Spider Pavilion and Nature Gardens are open. The indoor museum remains closed. Advanced timed-tickets are required. Learn how to visit safely.

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Exhibitions

Girl looks at coyote display

Live animals and hands-on interactives show you L.A.’s wild side.

NHMLA's Discovery Center

Discovery Center

Dig for dinosaurs, wonder at live insects, and organize your own diorama.

Yellow and black malachite butterfly resting on purple flower

Butterfly Pavilion

Watch butterflies take flight around you in this seasonal exhibition.

Spider Pavilion

Walk among spiders and their magnificent webs in this unique, open-air experience.

child in pollinator meadow

Pollinator Meadow

Flowers are blooming, seeds are ripening, and wildlife is paying attention!

Events

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Fri

23

Oct

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Member Preview Days: Spider Pavilion and Nature Gardens

Members All Ages

9:40 am

Stroll through the Nature Gardens to see what's in bloom on your way to our seasonal Spider Pavilion, where you'll walk among spiders and learn all about these amazing orb weavers.

Sat

24

Oct

Spider Pavilion no people

Member Preview Days: Spider Pavilion and Nature Gardens

Members All Ages

9:40 am

Stroll through the Nature Gardens to see what's in bloom on your way to our seasonal Spider Pavilion, where you'll walk among spiders and learn all about these amazing orb weavers.

Sat

24

Oct

Haunted Museum Slime Lab- Calendar Image

Haunted Museum at Home: Slime Lab

Fellows Members Science of Slime Special Program All Ages

3 pm

Presented in partnership with Nickelodeon.

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Gray Cracker

Gray Crackers Are Making Some Noise

Keep your eyes and your ears open for these tropical visitors at the Butterfly Pavilion.

non-native brown widow spider

Widow Wars

Help document the impacts of the invasive brown widow spider across Southern California

Tapeworm

Preserve Our Parasites

Conserving unseen worlds of misunderstood organisms

Blue Morpho

Out-of-State Butterflies

Get to know our state butterfly and visitors from the tropics in this year's Butterfly Pavilion

Blue Morpho

#MindblownLA

Mobs of Blue Morphos

Discover why blue morphos blow Forest Urban's mind.

Photo of mantis on leaf branch

Amazing Mantids and Untangling the Widow's Web

Two informative videos about some awesome arthopods

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Insects specimens pinned in white boxes

Clasificando insectos

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Image of a completed Bug Hotel

Create your own bug hotel for your garden and see who comes to visit!

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Image of a completed Bug Hotel

Hotel Para Bichos

¡Crea su propio hotel para bichos para su jardín y mira quién viene a visitar!

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Caterpillar Races activity - finished craft

Carreras de Orugas

Crea su propia oruga. ¡Después, compite contra su familia o amigos en una carrera de orugas!

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Image of a complete insect symmetry activity

Insect Symmetry

Use one of our templates to make your very own symmetrical insect.

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