BE ADVISED: The Natural History Museum is not participating in SoCal Museums Free-for-All on Sunday, February 22.

Wild and Domestic Cat Faces

Final Weeks

Fierce! The Story of Cats

Explore the world of cats through hands-on displays, stunning specimens, and immersive experiences in this brand-new exhibition. See it before it closes February 18. 

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Two dinosaur skeletons with green and purple light projected over them and First Fridays projected on the wall behind them

Evening Event

First Fridays: 20th Anniversary Season

Explore NHM at night as science, music, and cocktails set the tone for a lively after-hours experience across the Museum.

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Spiky and crystallized minerals against a black background

Now on View

Unearthed: Raw Beauty 

Descend into a dazzling world of rare minerals and crystals, some never seen before, and discover the hidden beauty beneath the Earth's surface in this stunning new exhibition. 

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Sub-adult, juvenile, and baby T. rex skeletons on display with skylights above

Always on View

Explore NHM’s World-Renowned Dino Hall

Stand face-to-face with a T. rex, uncover ancient fossils, and experience one of the most celebrated dinosaur collections on display in the world.

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Visitors in front of a silver and glass-walled building

Grand Opening

NHM Commons

Our new wing is now open! 

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Performer in yellow dress between an owl and a green and purple gem, with a see-through building and visitors in the background
Evening Event

First Fridays | March 6 at NHM 

Celebrating 20 years of First Fridays with live music, DJs, cocktails, a featured science discussion, and nighttime exploration at the museum.

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Spiky and crystallized minerals against a black background
Now on View

Unearthed: Raw Beauty 

Descend into a dazzling world of rare minerals and crystals, some never seen before, and discover the hidden beauty beneath the Earth's surface in this stunning new exhibition. 

Get Tickets
T.REX in blue and yellow capital letters next to a tyrannosaurus rex against an orange cloudy sky
3D Film

See T. REX 3D in the new Commons Theater 

Don’t miss this captivating dinosaur adventure featuring the greatest of all tyrants. 

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Black and white dinosaurs facing each other above a baber-toothed cat facing a bear, against a red stripe on a cream background
Evening Event

Prehistoric Fight Nights | February 20 and 21

Join an epic battle to crown the toughest champions of the dino and Ice Age eras, alongside Rextooth Studios’ Ted Rechlin and experts from NHM and La Brea Tar Pits.

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Highlights

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Plan Your Visit

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Experience the Museum

Discover endless possibilities from exhibitions to events to activities and more. 
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Exhibitions

Explore unique and thought-provoking exhibitions that inspire curiosity and wonder. 
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Stories

Dive into surprising stories that illuminate museum research, collections, and L.A culture. 
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Celebrating Black Communities

During this month, and throughout the year, we will share stories from past and present and recognize the richly diverse Black community who call Los Angeles home.

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Stories

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two garden snails, one left-spiraling, one right-spiraling, held in a person's palm

The SNERCH for True Love: A Sinistral Snail Tale

This Snail Search season, be on the lookout for snails with counter-clockwise shells
Great Sphinx of Giza

Cat Evolution: From Sphinx to Siamese 

The cute critters have more history than you might realize
coqui frog on branch

Songs of the Coquí Frog

How you feel about the coquí's call depends on context, but when coquí frogs call in L.A. County, NHM's Herpetology Curator Dr. Greg Pauly answers.
Clear rocket-shaped mineral with pink cylindrical crystal attached on the sides

Bygone Building Blocks

Minerals speak volumes to how people have been drawn to gems, no matter which stage of history, from today to antiquity. 

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Mountain lion next to rectangular-framed photographic portraits

Discover the Story of L.A.’s Big Cats

Scientists, biologists, and conservationists share their insights
Tania Collas wearing magnifying head piece and purple gloves while holding a small paintbrush up to a mural

Restoring a Los Angeles Mural

The unsung heroes working behind the scenes to keep collections looking their best
Band playing on stage under red and yellow lighting

First Fridays: 20th Anniversary Season

Celebrating 20 years as Los Angeles’ premier museum after-hours experience
Visitor in green shirt looking into a glass case with an orange cauliflower-shaped specimen inside

Unearthed: Raw Beauty

Join us to experience a one-of-a-kind exhibition
South LA Cafe co-founders Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace smiling together inside their cafe. A teal graphic banner across the bottom features the company name and their signature "Western" horchata latte.

In L.A.

NHM Online Presents L.A. Culture in a Cup

An online series celebrating the diversity of Los Angeles and its people through the lens of the beverages and their significant vessels
 
South LA Cafe | Celia & Joe Ward-Wallace
Drink it all in

At NHM there’s something for everyone!

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Dinosaurs
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Gems & Minerals
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Los Angeles
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