POSTAL & PHYSICAL ADDRESS

        Entomology Section
        Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
        900 Exposition Boulevard
        Los Angeles, CA 90007, U.S.A.

TELEPHONE

        (213) 763-3363, 3364, 3365

FAX

        (213) 746-2999

DIRECTIONS - interactive map

The museum is located on Exposition Boulevard just south of the main campus of the University of Southern California and north of the Los Angeles Coliseum and between Vermont Avenue and Figueroa Street.  Public entrances to the museum are found on both the north and south sides of the building, but official visitors will need to enter through the Staff entrance on the bottom level on the Exposition side.

PARKING - schematic map

If you are driving, exit the Harbor Freeway (110) on Exposition Boulevard and go west.  Official visitors driving to the museum can park in either of the two staff parking lots, one on Exposition Blvd just east of the dinosaurs and the slightly larger lot west of the dinosaurs and off the small cross-street Menlo. If those lots are full, there is a large overflow, public parking area to the west of Menlo.

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION

The Los Angeles area is served by Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Burbank, Ontario, Long Beach and John Wayne/Orange County airports. Rail service to downtown Los Angeles includes many local commuter rail lines (Metrolink) as well as continental Amtrak service. The Los Angeles Metro includes subway and light rail service (MTA). Visitors to the museum needing public transportation can take taxis, buses, DASH or possibly the USC Shuttle bus from Union Station to the University and then walk across.  

LOCAL ACCOMODATION

The two closest hotels to the museum are the Radisson Midtown Los Angeles (3540 S. Figueroa St., 213-748-4141) and the Vagabond Inn (3101 S. Figueroa St., 213-746-1531).