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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Museum4.6 · 15 4454.4 · 3 322≈ 1 h 30 min
Possibly closed right now (closed_temporarily)
A world-renowned active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles at Hancock Park. For tens of thousands of years, natural asphalt has seeped to the surface, preserving ice age fossils in remarkable detail. The George C. Page Museum exhibits dramatic reconstructed skeletons of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, Columbian mammoths, and giant ground sloths. Outside, visitors can watch bubbles rise from genuine bubbling tar lakes.
Highlights
- Active bubbling asphalt seepage pits in central urban Los Angeles
- Dramatic fossil skeletons of saber-toothed cats and Columbian mammoths
- Iconic wall displaying hundreds of preserved Ice Age dire wolf skulls
- Glass-walled Fossil Lab where scientists clean and classify new finds
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