Please note that the Rolling Loud Music Festival will be taking place at Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park on December 14 and 15. When planning your visit to NHM, please consider riding the Metro Expo Line and exiting at USC/Expo station.

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Dinosaurs

Exhibitions

Photo of Dinosaur Hall

Explore the Age of Dinosaurs (and see how scientists discover them) in our award-winning exhibition!

kids looking into dino lab

Watch real scientists prepare fossils every day.

helicopter flying over person in antarctica

April 3, 2019 - January 5, 2020

Antarctic Dinosaurs

Discover new species of dinosaurs as you follow in the steps of Antarctic adventurer-scientists.

Events

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Sun

15

Dec

Dinosaur Encounters Show Triceratops Puppet

Dinosaur Encounters

Live Theater Show

11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:30 pm

Fun, educational, and interactive, Dinosaur Encounters features NHM's life-size dinosaur puppets.

Thu

19

Dec

Dinosaur Encounters Show Triceratops Puppet

Dinosaur Encounters

Live Theater Show

10:30 am
11:15 am

Fun, educational, and interactive, Dinosaur Encounters features NHM's life-size dinosaur puppets.

Sat

21

Dec

Dinosaur Encounters Show Triceratops Puppet

Dinosaur Encounters

Live Theater Show

11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:30 pm

Fun, educational, and interactive, Dinosaur Encounters features NHM's life-size dinosaur puppets.

Sun

22

Dec

Dinosaur Encounters Show Triceratops Puppet

Dinosaur Encounters

Live Theater Show

11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:30 pm

Fun, educational, and interactive, Dinosaur Encounters features NHM's life-size dinosaur puppets.

Sat

28

Dec

Dinosaur Encounters Show Triceratops Puppet

Dinosaur Encounters

Live Theater Show

11:30 am
1:30 pm
2:30 pm

Fun, educational, and interactive, Dinosaur Encounters features NHM's life-size dinosaur puppets.

Stories

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Dinosaur Feathers Trapped in Amber

A Story in Amber

Landscape of a quarry in utah

My Dinosaur Dig

museum installation of full-sized cryolophosaurus replica

Your Big Antarctic Dinosaurs Takeaways

Hunter the T. rex puppet outside in Exposition Park's Rose Garden

Encounter Our Mighty Friendly Dino

Meet Hunter, our large-scale T. rex puppet.

expedition in utah for r&c

Dinosaurs in the Desert

A crew heads to the Badlands of Utah and New Mexico and return with (literally) tons of fossil treasure, plus a few big surprises.

bird dinosaur fossil china

Dinosaurs in China

NHM Scientists Seek Out Birds From the East

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dinosaur institute collections manager looking through specimens research and collections

Dinosaur Institute