BE ADVISED: On Saturday, February 21, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will host the LAFC vs. Inter Miami soccer match. Kickoff is at 6:30 pm. This event will impact traffic, parking, and wayfinding in the area due to street closures. Paid parking for Prehistoric Fight Nights will be offered in the NHM Car Park at Exposition Blvd and Bill Robertson Ln. Please consider riding the Metro E (Expo) Line and exiting at USC/Expo station.

BE ADVISED: The Natural History Museum is not participating in SoCal Museums Free-for-All on Sunday, February 22.

#MindBlownLA NHM Creatures and Mark “Crash” McCreery

When creating creatures is your life, what do you look to for inspiration?

Mark “Crash” McCreery, Creature Designer at Universal Pictures, gets hands-on and goes behind the scenes at NHM, and shares his mind-blowing discoveries in the Dinosaur Hall, Discovery Center, and more.

Visitors viewing an installation of a pregnant plesiosaur in the Dinosaur Hall
Dinosaur Hall
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Children standing around the Paleo Play Zone, a counter with imitation sand and fossils, with mounted taxidermy up high on the wall in the background
Discovery Center
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