BE ADVISED: On Saturday, February 21, the Natural History Museum will be closing at 4 pm. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will host the LAFC vs. Inter Miami soccer match, with kickoff at 6:30 pm. This event will impact traffic, parking, and wayfinding in the area due to street closures. Please consider using public transportation or rideshare.

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

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Dinosaurs

Exhibitions

Dino Fest

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Dino Fest

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Dinosaur Hall

Step into our award-winning Jane G. Pisano Dinosaur Hall, and enter the age of dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur Lab

Watch real scientists prepare fossils every day.

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

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1:00 pm

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

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weekly

1:00 pm

Monday–Thursday

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

weekly

1:00 pm

Monday–Thursday

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

weekly

1:00 pm

Monday–Thursday

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Tours & Activities

Dinosaur Hall Tour

Explore our Dinosaur Hall with a Museum Educator to learn more about the fascinating world of dinosaurs.

Learn more

weekly

1:00 pm

Monday–Thursday

Stories

A life-like painting of a large lizard lurking over a nest of dinosaur eggs with one already in its mouth

2025 Excavated: A Look Back at Some of the Biggest NHM Discoveries

From prehistoric giant lizards and ancient raccoons to newly discovered spiders and heroic extinct dugongs, NHMLAC researchers had a busy year describing new species. Meet some of the coolest creatures our researchers described this year, along with other inspiring discoveries.

A Decade of Discoveries for 10 Years of Dino Fest

To mark 10 years of Dino Fest, we're looking back at 10 of the colossal discoveries by NHM researchers from the Age of Dinosaurs

Bridget Altman Paskil at Ghost Ranch New Mexico

More than a rock

Our intrepid colleague's dig diary from her fossil-finding expedition to Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

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NHM's Favorite Cinematic Dinos

Watch a video compilation of our top picks for the fiercest, weirdest, and kitschiest dinosaur movies through history. Travel back through their cinematic history from Jurassic Park's T. rex to Arlo, The Good Dinosaur.

Our Dinosaur Librarian

Meet Maureen Walsh, Collections Manager of the Dinosaur Institute, who protects and presides over the Museum’s world-class collection of thousands of specimens spanning the millions of years dinosaurs stomped, darted, and soared around our prehistoric planet

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Dino Fest Discussion

Jurassic Giants: The Largest Organisms on the Morrison Formation Floodplain and the Sauropods That Ate Them

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The DIG - November 2022

The DIG - September 2021

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The DIG - December 2020

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Dinosaurs!

News & Press

Return of the Short (Tyrant) King: A New Paper by Dinosaur Institute Researcher Shows Nanotyrannus Was Not a Juvenile T. rex

Dinosaur Institute researcher shows throat bones accurately record maturity in dinosaurs, establishing Nanotyrannus was a fully grown, entirely distinct species from T. rex