BE ADVISED: The NHM Car Park will be closed on Friday, May 1 in preparation for First Fridays. Parking is available at the Blue Structure Parking Lot at Exposition Park Drive and Figueroa Street. Tickets for the event are SOLD OUT. No tickets will be sold at the door. For questions or directions, please call 213.763.3466 or email info@nhm.org.

A Baby Ti’at Sets Off

Follow its journey to NHM

Go behind the scenes as a traditional canoe of the Gabrielino-Tongva peoples, known as a Ti’at, is delivered to NHM. Two years in the making, this miniature version of a plank canoe will receive finishing touches, including an abalone design, before it goes on display permanently in the Becoming Los Angeles exhibition.

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Becoming Los Angeles
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