Dino Fest 2025–(Sept 14) tickets are now sold out.

Pack rat skeleton drawn in white on a black background with lines connecting artist names in white to different parts of the skeleton

Exhibition

Mark Dion: Excavations

Experience this immersive, uncanny installation evoking a behind-the-scenes museum space.

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Special Experiences

Explore the sites, collections, and programs that bring the Ice Age to life.

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lake pit at la brea tar pits

Lake Pit

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils

Our Excavations

dire wolf wall at the tar pits

Dire Wolf Wall

Analisa Rivera, a UCLA senior, examining microfossils in the Fossil Lab.

Fossil Lab

Photo of saber tooth cat teeth in the fossil lab

Ice Age Fossils

Ice Age Encounters Show

Ice Age Encounters

Skulls, dragonfly, gears, and other scientific illustrations in yellow, pink, and white on purple background
Girls in STEM Teen Club

La Brea Tar Pits invites curious young scholars to join us for our Girls in STEM Teen Program debut!

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Stories

Okay, now I'm curious
Illustration of green palm tree silhouettes distorted by heat on a pink and blue background

Shade, Then and Now

Discover the changing tree line of L.A. through the lens of La Brea Tar Pits fossils—and the evolving presence of shade in our warming climate.
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Groups of visitors gathered on a grass lawn in front of a glass wall with skeletons behind it and a ramp in the distance
Reimagine
La Brea Tar Pits

Reimagine the future of La Brea Tar Pits and explore the transformation, the process, and keep up-to-date on the latest developments.

Imagine what's next

What are you interested in learning about at the Tar Pits?

Icon of a saber-toothed cat to represent cats
Cats
Icon of a globe and thermometer to represent climate change
Climate Change
Icon of binoculars to represent discoveries
Discoveries
Icon of a woolly mammoth head to represent mammoths
Mammoths
Icon of a shovel to represent digs
Excavations