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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

Mon 12 May

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Starting at $18.00

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Mon 12 May

Starting at $18.00

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What's Included

Excavator Tour

Pit 91 Access

Atrium Access

Pleistocene Gardens

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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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FactotumDellaCitta

Jan 2023

This was a well-deigned museum that brought to life the richness of pre-historic fauna in North America, almost all of it extinct. We also enjoyed the front-row view into an active laboratory.

jjscotty

Jan 2023

Tiny and overpriced. Bathrooms needed some help. There were like no workers around and the one person who walked by and I asked a question to could not be bothered and was not knowledgeable at all

Shoeladee64

Jan 2023

My husband and I visited the museum and tar pits recently and loved it! The tar pits and grounds are free, but we did pay the small charge to explore the museum and were glad we did. We also paid the extra $6 to see the 3D movie and it too was worth it. We loved all the exhibits and watching the lab workers through the glass partitions. This museum is well worth the small cost and you can easier spend 1-2 hours inside.