See over one million Ice Age fossils, from 650 species at La Brea Tar Pits. Located in the historic Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles' Museum Row, this excavation site is recognized for having the largest and most diverse array of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world.
Inside the Museum, you’ll watch the processes of paleontology unfold. Check out the glass-enclosed Fossil Lab where scientists and volunteers prepare fossils excavated from the site and you’ll get to see everything from saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and mammoths.
La Brea Tar Pits highlights
Observation Pit – this exibit first opened to the public in 1952 and inside you’ll get a glimpse of what a real La Brea fossil deposit looks like. Identify specimens from iconic Ice Age creatures like giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and even a baby mastodon.
Pleistocene Garden – this garden is a recreation of the landscape of the Los Angeles Basin 10,000 to 40,000 years ago. Using plant fossils discovered in the pits, the team created a prehistoric garden in the heart of LA.
The Fossil Lab – get up close and see how paleontologists clean, study, and prepare the fossils for exhibiting.
Museum tour – this guided tour will take you around all the areas of this unique museum. You’ll get an insiders view of the Fossil Lab, Lake Pit, Observation Pit, and Project 23 and find out more about the amazing work the museum does.
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