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Members don't have to pay admission or wait in lines...they walk right through Member Express and into the Museum!
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First Fridays Season 2013
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All Stars of Science Tours
The NHM has millions of specimens in its collections. Members at the Naturalist level and higher are invited to schedule a behind-the-scenes tour with one of our curators to see these treasures and learn about real science happening here at the Museum.
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Go Metro and Save $1.25 on Adult Admission!
Show your valid Metro pass or Metro Rail ticket at the box office and get $1.25 off adult admission. There are two NHM-convenient stops on the Metro Expo Line: the Expo/Vermont station or Expo Park/USC station.
(Hints: The Expo/Vermont station brings you by our Dueling Dinos statue. The pretty, short walk from Expo Park/USC is adjacent to the Rose Garden and NHM's renovated 1913 Building.)
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Daily Fun
Dinosaur Encounters
Thursday - Friday: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm*
Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm*
Located in Level 2 North American Mammal Hall
*All times are subject to change. Please check the Museum calendar or upon arrival, the admissions desk.
Ice Age Encounters Have Moved to Page Museum!
Starting September 12, 2012, see Ice Age Encounters at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.
Gallery Exploration Tour
2 pm
Meet at Dueling Dinos, Level 1
Meet a Live Animal
Monday - Friday: 3 pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11 am, 3 pm
Check map insert for location!
Families and Kids
Come Learn as a Family With Us!
On the weekends, we have Critter Clubs for 3- to 5-year-olds, and Junior Scientists for 6- to 9-year-olds. In Curator's Cupboard events, our staff brings out special items not usually on display.
If you're creative and brainy, come to a B-Movies and Bad Science screening.
Butterflies and Spiders
Outside the Museum's South Entrance, you'll find enclosed habitats filled with life.
From April to September, the Butterfly Pavilion is fluttering with over 40 species of live butterflies.
From late September to November, the Spider Pavilion houses web-weavers, hard at work. Come check out their intricate webs!
See Creatures Come to Life
If you want to see creatures come alive, check out our Dinosaur Encounters and Encounters Jr. programs.
Grown Up
A Drink with a Dinosaur
Roam the Museum after hours, and see cutting-edge music and discussion in First Fridays.
Getting Earthy
At Sustainable Sundays, we feature workshops, activities (indoors, and out in the garden), and film screenings. They're conservation-minded, but not preachy or boring, we promise!
Science Seekers
Forget About the Hard Way, Learn the Hilarious Way
You'll be surprised how much you can learn at a movie screening and discussion where the science is all wrong! Learn more about the film series B-Movies and Bad Science.
Get Behind the Scenes
For our members, there are special Behind-the-Scenes Tours and Scavenger's Safaris. And every year around Halloween, the Museum opens up for Haunted Museum!
The Adventurous Type
Day Campers, Look No Further!
Our Adventures in Nature day camps are offered during the summer, for children in kindergarten through grade 8.