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NHM Commons

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Directions, hours, parking, and more

Plan Your Visit

Highlights

NHM Commons

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Directions, hours, parking, and more

Plan Your Visit

May 2027

Sunday

May
09
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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

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weekly

  • 1:00 pm
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Tours & Activities

Meet a Live Animal

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

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daily

  • 3:00 pm

Monday

May
10
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Film Kids & Family Adults

Oceans 3D: Our Blue Planet

Discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, we reveal the untold stories of the oceans' most astonishing creatures.

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weekly

  • 10:30 am
  • 12:00 pm
  • 1:30 pm

Showtimes vary. Visit the ticket checkout to view available dates and times.

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Film Kids & Family Adults

T. REX 3D Film

In the Commons Theater, see T. REX 3D which animates the life of T. Rex, including NHM’s own Thomas the T. Rex, in this all-new, family-friendly film. Narrated by Sam Neill of Jurassic Park fame, T. REX 3D offers a thrilling, immersive experience. 

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weekly

  • 11:15 am
  • 12:45 pm
  • 2:15 pm

Daily showtimes vary. See ticket checkout to view available times.

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Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

Discovery Talks

Join a Museum Educator for an engaging 20-minute presentation exploring a variety of exhibits, highlighting fascinating stories, specimens, and connections across the natural and cultural world. Topics change regularly.

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weekly

  • 1:00 pm

Monday–Friday

Opossum on a stick sculpture with an audience in the background
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Tours & Activities

Meet a Live Animal

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

Learn More

daily

  • 3:00 pm

Tuesday

May
11
Dolphins swimming underwater above coral and a sea otter
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Film Kids & Family Adults

Oceans 3D: Our Blue Planet

Discover the largest and least explored habitat on earth. From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, we reveal the untold stories of the oceans' most astonishing creatures.

Learn More

weekly

  • 10:30 am
  • 12:00 pm
  • 1:30 pm

Showtimes vary. Visit the ticket checkout to view available dates and times.

Yellow and orange cloudy sky behind a brown, scaly T. rex dinosaur head and should
nhm
Film Kids & Family Adults

T. REX 3D Film

In the Commons Theater, see T. REX 3D which animates the life of T. Rex, including NHM’s own Thomas the T. Rex, in this all-new, family-friendly film. Narrated by Sam Neill of Jurassic Park fame, T. REX 3D offers a thrilling, immersive experience. 

Learn More

weekly

  • 11:15 am
  • 12:45 pm
  • 2:15 pm

Daily showtimes vary. See ticket checkout to view available times.

Visitors surrounding a Museum Educator standing at a cart with dinosaur foot specimen
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Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

Discovery Talks

Join a Museum Educator for an engaging 20-minute presentation exploring a variety of exhibits, highlighting fascinating stories, specimens, and connections across the natural and cultural world. Topics change regularly.

Learn More

weekly

  • 1:00 pm

Monday–Friday

Opossum on a stick sculpture with an audience in the background
nhm
Tours & Activities

Meet a Live Animal

Get up close and personal with the Museum's resident animals! Hear amazing stories about critters that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

Learn More

daily

  • 3:00 pm

Wednesday

May
12
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Performances Kids & Family

Animals Alive!

Meet our Living Collections team and their furry, scaly, slimy, and leggy friends that help make L.A. a biodiversity hotspot—along with creatures from all over the planet.

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weekly

  • 11:00 am

Wednesdays

Yellow and orange cloudy sky behind a brown, scaly T. rex dinosaur head and should
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Film Kids & Family Adults

T. REX 3D Film

In the Commons Theater, see T. REX 3D which animates the life of T. Rex, including NHM’s own Thomas the T. Rex, in this all-new, family-friendly film. Narrated by Sam Neill of Jurassic Park fame, T. REX 3D offers a thrilling, immersive experience. 

Learn More

weekly

  • 12:30 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • 3:30 pm

Daily showtimes vary. See ticket checkout to view available times.

At Our Other Museums

At Our Other Museums

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Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

La Brea Tar Pits Insider Tour

Ever pictured yourself reflected in bubbling asphalt? Wished you could meet the iconic mammoth family of Wilshire Boulevard? Now’s your chance! Sink your saber teeth into this exclusive behind-the-scenes tour. Get your backstage pass to the Ice Age.

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weekly

  • 11:00 am

Fridays at 11 am
Sundays at 11 am and 2:30 pm