Los Angeles

Exhibitions

Scanning Electron Microscope Lab

See how big discoveries can come from the tiniest things in the Gem and Mineral Hall.

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Exhibition | NHM

Spiky, Hairy, Shiny: Insects of L.A.

Meet your tiny neighbors!

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April 1 - October 10, 2021 | NHM

Rise Up L.A.: A Century of Votes for Women

While some women earned the right to vote in 1920, the fight was far from finished.

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The Woolsey Fire in Southern California seen from Malibu Canyon Road.

February 25 - August 5, 2019 | NHM

Wildfire

For many years, we've been adding fuel to the fire.

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Exhibition | NHM

Nature Lab

Live animals and hands-on interactives show you L.A.’s wild side.

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Events

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Web header for Educator Summer Conference featuring flowering local native plants and animals

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Adults

Summer Educator Conference: The Healing Power of Nature

Join us for a professional development conference where educators can learn healing pathways for themselves and their students using Southern California’s remarkable natural and cultural landscapes.

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Special Event

8:00 am

Child in yellow t-shirt with a name tag and holding up an insect encased in a yellow block on a stick

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Kids & Family Youth

Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Insect Investigators

Join us for bug-themed projects, up-close encounters with live bugs, time in the Museum’s expansive Nature Gardens and Nature Lab, and the chance to meet real museum entomologists!

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weekly

through 07/02/26

12:00 am

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Kids & Family Youth

Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Insect Investigators

Join us for bug-themed projects, up-close encounters with live bugs, time in the Museum’s expansive Nature Gardens and Nature Lab, and the chance to meet real museum entomologists!

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weekly

through 07/02/26

12:00 am

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Kids & Family Youth

Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Insect Investigators

Join us for bug-themed projects, up-close encounters with live bugs, time in the Museum’s expansive Nature Gardens and Nature Lab, and the chance to meet real museum entomologists!

Learn more

weekly

through 07/02/26

12:00 am

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Kids & Family Youth

Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Insect Investigators

Join us for bug-themed projects, up-close encounters with live bugs, time in the Museum’s expansive Nature Gardens and Nature Lab, and the chance to meet real museum entomologists!

Learn more

weekly

through 07/02/26

12:00 am

Stories

Orcas: Culture Beneath the Surface

Dive into the matriarchal culture of orcas

A man in a black vest and gloves smiles while pouring spiced tea from a glass teapot at Sana’a Cafe. The background features a patterned menu of Yemeni coffee and tea, with a red promotional banner in the foreground.

A Haven of Hospitality

Sadeq Alaqel | Sana’a Cafe

Person on one knee looking at a taxidermy coyote

From the David Attenborough of Queens to the First-ever Curator of Community Science, Meet Dr. Christine Wilkinson

Explore some of the common misconceptions about coyotes with our new Curator of Community Science

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

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.

Brewing Resistance and Resilience

Celia & Joe Ward-Wallace | South LA Cafe

A small coquÍ frog in some beautiful foliage

The Songs of the Coquí Frog

The soothing sounds of home or a sonic menace? 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.

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Saber-toothed Summer Self-Guided Tour

Smilodon for the camera and capture some purrfect pics on this selfie scavenger hunt. Discover everything there is to know about the fearsome feline with the killer canines only at La Brea Tar Pits.

Prehistoric Planet
Self-Guided Tour

A Guide to:
Birds of Los Angeles

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

First Fridays 2026

First Fridays 2026 celebrates 20 years as Los Angeles’ premier museum after-hours experience, where exclusive nighttime access to NHM brings music, science and culture together for an engaging evening of conversation and community.

Kneaded: L.A. Bread Stories

News & Press

Celebrate Spring and Earth Month with Community Science Projects & Earth Day Events at the Natural History Museum and La Brea Tar Pits

City Nature Challenge (April 24-27) is joined by two new ongoing Community Science projects: AntQuest and SoCal Webs

NHM’s popular Earth Day Festival is April 19, and La Brea Tar Pits Hosts a Climate Dance Party on April 25

The Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits will close to the public to commence the first major renovation in its 50-year history, while on-site excavation and scientific research continue

Final weeks include a free Summer Nights event on June 12 and a Last Dance disco party for members on June 27

Last Day to Visit the Page Museum is July 6, 2026

Reopening in 2028

This year's 'Being L.A.' online stories series celebrates and elevates some of the most iconic coffee and tea brewers, juicers, and drink locations from the city's diverse beverage scene.

February through December 2026

https://nhmlac.org/la-culture-cup

Press Release | LBTP

La Brea Tar Pits to Launch the Samuel Oschin Global Center for Ice Age Research as a Highlight of Its Major Campus Transformation

A landmark gift from the Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation advances the complete reimagining of one of Los Angeles’s most iconic scientific, cultural, and community sites

New renderings from WEISS/MANFREDI reveal updated plans to transform the museum and park on Wilshire Blvd