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Exhibitions

Scanning Electron Microscope Lab

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

Exhibition | NHM
Spiky, Hairy, Shiny: Insects of L.A.

Meet your tiny neighbors!

- | 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.

- | NHM
Wildfire

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

Exhibition | NHM
Nature Lab

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

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NHMLAC Discovery Talk: L.A.'s Ice Age Animals

Join Connie Clark, La Brea Tar Pits Preparator, as she explores the La Brea Tar Pits Museum Fossil Lab’s work to improve fossil preparation practices, recent finds in Project 23, and why animals found around L.A. today might be rarer in the Tar Pits fossil record.

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NHMLAC Discovery Talk: Keeping the Connection

In this short video, Caroline Thrasher explains how she, and other Museum Educators, are helping visitors stay connected with science and culture at NHMLAC.

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Inside the Costume Collection

Marina Gibbons, Assistant Conservator at NHMLAC.

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The Ofrenda Community Project

Read, watch, or listen to contemporary community additions to the NHMLA Ofrenda.

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Video: Happy Hour with Dr. Greg Pauly

Dr. Greg Pauly, Curator of Herpetology and Co-Director of the UNRC, gives a peek at how NHMLAC's community science work is revolutionizing the detection and management of potential invasive species.

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News & Press

New Study Finds Urban Development and Changing Fire Regimes Negatively Impacting Blainville's Horned Lizard Populations

Research by a team of lizard scientists calls for increased efforts across Greater Los Angeles to conserve the iconic lizard species, native to southern and central California and northern Baja California

NHMLAC Receives Disney Conservation Grant Fund For Backyard Bat Survey

Grant to Support Community Science Study of Bat Activity in Los Angeles

Rise Up L.A. Alerta de Prensa

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Presenta la Exhibición en Línea y el Estreno del Video para Rise Up L.A.: A Century of Votes for Women

Las Celebraciones de la 19ª Enmienda Inician el 18 de Agosto de 2020

Rise Up L.A. Media Alert

NHM Launches Online Exhibition and Video Premiere for Rise Up L.A.: A Century of Votes for Women

19th Amendment Celebrations Kick Off August 18, 2020

Little Flies in the Big City: What You Find Depends on How You Look

A group of researchers from the U.S. and Australia have announced the completely unexpecteddiscovery of exotic “vinegar flies” (drosophilids) in urban Los Angeles