New Exhibit Opens November 9
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Natural History Family of Museums
We Have a Family of Three!
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Exposition Park)
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits (Mid-Wilshire)
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9:30 am - 5:00 pm daily
| Members | FREE |
| Children 2 and under | FREE |
| School Groups | FREE |
| California Teachers* | FREE |
| Children 3 - 12 | $5.00 |
| Youth 13 - 17 | $9.00 |
| College Students w/ ID | $9.00 |
| Seniors (62+) | $9.00 |
| Adults | $12.00 |
| *Grades PreK-12 with valid school ID or paystub |
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COOL THINGS
Jump Into the Spider Pavilion
Walk into the Museum's open-air pavilion and get up close to spiders spinning their intricate webs. In an anteroom exhibit, we’re also showcasing jumping spiders like this one!
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Grandes Maestros: Great Masters of Iberoamerican Folk Art
From the Collection of Fomento Cultural Banamex, this spectacular traveling exhibition of Latin American folk art opens Sunday, November 9! We're kicking it off with a daylong Latin Festival inspired by the exhibition!
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Blue Moon Diamond Makes Debut!
This 12-carat blue diamond, one of the rarest gems worldwide, has taken up temporary residence in the Museum's Gem Vault! Stop in and see how it sparkles!
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CITIZEN SCIENCE
ZomBee Watch
In partnership with San Francisco State University, ZomBee Watch is a project that will help scientists better understand the distribution of the Zombie Fly, a parasitic fly that turns honeybees into zombies. Find out how to become a ZomBee Hunter!
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Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern California
We want to find out where reptiles and amphibians live throughout Southern California. To do this, we need your help!
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NHM NEXT CAMPAIGN
Join the Evolution!
We're finishing the final phase of the biggest transformation in our history! The NHM Next campaign is what makes it all possible.
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What else is new at NHM?
Meet Your Planet Here
NHM Receives $13 Million Gift for Otis Booth Pavilion
An unprecedented $13 million gift from The Otis Booth Foundation enabled the Museum to build a spectacular glass entrance pavilion for its new Nature Gardens. A magnificent, 63-foot fin whale specimen suspended inside in the Otis Booth Pavilion was unveiled at NHM's 100th anniversary festivities in June, 2013.
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IN THE NEWS
Fly Like a Dinosaur
NHM garnered major media attention for a study on a raptorial dinosaur fossil that has exceptionally long feathers, which sheds light on the mechanics of how larger-bodied feathered dinosaurs took flight.
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Our Whale Rescuers
Museum scientists made news when they joined with search and rescue crews to recover a rare, 16-million-year-old baleen whale fossil, encased in a 1,000-pound rock, from behind a Palos Verdes home.
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The Museum Behind the Museum
KPCC went behind the scenes to film in our "whale warehouse." It's where we store and research huge mammal skeletons.
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