BE ADVISED: On Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, nearby events at Exposition Park and the University of Southern California will impact traffic, parking, and wayfinding in the area. Please consider riding the Metro E (Expo) Line and exiting at USC/Expo station.

Visit Our Museums

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

Butterflies photographed from above on a pink background

Butterfly Pavilion

Meet our butterflies

Visitors viewing an installation of a pregnant plesiosaur in the Dinosaur Hall

Dinosaur Hall

Explore the age dinosaurs

hummingbird next to flowers in the nature gardens

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.

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils

Excavations

Discoveries made daily.

See what we dig up

Mammoth and Mastodons hero image

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

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

Free admission to two museums, all year long

Become a member