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

Upcoming Events at NHM

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Thu

23

Sep

Mobile Museums Ocean Experience
NHM

Mobile Museum Open House
  • 2 pm

Come take a look inside NHM’s Mobile Museums; unique educational spaces within customized tractor-trailers that simulate scientific research environments!

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Fri

24

Sep

Mobile Museums Ocean Experience
NHM

Mobile Museum Open House
  • 2 pm

Come take a look inside NHM’s Mobile Museums; unique educational spaces within customized tractor-trailers that simulate scientific research environments!

Learn more

Sun

26

Sep

Dino Fest 2021
NHM

Dino Fest
Festival All Ages
  • 9:30 am

It's time for all things dinosaur! Join us for a RAWRing good time at Dino Fest 2021.

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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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Excavations

Discoveries made daily.
See what we dig up

William S. Hart Museum

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

Family admiring direwolf skull with gallery interpreter at La Brea Tar Pits
Free admission to three museums, all year long
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