The Museum offers free admission to Los Angeles Unified schools, and offers monthly lectures and classes. Children's educational programs and hands-on science programs such as "Adventures in Nature" are offered each winter/summer.
The Natural History Museum is located at 900 Exposition Blvd. The Museum is open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults, $2 for children 5 - 12 and $6.50 for students/seniors. Children under 5 are free.
The Natural History Museum Family includes the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits and the William S. Hart Museum.
Dinosaurs - the permanent exhibition, the perennial natural history museum favorite, are well represented here. Dinosaur exhibits include the Museum's hallmark, the "Dueling Dinosaurs," complete skeletons of a Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops posed in battle, a cast of the complete skeleton of a Mamenchisaurus, the largest-necked dinosaur ever discovered, one of the few and finest Tyrannosaurus rex skulls on view anywhere, and dramatic models of an Allosaurus and Carnotaurus by sculptor/paleontologist Stephen Czerkas.
In Dinosaur Encounters, two life-sized juvenile dinosaur puppets — a 14-foot Tyrannosaurus rex and a 9-foot Triceratops – roam the halls of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
To create Dinosaur Encounters, Museum paleontologists collaborated with puppet fabricators and performers to bring the dinosaurs to “life,” while still ensuring authentic detail and movement. These amazingly realistic creatures help us better understand dinosaur behavior, anatomy and survival tactics.
Although the presentations are educational, there is also an experiential component to Dinosaur Encounters. In programs so far, children have talked to, danced with, and pet the dinosaurs – and the photo and video opportunities are endless.
YOU CAN EASY SPEND ENTIRE DAY WITH WHOLE FAMILY HERE!
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