Discoveries

Exhibitions

Deep Sea Challenger sub underwater and exploring

Pressure: James Cameron Into the Abyss

Explore the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER
Dec 12, 2022–Feb 20, 2023

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Scanning Electron Microscope Lab

See how big discoveries can come from the tiniest things in the Gem and Mineral Hall.

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Exhibition | NHM

Dinosaur Hall

Step Into Our Award-winning Exhibition, and Enter the Age of Dinosaurs

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Exhibition | Tar Pits

Fossil Lab

What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.

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Exhibition | Tar Pits

3D Theater

Travel back in time with Titans of the Ice Age.

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Events

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04

May

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils

Tar Pits

Excavator Tour

Tours & Shows All Ages

10:30 am
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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Sat

04

May

A man holds a saber-toothed cat skull with jaw agape, a father and son observe excitedly

Tar Pits

Discoveries From the Tar Pits

Talks All Ages

3:30 pm

Drop by to learn some of the lesser known stories of the Tar Pits, including active research and recent discoveries. Topics change daily.

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Sun

05

May

Tar Pits

Excavator Tour

Tours & Shows All Ages

10:30 am
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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Sun

05

May

Tar Pits

Discoveries From the Tar Pits

Talks All Ages

3:30 pm

Drop by to learn some of the lesser known stories of the Tar Pits, including active research and recent discoveries. Topics change daily.

Learn more

Mon

06

May

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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Stories

Dispatches from the D-ARK

Follow Curator of Malacology Jann Vendetti with updates from an expedition into the deep sea caves around Japan's Minami-Daitō Island

Wonder Is in Our Bones

How giant fossils expand the dimensions of our imagination

A New Skink in Town

How an iNaturalist observation of a non-native lizard could help protect Southern California’s native species—and its economy

PARTICIPA en el CITY NATURE CHALLENGE

26-29 de Abril

Launch pad for the Ariane 6 for Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana

Spaceport Fossils from French Guiana

How one small step for a spaceport in French Guiana led to a giant leap for Pleistocene fossils

A female Halichoeres sanchezi, Tailspot wrasse, San Benedicto, Revillagigedos

Halichoeres sanchezi: A New Fish Species from Mexico’s Revillagigedos Islands

How a team of marine scientists netted a fish species new to science with three dives off a far-flung island

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Teachers and students raising their arms with an illustration of a sloth in the background

Ice Age Discoveries

Red-tailed Hawk in Cedar Creek smoke - 2 cropped(

Project Phoenix: Investigating Bird Responses to Smoke

This groundbreaking community science project seeks to understand how wildfire smoke is impacting birds.

Girls in Stem text with a variety of icons in purple, yellow, and pink

Girls in STEM Days

Join us for Girls in STEM Days at the Natural History Museum! Girls in STEM Days are an opportunity for girls ages 8-18 to participate in hands-on STEM activities, meet real scientists, and explore future career paths in a fun and engaging way.

Newspaper clipping showing collection of publisher and Museum donor William Preston Harrison, 1896

NHMLAC Discovery Talk: Decolonizing Ethnology Collections with KT Hajeian

KT Hajeian, Anthropology Collections Manager hosts a NHMLAC Discovery Talk!

SEM scan close up of ophiotrix brittle star

Happy Hour: Getting Really Small with Dr. Jody Martin

Join Dr. Jody Martin on a tour of "the very very small" - from tiny marine invertebrates to the heads of insects to snowflakes and pollen grains and more - to learn about the Museum's brand new electron microscope and how it will be used in research, education, and exhibits!

News & Press

The Tooth About Dolphins’ Oldest Ancestors: New Species of Early Toothed Whales Unearthed in Washington State Had Unique Teeth

The new species is one of the earliest ancestor of modern dolphins yet discovered

Three revamped cases display how the journey of fossils from the asphalt to the lab can lead to incredible new discoveries about our world

Over 66,000 community scientists from 482 cities around the world document more than 2,570 rare, endangered, or threatened species in a four-day community science effort

“Symbiosis between Cretaceous dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles” published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

The paper looks at amber fragments preserving the remains of feathers from the Early Cretaceous and larvae related to modern feather-feeding beetles in intimate contact