NHM HOMEPAGE
Dino Fest
Join us for our annual festival celebrating all things dinosaur! Meet world-renowned paleontologists, see rare fossils, and explore the prehistoric past at this event millions of years in the making.
Prehistoric Fight Night
Join an epic battle to crown the toughest champions of the dino and Ice Age eras, alongside Rextooth Studios’ Ted Rechlin and museum experts.
Butterfly Pavilion
Wonder takes flight at the Museum in this seasonal exhibition – now open!
Mindfulness Mornings at the Museum
Recharge your mind and body with yoga and sound baths inside the Natural History Museum's iconic mammal halls, and discover a healthier, more vibrant you.
Highlights
Plan Your Visit
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Experience the Museum
Discover endless possibilities from exhibitions to events to activities and more.
Exhibitions
Explore unique and thought-provoking exhibitions that inspire curiosity and wonder.
Stories
Dive into surprising stories that illuminate museum research, collections, and L.A culture.
Stories
Earth Blossoms
Chisel away with us at the science behind the “chrysanthemum stone", a 900-pound specimen bursting with white crystal “blossoms.”
Keiko’s Tooth: A Killer Whale, a Movie Star, and the Hidden Power of Museum Collections
Assistant Mammalogy Collections Manager Amanda Killian on finding the Free Willy star's tooth and the ever-growing value of natural history museum collections
New Study More Than Triples the Estimates of Insect Species From 6 Million to 20 Million
Ground-breaking study explodes the number of estimated insects, emphasizing the need for conservation and natural history collections
Discover Labrujasuchus expectatus
Meet the newly described bipedal, toothless, crocodile relative from Triassic Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Videos
Meet Saul Becker
Take a behind-the-scenes look at his installation for Reframing Dioramas
Inside the Secret Warehouse of Giant Whale Bones
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of NHM’s Mammalogy Collection Center
Augustynolophus morrisi
California’s State Dinosaur and NHM’s Newest Puppet
Dr. Celestian's Favorite Minerals
See the dazzling mineral specimens on display in NHM's newest exhibition
