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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

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Anne
August 11, 2022
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles.
Tom
August 5, 2022
These natural tar pits are in Hancock Park, where the tar has been trapping and fossilizing animals since the Ice Age. More than 3.5 million fossils have been found here, ranging from small honeybees to giant mammoths. This includes thousands of dire wolves! And scientists are still uncovering fossils here nearly every day of the year. It’s right next to LACMA too so you can do both together. Admission is $15 USD (closed Tuesdays).
These natural tar pits are in Hancock Park, where the tar has been trapping and fossilizing animals since the Ice Age. More than 3.5 million fossils have been found here, ranging from small honeybees to giant mammoths. This includes thousands of dire wolves! And scientists are still uncovering fossi…
Tanya
April 25, 2022
My kids grew up going here! At 5 they were a little frightened by the roaring woolly mammoth in the museum but they loved watching the paleontologists at work! The outdoor pits where they originally found the woolly mammoths stuck in the tar is a lot of fun for kids to run around in and roll down the grassy hills!
Alexandra
March 20, 2022
Ice Age excavation site in the city of L.A. Be sure to check out the food trucks across the street!
Grace
November 13, 2021
A friendly kid museum which is famous for its ice-age fossil site.

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Location
5801 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Central LA