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

Full Amenity List

• Wheelchair Accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

• Once upon a time, Rancho La Brea was a Mexican land grant. It is now a park, and ... more on Wcities
• The George C. Page Museum is a research and an educational facility, located ... more on Museum Stuff
• Page established his pattern of philanthropy over 40 years ago by ... more on tarpits.org
• Get 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, ... more on La Brea Tar Pits
• About four Great 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 for all eternity.Happily for us, however, the tar turned out to make an excellent bone preservant, and now we can see over one million bones and fossils on display at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.The Museum houses thirty exhibits, including some complete skeletons of wooly mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers, dire wolves, and other species that lived in the area, and cases full of bone bits and ... more on gocitykids.com

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

Hours

- 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.

Miscellaneous

• 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.

Other Web Resources

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