celebrate the 19th Amendment

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Butterfly Pavilion

Meet our butterflies

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Dinosaur Hall

Explore the age dinosaurs

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Nature Gardens

Macrophotograph of Mantisfly, Genus Plega. Photo by Lisa Gonzalez.

Spiky, Hairy, Shiny: Insects of L.A.

La Brea Tar Pits

A gateway back to the Ice Age, right in the heart of L.A.

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Excavations

Discoveries made daily.

See what we dig up

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Mammoths and Mastodons

Onlookers watch scientists in the Fossil Lab

Fossil Lab

See paleontology at work

Enjoying Hancock Park

La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park

Explore the park

William S. Hart Museum

The Hart museum will remain closed until further notice. See NHMLAC's response to coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Guided Tours

Tour a cowboy palace!

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Explore the park

Your Old West adventure

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Hart's story

Family admiring direwolf skull with gallery interpreter at La Brea Tar Pits

Free admission to three museums, all year long

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