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Dino Fest 2024

Join us September 21 for our annual festival celebrating all things dinosaur!

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Special Experiences

Explore a diverse range of programs and exhibitions highlighting and celebrating our vast collections and Los Angeles communities.

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Human and dinosaur skeletons and figures in orange, pink, and green

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Boney Island: October 3–31

Grandmother looking up through phone at a spider on a web

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Spider Pavilion: September 15–November 24

pink frame around two gemsbucks with antlers

Opening September 15

Reframing Dioramas: The Art of Preserving Wilderness

Wolves and wolf pups walking along a sand bar in the middle of water with mountains in the background

Opening September 17

Wolves: Photography by Ronan Donovan

Dakota and Hunter, the juvenile Triceratops and T. rex puppets!

Live Show

Dinosaur Encounters

L.A. Underwater Giant walrus, Pontolis barroni

Special Exhibition

L.A. Underwater

Dinosaur skeletons

Ongoing Exhibition

Dinosaur Hall

Preparator brushing green dinosaur pelvis bone on a table
In the News: Gnatalie!

Our (g)newest star, Gnatalie the Green Dino, is featured in a National Geographic article.

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chocolate with Danny Zahirpout

In L.A.

NHM Online Presents ChocoLAte: From Beans to Bliss

Danny Zahirpour and his family are the owners and operators of Edelweiss Chocolates, a Beverly Hills landmark that has been hand-making gourmet chocolates since 1942.

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Stories

Okay, now I'm curious
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Biodiversity in L.A. Backyards

Explore L.A. wildlife in celebration of California Biodiversity Week September 7–15
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At NHM there's something for everyone! What interests you?

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Dinosaurs
Icon of a ladybug to represent bugs
Bugs
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Gems & Minerals
Icon of a butterfly fish to represent oceans
Oceans
Icon of the beach to represent Los Angeles
Los Angeles
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Nature
Icon of a globe and thermometer to represent climate change
Climate Change
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Birds
Icon of a hermit crab to represent fossils
Fossils
Icon of a snake to represent reptiles
Reptiles