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The Natural History Museum and the museum at La Brea Tar Pits are open. Advance tickets are recommended. 

Natural History Museum

Explore nature and culture from the inside out

L.A. Underwater Exhibition

L.A. Underwater

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La Brea Tar Pits

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

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils

Excavations

Discoveries made daily.
See what we dig up

Upcoming Events at the Tar Pits

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Today
November
30

Pack rat skeleton drawn in white on a black background with lines connecting artist names in white to different parts of the skeleton
LBTP
Special Exhibitions

Mark Dion: Excavations

Excavations evokes a behind-the-scenes museum space, displaying new work alongside early museum murals, dioramas, and maquettes of Ice Age mammals in a playful, irreverent presentation.

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daily

through 07/19/26

  • 9:30 am
Image of mammoths
LBTP

Titans of the Ice Age 3D

Journey to a world lost in time, buried in ice, and ruled by giants. In this exciting 3D adventure, narrated by Christopher Plummer, discover an icy world on the brink of extinction, where humans share the frozen tundra with majestic beasts.

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daily

  • 10:00 am
  • 10:30 am
  • 11:00 am
  • 11:30 am
  • 12:00 pm
  • 12:30 pm
  • 1:00 pm
  • 1:30 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • 2:30 pm
  • 3:00 pm
  • 3:30 pm
  • 4:00 pm

Monday
December
01

Pack rat skeleton drawn in white on a black background with lines connecting artist names in white to different parts of the skeleton
LBTP
Special Exhibitions

Mark Dion: Excavations

Excavations evokes a behind-the-scenes museum space, displaying new work alongside early museum murals, dioramas, and maquettes of Ice Age mammals in a playful, irreverent presentation.

Learn more

daily

through 07/19/26

  • 9:30 am
Image of mammoths
LBTP

Titans of the Ice Age 3D

Journey to a world lost in time, buried in ice, and ruled by giants. In this exciting 3D adventure, narrated by Christopher Plummer, discover an icy world on the brink of extinction, where humans share the frozen tundra with majestic beasts.

Learn more

daily

  • 10:00 am
  • 10:30 am
  • 11:00 am
  • 11:30 am
  • 12:00 pm
  • 12:30 pm
  • 1:00 pm
  • 1:30 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • 2:30 pm
  • 3:00 pm
  • 3:30 pm
  • 4:00 pm
Museum Educator leading visitors along a path with big cat paw prints
LBTP
Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

Excavator Tour

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen.

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daily

  • 1:00 pm
Family admiring direwolf skull with gallery interpreter at La Brea Tar Pits
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