Free Museum Days
June 12 at 3pm
Watch asphalt bubble up from active tar pits that trapped Ice Age mammals thousands of years ago, then head inside to meet their skeletons. Free admission for LA County residents and others during select hours.
History Exhibition
History ExhibitionLa Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Mid-Wilshire
Step into an active Ice Age excavation site at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum. Explore a vast collection of Late Pleistocene fossils and witness paleontologists at work, bringing prehistoric creatures to life in urban Los Angeles.
Active excavation site
Ice Age fossils
Bubbling tar pits
Life-size mammoth statues
Upcoming at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Friday, Jun 12
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Mid-WilshireOpens Friday at 9:30 AM
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionStep into an active Ice Age excavation site at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum. Explore a vast collection of Late Pleistocene fossils and witness paleontologists at work, bringing prehistoric creatures to life in urban Los Angeles.
Active excavation site
Ice Age fossils
Bubbling tar pits
Life-size mammoth statues