Dino Fest

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Thank you to those who joined us for Dino Fest 2025. Be on the lookout for the date to the next event.

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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!

Come out and RAWR with us as we celebrate our 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
  • Participate in hands-on activities
  • Shop for dinosaur-inspired merchandise
  • And so much more! 

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