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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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Tue

02

Jun

Photo of paleontologist excavating fossils

Virtual Educator Workshop: Urban Paleontology

Educator Workshop

11 am

Join us as we discuss the mammoth in the metro, dodging bulldozers, and the classroom-to-career connections in paleontology happening in our own backyards!

Sun

05

Jul

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

Sat

11

Jul

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

Sun

12

Jul

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

Sat

18

Jul

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

Stories

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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

Aerial photograph of two people cleaning mammoth fossil

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.

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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