NHM HOMEPAGE

Make the most of your museum visit with this essential information.

Discover endless possibilities from exhibitions to events to activities and more. 

Explore unique and thought-provoking exhibitions that inspire curiosity and wonder. 

Dive into surprising stories that illuminate museum research, collections, and L.A culture. 

Meet some of the coolest creatures our researchers described this year, along with other inspiring discoveries from last year.

Distinguished for its home-grown organic gardening practices that eschew pesticides, our museum lets plants and insects co-exist.

How you feel about the coquí's call depends on context, but when coquí frogs call in L.A. County, NHM's Herpetology Curator Dr. Greg Pauly answers.

Minerals speak volumes to how people have been drawn to gems, no matter which stage of history, from today to antiquity. 

Join us to experience a one-of-a-kind exhibition

The Evolution of the Bird Brain and the Origins of Flight with Dr. Amy Balanoff

Dr. Alan Turner discusses evolutionary insights from paravian dinosaurs

Scientists, biologists, and conservationists share their insights