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2007 Press Releases

 Silton at NHM L.A. Release - 03/22/2007 (PDF)
 First Fridays April Advisory - 03/05/2007 (PDF)
 Pavilion of Wings - Fact Sheet (PDF)
 Butterfly Pavilion 2007 (PDF)
 Bug Fair Release - 05/02/2007 (PDF)
 NATM Exhibition Release (PDF)
 NHM First Fridays Release 2007 (PDF)
 Spider Flashlight Tours Alert - 09/17/2007 (PDF)
 Spider Pavilion Fact Sheet (PDF)
 Spider Pavilion Release (PDF)

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2006 Press Releases

 Los Angeles Named “America’s Birdiest County” (PDF)
 Bid The Mysterious Bog People A “Bog Voyage!” (PDF)
 Groundbreaking New Exhibition: The Mysterious Bog People (PDF)
 ‘Bug Fair’ Creeps Into Exposition Park (PDF)
 Dinosaur Institute Unveiled (PDF)
 Giant ‘Terror Bird’ Fossil Found (PDF)
 Hip Hop Goes Native (PDF)
 Venice Reception Celebrates NHM’s Artistic Collaboration (PDF)
 NHM Brings Unconventional Exhibition Concept to Holland (PDF)
 Minmi the Dinosaur (PDF)
 New Dinosaur Described (PDF)
 NHM Exhibition - Sonic Scenery: Music for Collections (PDF)
 Robinsons-May Pavilion of Wings Opens (PDF)
 Press Release 2006 (PDF)
 Robinsons-May Day (PDF)
 Spider Pavilion Flashlight Tours (PDF)
 Spider Pavilion (PDF)
 United We Plant (PDF)

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2005 Press Releases

 Spider Pavilion - Arachnids Inspire Wonder at Natural History Museum (PDF)
 Museum in the News - “Breaking Out of the Diorama” Part 1 | Part 2 (PDF)
 Natural Family Fun - Summer Activities at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (PDF)
 Full Moon Flashlight Park Tours at the La Brea Tar Pits! - See Hancock Park in a Different Light (PDF)
 Page Museum Hosts Field Test for State-of-the-Art Radar Technique - Test to Determine Efficacy of Radar Technology in Locating Embedded Fossil Sites (PDF)
 "ART & SOL" Brings Latin Art and Music to the Natural History Museum - Early Celebration Sets the Stage for Upcoming Exhibit, "Conversations" (PDF)
 DJs Remix L.A. at Natural History Museum on January 7 th - Groundbreaking Exhibit L.A: light / motion / dreams Comes Alive for Closing Celebration (PDF)
 Great Year Planned at the Natural History Museum of LA Count - New Exhibitions and ‘First Fridays’ Ongoing Performance Series Continue to Entertain and Engage (PDF)
 Pavilion Of Wings: A Live Butterfly Experience Returns to the Natural History Museum PDF)
 Conversations Exhibition Opens February 20th - Museum Treasures Rediscovered Through Eyes of Artists and Curators (PDF)
 Conversations Media Preview (PDF)
 Conversations Exhibit Summary (PDF)
 Conversations Photos (PDF)
 Conversations Facts Sheet (PDF)
 Conversations Curator Bios (PDF)

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2004 Press Releases

 Calendar Release - First Fridays Continue with Jazz L.A. (PDF)
 Calendar Release - Fatboy Slim (PDF)
 Media Alert - Saturday - Pre-Halloween Opportunities (PDF)
 Calendar Release - First Fridays continue with Oyé LA (PDF)
 Press Release - Latino Heritige Month Gala Showcases Museum’s Latin American Collections (PDF)
 Calendar Release - First Fridays: Laugh L.A. (PDF)
 Calendar Release - First Fridays: Rhythms of L.A. (PDF)
 Artists' Biographies - First Fridays: Rhythms of L.A. (PDF)
 Media Alert - “Thomas” the T.rex Unearthed (PDF)
 Page Summer Calendar 2004 (PDF)
 Charles R. Knight Exhibition (PDF)
 Dog Days of Summer (PDF)
 Water, Water Everywhere (PDF)
 Pit 91 Opens - Media Preview Day June 24, 2004 (PDF)
 LA Live! An evening of Theater - June 19, 2004 (PDF)
 LA Live! An evening of Dance - June 5, 2004 (PDF)
 LA Live! An evening of Music - May 15, 2004 (PDF)
 LA Live! An evening of Literature - May 1, 2004 (PDF)
 LA Live! An Eclectic Series of Performances Celebrating Los Angeles (PDF)
 18th Annual Bug Fair (PDF)

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2003 Press Releases

 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Hosts GemFest on December 13 & 14, 12/03 (PDF)
 Japanese Friendship Doll: ‘Miss Taiwan’ To Go On Display at Natural History Museum, 5/03 (PDF)
 ‘Native Grandeur’ - California’s Natural Landscapes Preserved on Canvas, 4/03 (PDF)
 Tropical ‘Brown Widow’ Spider, New to Los Angeles Captured In Torrance; On Display at Museum, 2/03 (PDF)

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2002 Press Releases

 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Hosts SoCal GemFest on December 7 & 8, 11/02 (PDF)
 World Series Artifacts on Display in Los Angeles, 11/02 (PDF)
 Change - Artist Lets Young Guests at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits Form Saber-Toothed Cat Out of Clay, 10/02 (PDF)
 Baseball As America Media Preview Day Schedule, 8/02 (PDF)
 DOGS: Wolf, Myth, Hero & Friend - Exhibition Premieres October 13, 2002, 8/02 (PDF)
 Cooperstown Comes to L.A. - Traveling Exhibit by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Comes to the Natural History Museum, 8/02 (PDF)
 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Selects Steven Holl as Architect of Major New museum Project, 7/02 (PDF)
 Genes Reveal New Species of Whale Specimen on Display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 6/02 (PDF)
 Dead Rare Whale Washed Ashore in Manhattan Beach Natural History Museum Retrieving Cuvier's Beaked Whale for Research, 6/02 (PDF)
 Museum Makes Goal of 1,000 Spiders, Thanks to Citizen Scientists, 6/02 (PDF)
 Earth-Related Bronze Sculptures by Steve Tobin Will Dot Landscape of the Museums, 6/02 (PDF)
 Back to the Ice Age - Family Celebration Everyone can "Dig" - Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits Celebrates 25th Anniversary, 5/02 (PDF)
 New Developments at the Page Museum Everyone Can "Dig" - The George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits Turns 25, 5/02 (PDF)
 "1,000 Spiders in 2 Days-Museum Seeks Citizen Scientists to Boost Knowledge of Local Web-Crawlers" First-ever Southern California Spider Survey to Launch at Insect Fair, 4/02 (PDF)
 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Selects Five Internationally Recognized Architecture Firms as Finalists For New Museum Project, 4/02 (PDF)
 Dolphin Test Results Positive for Domoic Acid, 3/02 (PDF)
 Natural History Museum Leads Research Efforts on Recent Dolphin Strandings, 3/02 (PDF)
 César Chávez: A Celebration, 3/02 (PDF)
 "Skymobile" Launches Students to Mars & Back, 1/02 (PDF)
 Grants Totaling $2.7 Million Advance Science and Education, 1/02 (PDF)

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2001 Press Releases

 Netting Information about Fish Faster and Easier, 12/01 (PDF)
 New Museum President and Director to Start November 1, 2001, 11/01 (PDF)
 New Museum Project, 11/01 (PDF)
 Ancient Maya, Aztec and Egyptian Tri-cultural Archaeological Conference - A Partnership Tour, 11/09/01 (PDF)
 Tour of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia - Curator's Choice Tour, 11/03/01 (PDF)
 Eye of the Whale: From Baja to Siberia with the World's Largest Mammal, 10/14/01 (PDF)
 'The Photo-Atlas of Minerals' on CD-ROM Now Available, 10/10/01 (PDF)
 'Kampfite' Named for Natural History Museum Mineral Curator, 10/01/01 (PDF)
 Embryos Reveal Nature of Dinosaur, 09/27/01 (PDF)
 Biodiversity Learned on the Playground, 09/20/01 (PDF)
 William S. Hart Museum Receives Grant from Verizon Foundation, 08/09/01 (PDF)
 Museum Biologist's Belief That Certain Brittlestars Have "Eyes" Is Correct, 08/01/01 (PDF)
 Netting Information About Fish Faster and Easier, 08/01/01 (PDF)
 Forbes Photography Tells Story Rich in Detail, 07/01/01 (PDF)
 Baskets Recall Era of Change in California, 07/01/01 (PDF)
 Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, 06/01/01 (PDF)

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Downloadable Page Museum Press Kit

 Page Museum Calendar 2006 (PDF)
 How “Cool” is L.A.? Pit 91 tells a chilling story (PDF)
 Death by Entrapment: The La Brea Tar Pits (PDF)
 Work of Pioneer Natural History Artist Charles R. Knight Celebrated with New Exhibition (PDF)
 Tar Pits and Asphalt - Facts (PDF)
 Pit 91 - Facts (PDF)
 Fossils - Facts (PDF)
 Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits - Facts (PDF)
 Pit 91 Media Preview (PDF)

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 Jennifer Mau Director of Communications (office) 213/763-3538  jmau@nhm.org