Exhibitions
See how big discoveries can come from the tiniest things in the Gem and Mineral Hall.
Step into our award-winning Jane G. Pisano Dinosaur Hall, and enter the age of dinosaurs.
What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.
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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!
In Dr. Trina Roberts', Assoc. VP of Collections, presentation Collections Going Global, you'll hear about some of the ways the vast collection supports research and what NHMLAC is doing to share it worldwide, and how digital info is enhancing our reach and the role the museums play in global research.
Join Connie Clark, La Brea Tar Pits Preparator, as she explores the La Brea Tar Pits Museum Fossil Lab’s work to improve fossil preparation practices, recent finds in Project 23, and why animals found around L.A. today might be rarer in the Tar Pits fossil record.
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
Environmental DNA left behind by ocean animals can be measured to inventory the marine life in a particular area
A new study reveals that introduced donkeys and indigenous pumas are helping to resurrect extinct food webs in Death Valley.
An ancient fossil reveals the earliest panda to survive solely on bamboo and the evolutionary history of panda's false thumbs
