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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

Sat 11 Jan

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Sat 11 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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Reviews (77)

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andym954

Dec 2019

Had a really nice couple of hours with the family here. It quite interesting when you get into it and bizarre that this has been bubbling away for millions of years and the fact it does still causes problems for building in the area even today. There is plenty of space for little ones to run around. Didn’t have any issues with our under 2 y/o here, baring in mind it is essentially a museum we were pleased. If you pre-book and go on a Tuesday you can get free entry. Definitely worth considering if your plans work. Also helpful to note there is a really handy carpark there but they charge $15 for the day. We looked at every aspect got involved talking to staff and asking questions and also ran around outside (well the kids did) and it took about 1 1/2hrs I’d say.

Durbanguy

Dec 2019

My 10 year old daughter and I visited the museum and we really enjoyed it. Fascinating to learn how the tar pits came to be such a rich trove of fossils over time. Really cool to watch the workers carefully clean and catalog the fossils. Watch the 3d movie that was a learning experience.

Eileen O

Nov 2019

Wonderful. We loved the Dire wolves and all other creatures. So many species. Another world. Also saw fossil cleaners and preparers at work. Pit 91 is the active pit.