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August 30, 2026
10 am–5 pm (Member early access from 9–10 am)
Join us for our annual festival celebrating all things dinosaur!
For over a century, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has inspired people from the local community and visitors from all over the world to study prehistoric fossils. Dinosaurs are just some of the fossils that make up the Museum’s paleontology collections of over 12 million specimens, the largest on the West Coast!
Get ready for a RAWR-ing good time! The 11th annual Dino Fest returns to NHM on Sunday, August 30. Discover the extraordinary world of dinosaurs and the science that helps bring their prehistoric past to life. Meet world-renowned paleontologists from the Museum's Dinosaur Institute and beyond, get up close with rare fossils like Triceratops and T. rex from the end-Cretaceous period, and learn about the amazing animals that survived after the Age of Dinosaurs! Don’t miss this event millions of years in the making!
- See rare specimens from our Museum’s collections
- Explore our world-renowned Dinosaur Hall, including our T. rex growth series
- Visit L.A. Underwater and discover how ancient Los Angeles was once beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean
- Participate in hands-on activities
- Shop for dinosaur-inspired merchandise
- Get curious with a LEGO® Build the Change activity
- And so much more!
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