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The Natural History Museum is open. The museum at La Brea Tar Pits is temporarily closed for renovations, with select outdoor areas and experiences available.

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

Mammoth in lake pit against an orange background

Museum Closed for Renovations

Big Things Are Bubbling Up!

The Museum at La Brea Tar Pits is closed for a mammoth makeover. Indoor exhibitions and experiences are temporarily paused, but the science, exploration, and stories of the Tar Pits continue.

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

Free admission to the Natural History Museum, all year long

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