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Mammoths

Exhibitions

Onlookers watch scientists in the Fossil Lab

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

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Image of mammoths

Travel back in time with Titans of the Ice Age.

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Events

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Sat

11

Apr

Tour the Museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years

Mammoths and Mastodons Exploration

Tours & Shows

11 am

Tour the museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories of L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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Sun

12

Apr

Tour the Museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years

Mammoths and Mastodons Exploration

Tours & Shows

11 am

Tour the museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories of L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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Sat

18

Apr

Tour the Museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years

Mammoths and Mastodons Exploration

Tours & Shows

11 am

Tour the museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories of L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

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Sun

19

Apr

Tour the Museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years

Mammoths and Mastodons Exploration

Tours & Shows

11 am

Tour the museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories of L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

Learn more

Sat

25

Apr

Tour the Museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years

Mammoths and Mastodons Exploration

Tours & Shows

11 am

Tour the museum to learn how the Tar Pits have been telling the stories of L.A.'s ice age giants for over 100 years.

Please note, we will have an additional programming on 2/17/20

Learn more

Stories

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Meet Hayden, the Metro Mammoth

A juvenile mammoth that was discovered during a dig for the new Metro

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Two Stops, One Ice Age

Many thousands of years ago, a six-year-old mammoth had a bad day.

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Through the Looking Glass

We are preparing right now to plant sturdy contraptions around La Brea Tar Pits, and soon they will blossom into portals to the Ice Age.

Mammoths and Mastodons

A Gigantic Family Reunion

La Brea Tar Pits has been hosting a behemoth-size gathering of late — Mammoths and Mastodons at La Brea Tar Pits.

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Giants of the Ice Age

Discover some of the magnificent beasts that we’ve excavated right here at La Brea Tar Pits.

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