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Science Exhibition

La Brea Pits

Mid-Wilshire,聽Los Angeles

"The dioramas and the park will leave you speechless!"
"surprisingly great for kids"
Picnic on the lush grounds between tar pits

Bubbling tar pits in the middle of Los Angeles still trap and preserve Ice Age creatures after 50,000 years. Watch scientists excavate fossils in real-time, then wander eye-popping dioramas of saber-toothed cats and mammoths inside.

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4.6

What are you into?

  • Active fossil excavation
  • Ice Age fossils
  • Prehistoric mammals
  • Science in action
  • Mid-Wilshire
  • Los Angeles

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