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Step into an Ice Age adventure. Unearth mysteries deep beneath your feet, witness fossil discoveries, and explore exhibits of mammoth proportions. Dive into a unique journey through time, as you investigate the science and history preserved by the Tar Pits.
Free Hours for L.A. County Residents. L.A. County residents receive free Museum Admission 3-5 pm Monday through Friday. Free L.A. County Resident tickets are available from 3-5pm Monday through Friday at any museum ticketing desk or kiosk. Open Today: 9:30 am to 5 pm. 213.763.3499.
Open Today: 9:30 am to 5 pm. 5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. 213.763.3499. Plan your visit to La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Get tickets for admission, exhibits, 3D movies and films, shows and tours.
La Brea Tar Pits History. Located in the heart of L.A., La Brea Tar Pits are one of the world’s most famous fossil localities, where more than 100 excavations have been made! It’s a fascinating piece of land. Over time, this area has been ancient forest and savannah, ranch land and oilfield, Mexican land grant, and Los Angeles County Park.
L.A. County Residents get free Museum admission from 3-5 pm Monday through Friday. Tickets are available onsite only. See Museum Free Hours and Admission. For assistance with reservations, call 213.763.3466 or email info@nhm.org. Explore special rates and packages for groups on our Group Visits page. Safety information for all ticket holders
The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
Open Today: 9:30 am to 5 pm. 5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. 213.763.3499. Discover museum exhibitions on mammoths, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves and Ice Age animals from Los Angeles. See scientists working on fossils in the lab.
More than 100 excavations have been made at the Tar Pits since the early 1900s, and most of the fossils discovered here are housed in the museum at La Brea Tar Pits, at the center of the Tar Pits! The discoveries range in size from huge, extinct mammoths and sloths to "microfossils," or tiny remains of plants and animals that give us clues ...
Right in the heart of L.A. sits the world’s most powerful gateway to the Ice Age. The asphalt seeps at La Brea Tar Pits are the only active urban fossil dig site in the world. Plants and animals from the last 50,000 years are discovered here every day.
Plan your visit to La Brea Tar Pits for our Summer of Sloths from June 3 to September 2. Did you know giant ground sloths roamed Ice Age L.A. from nearly 100,000 to 11,000 years ago? Three different types of sloths have been found right here at the Tar Pits: the Shasta, the Jefferson’s, and the Harlan’s ground sloth.
