Our museums will be closed until further notice to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Our first priority is the well-being and safety of our guests, staff and volunteers. Stay up to date with NHMLAC's response to COVID-19.​​​ Nuestros museos estarán cerrados hasta nuevo aviso para minimizar la propagación del COVID-19. Ve la respuesta de NHMLAC ante el coronavirus (COVID-19).

Visit Our Museums

Each of our three locations offer different and amazing experiences.

Natural History Museum

Explore nature and culture from the inside out

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Photo of Dinosaur Hall

Dinosaur Hall

Come face to face with giants

Upcoming Events at NHM

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Sat

11

Apr

Join our educators for a story in the Nature Gardens
NHM

Story Time in the Gardens
Tours & Shows
  • 10:30 am

Connect with urban wildlife through a nature-themed story and activity in our Nature Gardens.

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Sun

12

Apr

Join our educators for a story in the Nature Gardens
NHM

Story Time in the Gardens
Tours & Shows
  • 10:30 am

Connect with urban wildlife through a nature-themed story and activity in our Nature Gardens.

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Sun

12

Apr

Join a Gardener to find out what we’re harvesting in our Edible Garden!
NHM

Harvest Tour
Tours & Shows
  • 1 pm

Join a Gardener to find out what we’re harvesting in our Edible Garden!

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La Brea Tar Pits

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

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Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils

Excavations

Discoveries made daily.
See what we dig up

Upcoming Events at the Tar Pits

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11

Apr

Tour the Museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years
Tar Pits

Mammoths and Mastodons Exploration
Tours & Shows
  • 11 am

Tour the museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories of L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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Sat

11

Apr

Project 23 boxes and bins
Tar Pits

Project 23 Revealed
Tours & Shows
  • 11:30 am

Walk to our current excavation where you’ll talk to real excavators about their newest discoveries and learn the inside story of Project 23.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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Sat

11

Apr

guests family kids la brea tar pits fossil lab
Tar Pits

Inside the Fossil Lab
Tours & Shows
  • 2:30 pm

Discover how our paleontologists clean, sort, and study fossils uncovered in the Tar Pits!

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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William S. Hart Museum

The cowboy ranch of a 1920s film legend

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Upcoming Events at the Hart

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12

Apr

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Hart

Visitas Guiadas en Español
Tours & Shows
  • 12:30 pm
  • 1:30 pm
  • 2:30 pm

El Museo William S. Hart tendrá visitas guiadas en español a las 12:30,1:30 y 2:30 de la tarde el segundo domingo de cada mes.

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Sat

18

Apr

Cowboy with lasso at the Cowboy Festival
Hart

Open House: Day of the Cowboy
  • 11 am
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Sun

19

Apr

Cowboy with lasso at the Cowboy Festival
Hart

Open House: Day of the Cowboy
  • 11 am
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Family admiring direwolf skull with gallery interpreter at La Brea Tar Pits
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