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Sun
12
May
Little boy in hat crouches on a low rock ledge and looks into the nature gardens pond

Nature Gardens Exploration
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 11 am

Drop by the Nature Gardens to explore the wildlife that calls LA home. Topics vary daily.

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Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Mon
13
May
Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Tue
14
May
Perinereis chaetea

Scanning Electron Microscope Demonstration
Talks AdultYouth
  • 11 am

Join an NHM scientist at the Scanning Electron Microscope Lab.

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Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Wed
15
May
Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Thu
16
May
Perinereis chaetea

Scanning Electron Microscope Demonstration
Talks AdultYouth
  • 11 am

Join an NHM scientist at the Scanning Electron Microscope Lab.

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Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Fri
17
May
Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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Sat
18
May
Bug Fair 2024 art

Bug Fair 2024
Festival All Ages
  • 9:30 am

Join NHM this May for a two-day festival celebrating our winged, multi-legged, and squirmy friends for the 38th annual Bug Fair! 

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Little boy in hat crouches on a low rock ledge and looks into the nature gardens pond

Nature Gardens Exploration
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 11 am

Drop by the Nature Gardens to explore the wildlife that calls LA home. Topics vary daily.

Learn More
Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 3 pm
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At Our Other Museums

At Our Other Museums

More Tar Pits events
More Hart events

Mon

29

Apr

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils
Tar Pits

Excavator Tour
Tours & Shows All Ages
  • 1 pm

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen. Monday through Friday at 1 pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 am and 1 pm, and an additional holiday tour March 25–29 at 10:30 am. Schedule subject to change.

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