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Admission: La Brea Tar Pits and Museum Admission Ticket

Admission: La Brea Tar Pits and Museum Admission Ticket

Overview

Discover the curiosities of one of L.A.'s most unusual attractions: La Brea Tar Pits and Museum with this admission ticket. Enjoy this unique experience which helps unlock the local mysteries of the Ice Age. Visit an active Ice Age dig site and watch paleontologists excavate millions of fossils before your eyes. From viewing saber-toothed cats, mammoths, dire wolves, giant sloths, and watching scientists work on excavated fossil bones — it's all done right inside the museum.

City: Los Angeles

Sun 12 Jan

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What's Included

All taxes, fees and handling charges

Excavator Tour

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Los Angeles
5801 Wilshire Blvd,

This ticket provides direct entry into the attraction

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Involves a moderate amount of walking

What To Expect

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

Use your general admission ticket for entry to the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Here, Ice Age fossils are being excavated right in the middle of L.A. Enjoy this truly unique attraction by experiencing all that it has to offer. Marvel at its outdoor Lake Pit, oozing with bubbling tar; travel back in time among the prehistoric plants of its Pleistocene Garden; and explore its active dig sites, where it seems excavators uncover something new daily. The museum itself features its own wealth of offerings. Scope out the fossils of prehistoric mammoths, saber-toothed cats, wolves, and ground sloths, or take an opportunity to watch paleontologists working in the Fossil Lab on their most recent finds. For a wonderful overview, reserve a spot on the Excavator Tour, free with admission. This guided tour delves into the history of the tar pits and explains just how so many massive creatures ended up stuck here. You’ll also visit the Fossil Lab, Observation Pit and Project 23, where excavators are continuously helping to unlock the mysteries of prehistoric L.A.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Kyla1098

Dec 2019

I know this sounds odd, but I guess going on the weekend leads to a lack of things going on. You would think the place would be busiest on the weekend, but the only thing they had going on while we were there was a Q&A with the people in the labs at the museum. We parked behind the park, and it was all day parking which was good, we had to go down a flight of steps and were on top of the museum, which seemed like an odd setup, and nothing was in the area at all. We walked down to the museum area and got tickets, its one big circle with an outside garden in the middle. The Museum was small, with various examples of what would be roaming around and getting caught in the tar pits. If you go on the weekend there is no one in the par at all, When we went the pit that is shown in the picture here on trip advisor had no one in it, and nothing is done, a bunch of trash was in the pit from people dropping things in it. The park area itself is expansive, but once you've seen the big pit closest to the museum and the one where they were working, the rest didn't seem to be too stimulating. I want to point out I love fossils and very into paleontology and was very excited to go. It was lackluster and sort of in the middle of town, so it takes a long time to get there through heavy traffic. I agree when people say if you are there for a short amount of time, not to go unless it's nearby something else you want to do or see. When we went we were going on a Hollywood tour in the early evening, so we weren't too far away from that. It was a lot less time to look around than I thought it would be. It may be better to go on a weekday than a weekend.

775vickip

Dec 2019

A 2.5 - 3 hour activity. Enjoyed the speakers at the outdoor pit project 23 the most. The short animated film about what happens to animals that live on islands was also interesting-3 minutes

flowerlady64

Dec 2019

We were just going to look at the park but were very pleased we went into the museum as we wouldn't have appreciated the site at all without going inside. It is well laid out with very well illustrated history and uses up-to-date museum technology. Loved watching the volunteers at work in the lab. We watched the 3D film which costs $5 each extra but sets the scene and is a timely reminder about global warming. We also went on an outside walk around with an archaeologist which was also informative but a bit bumpy in a wheelchair. Wheelchairs are available to loan. There is no cafe here but the helpful staff will give you a list and map of nearby restaurants. All in all a fascinating place among the skyscrapers.