Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits - Los Angeles Museum

  • 5801 Wilshire Blvd
    Los Angeles, CA 90036
  • +1 323 934 7243
  • www.tarpits.org
Average Rating
4.5
158+ reviews
from 2 sources
Yahoo! Travel
5.0
66+ reviews
Yelp
4.5
92+ reviews
Photos
Admission:
Adults: $7.00 Seniors 62 and older and Students with I.D.: $4.50 Youths 13-17 years old: $4.50 Children 5-12 years old: $2.00 Members and Children under 5: Free Admission is free on the first Tuesday of each month
Collections:
Among many fossils and an active laboratory and excavation it .. Get up close and personal with the ferocious teeth of a sabertoothed cat .. the only known sabertoothed cat to be discovered with its mouth closed.
Open Dates:
Weekdays 9:30-5, weekends 10-5
Open Hours:
9:30a-5p M-F, 10a-5p Sa,Su & holidays, Pit 91: Jun 25-Sep 11, 10a-4p W-Su,6 PM to midnight on public program days. Noon to midnight on days of solar programs.,9:30a-5p M-F, 10a-5p Sa-Su,- Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm - Saturday, Sunday & Holidays, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm - The museum is closed on Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day,Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.,Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5pm; closed major holidays,Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5pm (museum)
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Amenities
  • Wheelchair Accessible
Description
  • Once upon a time, Rancho La Brea was a Mexican land grant. It is now a park, and ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • ... Museum is a research and an educational facility, located in the heart of America's second largest city at Hancock Park along Wilshire Boulevard. - The Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • ... of philanthropy over 40 years ago by building a youth center in Hawthorne, California and provided major donations to both public and private institutions. His early fascination with the unique La Brea asphalt deposits ... more on Tarpits.org
  • ... ready to explore the world of Rancho La Brea--one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits is home to over three million fossils from the last Ice Age. It was here that huge ... more on Tarpits.org
  • ... Ice Ages ago, during the Pleistocene Epoch, hundreds of different kinds of animals roamed the hills and valleys of what is now Los Angeles. Some of them, sadly, made the mistake of wandering into the great La Brea Tar Pits, trapped ... more on GoCityKids.com
  • Show 2 More Descriptions
Reviews
Read All Reviews
5.0
The the tar tar pits

(10/02/05)

... of my review comes from the fact that La Brea is "The Tar" in Spanish. This delighted us as children. I have visited this place for the past 30 years or so, having come as a child on field trips or with my mother, who brought us remembering ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Reviews from Yahoo! Travel

La Brea Tar Pits/Page Museum

(2004)

... years ago, animals were trapped in these bubbling pits, and today they're smack dab on glitzy Miracle Mile, inducing lots of ooh, look at that and eew, ... Zagat, a user of Zagat. Reviews from Amazon.com

4.0
Great Outing

... family outing. We have 4 daughters (age7 years to 8 months). It gives history to our area in a format kids understand.... animals. It may be a little intense for little ones, but there is a nice little garden in the interior with koi ... Busy Mom of 4, a user of Go City Kids. Reviews from GoCityKids.com

5.0
Eva I. 's review

There's a pit of tar in the middle of the city. a user of yelp.com. Reviews from Yelp

Dinos and fossils and tar pits!

... a free museum day and had a great time. My kids really love the skeletons and learning more about fossils. ... a user of Trekaroo. Reviews from Trekaroo

Directions

From Los Angeles, CA Head northwest on W 1st St/Tom Bradley Blvd toward S Broadway Continue to follow W 1st St Continue on Beverly Blvd, Turn left at S Rampart Blvd, Turn right at Wilshire Blvd.

East of Fairfax Ave, L.A.'s Westside & Beverly Hills

Web Resources
  • Read more about Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits on Yahoo! Travel
  • www.tarpits.org
  • http://www.visitlanow.com
  • http://www.discoverlosangeles.com
  • http://www.anaheimoc.org
  • http://www.visitcalifornia.com

Top Rated Hotels in Los Angeles

More Los Angeles Hotels …