La Brea Tarpits
Located withing minutes of LAX, opening 9:30 am to 5:00 pm daily
except for: New Year's Day (Jan 1), Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving (fourth Thurs. of Nov), and Christmas (Dec 25)
5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.
Visit this magnificent museum of fossils and artifacts. There are over 3 million ice age fossils from 650 species. From a Columbian Mammoth tusk to a Sabre Toothed Tiger down to a tooth of a baby field mouse. You can also seethe current excavations iin the active tar pits, including Project 23. "In 2006, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) began work on a new underground parking garage. During the course of construction, 16 new fossil deposits were discovered, including the semi-articulated, largely complete skeleton of an adult mammoth. How could we get out of the way of the bulldozers but save the fossils? We built large wooden boxes around each deposit, 23 in all. The boxes were moved to their present location immediately north of the Pit 91 complex, and excavation began on "Project 23." In addition to the boxes, there were 327 buckets of fossil material recovered from the LACMA salvage site for paleontologists to clean and sort through. It's going to keep us busy for years!" Explore plants from the last Ice Age in our Pleistocene Garden.
Discover what an actual excavation site looks like at Pit 91.
Come see the Columbian mammoth statues at our Lake Pit.
Stop by Project 23 to watch our excavators (and if you can't see them, you should be able to hear them chipping away!)
Visit the Page Museum to experience fully articulated fossil exhibits of Ice Age animals discovered during Rancho La Brea excavations.
Read Moreexcept for: New Year's Day (Jan 1), Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving (fourth Thurs. of Nov), and Christmas (Dec 25)
5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036.
Visit this magnificent museum of fossils and artifacts. There are over 3 million ice age fossils from 650 species. From a Columbian Mammoth tusk to a Sabre Toothed Tiger down to a tooth of a baby field mouse. You can also seethe current excavations iin the active tar pits, including Project 23. "In 2006, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) began work on a new underground parking garage. During the course of construction, 16 new fossil deposits were discovered, including the semi-articulated, largely complete skeleton of an adult mammoth. How could we get out of the way of the bulldozers but save the fossils? We built large wooden boxes around each deposit, 23 in all. The boxes were moved to their present location immediately north of the Pit 91 complex, and excavation began on "Project 23." In addition to the boxes, there were 327 buckets of fossil material recovered from the LACMA salvage site for paleontologists to clean and sort through. It's going to keep us busy for years!" Explore plants from the last Ice Age in our Pleistocene Garden.
Discover what an actual excavation site looks like at Pit 91.
Come see the Columbian mammoth statues at our Lake Pit.
Stop by Project 23 to watch our excavators (and if you can't see them, you should be able to hear them chipping away!)
Visit the Page Museum to experience fully articulated fossil exhibits of Ice Age animals discovered during Rancho La Brea excavations.
