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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

Fri 10 Jan

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Fri 10 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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mbehmazia123

Oct 2019

Easy access, lots to see, and will not break the bank. Different tours available along with a souvenir shop.

stevendale

Sep 2019

Actually stopped for the art installation that wasn't that exciting and went to the museum. Not from LA I was aware of this place as a kid from Brady Bunch or some other 60's or 70's show. My wife had never heard of it and was amazed that a tar pit excavation site was in the middle of a city. Pay for parking and museum. Other pay to enter art museums in same block along with the soon to open Motion Picture Academy museum. Museum was small, a little dated, but full of fascinating creatures and tons of tar stained bones. Nice park grounds with fenced off open pits and some pavilions with active digs. Also active bone lab where you can watch interns clean bones. Worth checking out.

KenZ_GA

Sep 2019

The museum itself was informative. But it sort of seems to be a 2019 museum stuck in the 1970's. Although informative, it just seemed old and out of date. My main complaint is the employee panhandling. I realize they are just doing their job - but when I wanted to buy a ticket to the museum - no I don't want to donate, no I don't want to be a member, no, I don't want to pay extra to see the movie. Then after buying a t-shirt for $26.99 (highest price I've seen for a t-shirt at any museum) in the giftshop, I was asked if I wanted to "round-up" as a donation, no. Did I want to buy a $4 or smaller $3 bag to put my purchase in, no. Then the clerk proceeded to fold my t-shirt up into a roughly 6x9 size and stuff it into a flat roughly 6x8 paper bag with the top of the t-shirt sticking out. The bag itself was cheap paper which ripped shortly after leaving the museum. When I asked if there were any larger bags with handles so I could actually carry my purchase, I was told no, only if you buy one for $3 or $4. Pleeeeeeaaaase.... even Walmart has bags for 10 cents with handles. Lesson learned, bring a bag.