Research Library

• Collection includes 105,000 books and 125,000 periodical volumes.
• Open to the public by appointment, 10am to 4pm, Monday through Friday.
• For more information, call (213) 763-3388 or (213) 763-3387.
• Schreber's Fantastic Beasts.
• A few of nearly 400 plates belonging to the Research Library's Zoological Prints collection.
• Exotic Entomology.
• Provided for your delight are a small number of the world's butterflies and moths, taken from Dru Drury's three-volume monograph entitled Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. This 1837 work, held in the Research Library's rare book collection, contains "...upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties." Each illustration was originally hand colored with great care and attention to detail.

Seaver Center for Western History Research

• Collection includes 7,000 books and 2,000 periodical volumes.
• Open to the public by appointment, 10am to 4pm, Monday and Thursday only.
• For more information, call (213) 763-3359.

Museum Archives

• Collection of documents generated by the Museum staff.
• Open to the public by appointment, 10am to 4pm, Mon - Fri.
• For more information call (213) 763-3389 or (213) 763-3388.