Woman holds sundial shell
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Students Side-by-Side With Scientists
In our labs and collections rooms and out in the field, a rotating stream of exceptional students are part of an engine of discovery.
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museum installation of full-sized cryolophosaurus replica
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Your Big Antarctic Dinosaurs Takeaways
After adventuring from the world as it was—Pangaea to a life-size re-creation of Cryolophosaurus, we caught up with some of the museum’s explorers to ask them about their expedition experience.
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Silhouette of monster for Natural History of Horror exhibition
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Museum-Made Monsters
The classic monster-movie artifacts that appeared in our Natural History of Horror exhibition are the result of one man’s uncanny foresight: Honorary Curator Earl Theisen.
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Hunter the T. rex puppet outside in Exposition Park's Rose Garden
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Encounter Our Mighty Friendly Dino
Meet Hunter, our large-scale T. rex puppet.
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A painting of a woman with scenes of L.A. woven in her hair
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A Mural Remembers L.A.
Chicana artist Barbara Carrasco’s mural, L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, will be installed in the new Welcome Center of NHM Commons.  
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map of hollywood
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Hollywood Has a Home
“We are the mother lode of Hollywood artifacts,” says Beth Werling, Collections Manager in History.
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Kathy and John Dean in backyard
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Valley Bugs and City Lizards
From the San Gabriel Mountains to the beaches, L.A. is home to plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
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Odin Owl with handler
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Owl About Odin
He may only weigh about a third of a pound, but this Museum resident packs a big personality punch.
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jann vendetti with snail nature gardens
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Meet Dr. Slime
Dr. Jann Vendetti, NHM's Associate Curator of Malacology, has a soft spot for the tiny and slimy .
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