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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!
On Sunday, September 14, come out and RAWR with us as we celebrate the 10th annual Dino Fest! Discover the amazing world of dinosaurs, their prehistoric past, and the science that brings their world back to life. Meet world-renowned paleontologists from the Museum's Dinosaur Institute and beyond. See unique Cretaceous era fossil collections and learn about dinosaurs’ living descendants, birds! You don’t want to miss this event that is 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
- Enjoy free screenings of the film Why Dinosaurs? and an episode of PBS's Walking with Dinosaurs (seating available on a first come, first served basis)
- 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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