Join the NHM Next Campaign
Where else do scientists, naturalists, educators with a sense of humor, historians, and nutty exhibit planners work together to inspire you? Nowhere else. The NHM Next Campaign is transforming the Museum into one of the coolest destinations in Southern California. You do not want to miss this.
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Get Your Butterfly Pavilion Tickets!
Experience butterflies like you've never done before at the Butterfly Pavilion though September 3.
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First Fridays Tickets Available!
Missed the kick off for LA’s favorite First Fridays? Click here to Get Tickets for our next date!
Tarpits.org Just Emerged from the Ice Age
Check out the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits’ new website, www.tarpits.org! Videos, photography, interactive components, downloadable resources and more!
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900 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (213) 763-DINO
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HOURS + ADMISSIONS
9:30 am - 5:00 pm daily
| Members | FREE |
| Children 4 and under | FREE |
| Children 5 - 12 | $5.00 |
| Youth 13 - 17 | $8.00 |
| College Students w/ ID | $9.00 |
| Seniors (62+) | $9.00 |
| Adults | $12.00 |
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COOL THINGS
Butterfly Pavilion is Open!
The Butterfly Pavilion, open through September 3, has been gussied up for its free-flying inhabitants. There are more nectar plants, new gardens, and new butterflies.
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Bug Out With Us at Bug Fair!
This year, the buzz is even louder because it’s the Year of the Fly. Visitors can cradle a bug in their palms, learn about the homes and habits of a variety of roaming insects from our bug experts, see live specimens, buy insect-related products, and even sample bug delicacies. Learn More
Butterfly Brooches on Display
A special exhibit of jewel-encrusted butterfly brooches, featuring some of the world's rarest gemstones, is now on display at NHM's Gem and Mineral Hall. Learn More
NHM NEXT CAMPAIGN
Join the Evolution!
You've probably heard the buzz about a revitalized NHM. You may have seen our new exhibits. And to be honest, you may have been a bit inconvenienced by some of our construction. It's all because we are in the midst of changes that are putting us in same company as the country's best natural history museums. The NHM Next Campaign is what drives the transformation.
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Meet Your Planet Here
The New Dino Hall is Open!
Get up close and personal with three T. rex specimens, including Thomas the T. rex , an enormous Triceratops, and a long-necked Mamenchisaurus whose body stretches farther than a bus. Then upstairs, experience what it's like to find fossils and study them in the lab. You can become the next great paleontologist — there is still so much to discover!
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NHM Receives $13 Million Gift for Otis Booth Pavilion
An unprecedented $13 million gift from The Otis Booth Foundation enables the Museum to build a spectacular glass entrance pavilion for its new North Campus. A magnificent, 63-foot fin whale specimen will soar in light in time for NHM's 100th anniversary in 2013.
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IN THE NEWS
American Theatre Discovers NHM 'Encounters'
American Theatre magazine applauds the science and performance behind Dinosaur Encounters and Ice Age Encounters.
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NHM Announces New Hall
Los Angeles Times reports on upcoming exhibit Becoming Los Angeles.
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Parrots in Pasadena
KPCC's Madeleine Brand interviews ornithologist Kimball Garrett.
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COMMUNITY SCIENCE
From the Ground Up: Building a Backyard for the City
Citizen Science Manager Lila Higgins is tracking the latest and greatest developments in the Museum’s new outdoor habitat, the North Campus!
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Los Angeles Butterfly Survey
Partnering with Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA), the Museum hopes to compile a record of the butterflies we're likely to find around the Museum. We know there are 237 species recorded for L.A. County, but how many can you find?
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Lost Lizards of Los Angeles
Why are there no lizards in Exposition Park, the Musuem's own backyard? We hope to answer this question and find out where lizards do occur in the Los Angeles basin. And we need your help!
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