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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 04 Jan

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Sat 04 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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599pattih

Nov 2022

Let me preface this by admitting bias. I am an Anthropology major and loved every bone, tooth, and skull in the museum. If you're interested, it'll knock your socks off. If you go expecting dinosaurs, you will be sorely disappointed. DIfferent era. Great 3D movie that explained the Ice Age nicely. I wanted to buy everything in the gift shop. Outside exhibition is underwhelming but the fact that you can see and smell oil seeping up through the ground adds to the authenticity of it all. Ongoing excavation area is extremely interesting. Well worth the price of admission...for ME!

cindy5063

Oct 2022

This museum is fascinating and the exhibits are so well curated. I was engrossed in the stories told through the visuals and information. The outside exhibits (free of charge) are also amazing and well marked. Highly recommend to adults and kids alike who are interested in ice age and prehistoric earth!

T6316BBstephena

Sep 2022

Well displayed and explained exhibits. The evolutionary history of mammoths and elephants was was fascinating.