BE ADVISED: The museum is closed today at 2 pm in preparation for Haunted Museum, with some areas closed to the public starting at noon. Please plan your visit accordingly. For more information or to reschedule your visit, email info@nhm.org or call 213.763.DINO.

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smilodon skeleton inside tar pits interior

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Ice Age Tessellations

Create your own Tar Pits themed tessellations!

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Tar Pits Excavation Grid

Practice collecting information from a grid of fossils just like a paleontologist!

Mammoth skeleton with curved tusks shot from below with a blue circular ceiling above

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

The Ice Age Diner

Examine the teeth of fossil specimens at the Tar Pits and use what you infer about their diet to prepare a customized meal for each animal.

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Fox Skull Size Change

Learn about island dwarfism in this math lesson!

Vanessa Vobis shows children plants in the garden

Activity | All Grades

Nature Search

Welcome to our Nature Gardens! Use this Nature Search to get to know the plants and animals that call this urban greenspace home, and use your knowledge to find them all over the city after your visit! You might be surprised by how many different types of life can be found here in Los Angeles. Ver página en español.

Photo of a butterfly in the NHM butterfly pavillion

Activity | GR 2-5 | GR 6-12

Pollinators help us bloom at NHM!

Pollinators help our Nature Gardens flourish. Take this scavenger hunt with you around our Nature Gardens to see if your can spot some of these pollinators at work!

Snowy mountains rise behind a snow leopard sitting with its prey.

Activity | All Grades

Reframing Dioramas Scavenger Hunt

Art and science collide in NHM's historic diorama halls! Use this scavenger hunt to explore Reframing Dioramas.

Lesson Plan | All Grades

Daring Dioramas

Discover the art and science of dioramas and invite your students to build their own!

A close up view of a pointy-nosed bat with fluffy orange fur

Lesson Plan | GR 2-5 | PK-GR 1

Humans & Bats

Activity | All Grades

Art Inside & Out: Introductory Drawing Lessons Inspired by NHMLAC Collections

With keen observational drawing skills and the amazing collections of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County to explore, your journey with this art activity guide will be a scientific, cultural, and artistic one.

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Ice Age Tessellations

Tar Pits Excavation Grid

The Ice Age Diner

Fox Skull Size Change

Pollinators help us bloom at NHM!

Reframing Dioramas Scavenger Hunt

Daring Dioramas

Humans & Bats

Art Inside & Out: Introductory Drawing Lessons Inspired by NHMLAC Collections

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