The museum at La Brea Tar Pits remains closed until further notice. The park at La Brea Tar Pits is currently open, and visitors can see paleontologists working at our excavation site weekly. See NHMLAC's response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

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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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Travel back in time with Titans of the Ice Age.

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La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park

Time Machine Window: A Look Back at Ice Age Los Angeles

Take a look at Los Angeles through Ice Age lenses

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My Virtual Museum Home

Put on your Nature Eyes and #MuseumFromHome in an all-new way with Animal Crossing

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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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Mammoth on Display

Our most complete mammoth, nicknamed “Zed” is almost ready to return to the limelight!

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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.

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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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