Definitely an interesting place to visit with you have kids or just want some quiet time in the middle of a urban park. The museum itself is not very large but there are enough pieces (including skeletons and casts) that make it worth visiting. The park surrounding the area is very lively with people enjoying the sunny weather, kids in soccer practice, couples enjoying a picnic, etc. The "pits" themselves are interesting although not particularly remarkable. The replication of a scene where an animal is trapped in a pit is a good illustration about what happened before (even though the current tar pit is a recreation based on oil exploration decades ago). Overall, plan on spending between 90 and 120 minutes there.

Note: this is a rating of the paid indoor museum: 5 stars for interactive exhibits, neat, local information, and a sharp souvenir/merchandise area. The outside is free, acting as a park. That was less engaging, muddy (rare, I assume), and somehow less bubbly than what I've seen of tar pits. On-site parking is also $$.

My nephew had a ton of fun reading all the information that was available on all the displays. Loved everything that was being exhibited. Had tons of fun exploring outside and finding all the tar coming up from the grounds. Absolutely loved the garden. He learned a lot and loved seeing people working on cleaning up new found bones. It was quite impressive, even for us adults. We will definitely go back again.

What a great hidden gem! I had some extra time to spare after grabbing brunch in the area, so I decided to drop in and check out the museum. It's free for LA county residents (though there are some time restrictions), and tickets cost $15. Plenty of free street parking nearby. I had heard of the famous La Brea Tar Pits but for some reason never realized that there were tar pits in the midst of downtown LA... Who knew?? As soon as you walk into the grounds of the surrounding park, you can smell the sulphur. There is also an active excavation site going on, which was cool to see in action! The museum itself is pretty small. I breezed through it in less than an hour, and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't very crowded. I was expecting families with kids to be running around everywhere, and that wasn't the case (on a Saturday afternoon). The woolly mammoth exhibit was impressive to see the sheer size of those beasts, and I enjoyed looking through the wall of dire wolf skulls. It's nice that this museum has an indoor/outdoor mix of experiences, though I was hoping to find more on the rooftop.

Such a different experience and located right in L.A.. Interesting for people of all ages who enjoy science and evolution. Masks are currently required while indoors. You must have proof of vaccination or negative covid test. These things are mentioned on the website so anyone who gives a bad review based on the requirements is being ignorant. Don't skip this place. We also got to see the tar bumbling up in some pits. Very interesting place. It's 15 bucks to park but once you park you can go visit the museum and then visit other museums in the area if you would like. That's what we did.

Wowza. Talk about time warp…this museum and outdoor exhibit is so fascinating. Highly recommend checking out the movie. Super informative. The working lab exhibit is short neat!!! The interactive exhibit where you feel what it’s like to try and pull out of tar really puts it in perspective how hard it is!!! The lake outside is amazing, and there are tons of little tar spots all around the property look for the green cones. Military and local Residents are free!

This place is amazing! I like that the main lake is accessible to the public, and you don't have to pay for it to enjoy a part of this area is rich history. I then went inside and bought a general admission ticket to check out the museum! Absolutely stunning. It's just absolutely amazing how many animals they found in such a close proximity. Reading about all of the history of the area was fascinating. They maintain the facilities perfectly clean and everything is very modern and up to date. All of the employees I talk to there were really nice.

We had such a great learning experience. The exhibits were interactive and so interesting. I'm a science buff, so it was right up my alley. The place is huge and there is so much to see and do. We spent a lot of time walking the grounds before going inside. We enjoyed playing around with the codes to scan to create pictures and videos of the dinosaurs. The museum inside was excellent, and we got to see and learn so much. It is a must go, especially if you have children and adults who love history and learning about the tar pits

Small museum, we explored whole area within 25 minutes but you also can spend many hours there as well. Much faster if you book tickets online. Great place to learn fossil history from many millions years ago. There were TAR pop up on the ground, which was very interesting!!

As far as museums go, this was the most paleontology oriented that I have visited. The tar pits are far from being the main attraction. In between the reconstructed fauna of the late pleistocene, I particularly loved the glass-off cleaning laboratory with real scientists at work on display. I also really appreciated the guided tour (and the guide) and would recommend it. I went on Sunday and it wasn't too crowded but if you buy a ticket online for just $15 you can skip most wait lines anyways. It's not a bad deal. One caveat: they have parking but I don't think it's worth it especially if you only want to spend a few hours. There are some street parking nearby if you are lucky.

Really interesting museum and active archeological lab and site. Real deal tar pits (even the lake one is one but you don’t see the tar since the water is on top of it. The exhibits are cool but some of the interactive exhibits are bit dated and lacking. I wish there was more interactive exhibit Elements for kids. The indoor museum is quite small so I felt the ticket prices were a bit high for a such small museum. The outdoor area is free kinda nice to picnic or let kids run around little bit. Kinda also wish there were more outdoor exhibit pieces or even playground area for kids.

We took our two kids here during an extended layover. I was here several years ago and it is as awesome as I remember. The (asphalt) tar pits are still bubbling away and my kiddos were in awe the whole time. The place is a bit sleepy from an activity standpoint when we visited, but both kids (2y and 8y) had fun. We also had memberships to our local science museum and they allowed us free entry, so be sure to ask and bring proof of membership!

Took my friend who was visiting here and she loved it. The dire wolf skull wall was super cool. We saw some cool squirrels. Loved the interactive stuff in the museum. Would definitely recommend going to it. Just be wary of the smell of the tar if you’re sensitive to smells.

What a fascinating place! We loved seeing the tar pits bubbling and the live sites where they are actively looking for fossils. They have found over 3.5 million fossils at this location! The museum was great and they have done a great job displaying many of the fossils found as well as giving lots of great history and insight. Plus there is a beautiful garden atrium in the centre with benches where you can take a nice relaxing break. Definitely worth the trip.

This museum is educational. My favorite part was the outside area which is free. I enjoyed seeing real tar pits. The museum inside, which is paid entry, was nice but I did feel like the price for our entire family was a lot for the small size of the museum. I do understand though that they are funding research which is important. We did pay and go inside and saw some interesting and educational exhibits. Overall this was a great stop for our family. There are bathrooms in the museum. There is a movie that costs extra. Just don't miss out on all the interesting things to see around the grounds.

I haven't been there since I was a child. Great memories of it.... It lives up to them! The tar pits themselves are mysterious and forbidding. The museum, with displayed fossils is informative. And the walk to various outdoor sites is very pleasant, in a park like setting. Great place for families.

It's been SO LONG. My grandparents lived in Pasadena some years back. When we visited the grandparents, they would want to entertain us. This was one of those places that is unique. I don't know of any other place like this anywhere. This is cool, I will need to go back at some point.

Really fun little area right in town to spend a few hours. Lots of great fossil displays and the free guided tour was quite informative. It's surprising this is right in town so if you're up for some good education while in the city it's definitely worth the visit. Be sure to keep an eye out for the green cones around the area to see active tar popping up to the surface.

Came here with my kiddos on New Year’s Day. The museum was closed. But we did enjoy seeing the tar pits! My kids had a blast seeing the bubbles come out of the pits and learning about fossils. They love the mammoths statues around one of the pits. The kids enjoyed playing on the grass fields as well. Definitely recommend for anyone to come even when it’s closed. We had a great time.

That's an amazing place where you really see science in action. Incredibly more interesting than what you may imagine! 🤩 Things there are millions of years old and yet paradoxically very present because the researchers go on finding thousands of fossils every day, cleanse them in front of you, and the same tar pits having trapped animals in the prehistoric times go on ominously bubbling continuously in front of you in the present day. 😱 Scary and fascinating at the same time! A place like no other and an absolute must-see in LA, even fitting those not fond of science or museums.

Random stop. We had time and it was something I always wanted to see. The museum and grounds are well kept. The entrance fees are absolutely reasonable to view the museum. The displays are well presented and fascinating to read. On the grounds, are many mystery spots where cones are placed. It turns out these are tar pits that have welled up in the grass around the site. Pretty cool. It is tar, it is real, don’t get it on you or step in it. The main tar pit(s) are cool to view. There is a section where they show the excavation of the tar pit and how the bones are collected. Pretty cool to see. The site is in walking distance of some cool shops and it was safe to walk around. We found parking on the street nearby.

Been wanting to come here since I was a kid, got to do it today. Totally worth it! Lovely little park for a walk filled with very cool stuff, love the science behind it and the awesome signage explaining it all throughout!

Only the outside display is open because of corona, but I still had a great time. The main tar pit with the display of an elephant falling into the tar was amazing. Also, I loved that tar is still seeping from parts of the lawn. What a hit!

Ever since I played the video game Sam & Max Hit the Road, which featured a parody of the Tar Pits, I was intrigued on seeing what the actual site was like. On a trip to La, I mentioned to my wife we should check out the Tar Pits, and she was completely puzzled. Despite being a SoCal native, she was not only not aware of the Tar Pits, she wasn't sure what could be so intriguing, but having visited, it became one of the highlights of our trip. Once we arrived (we had no trouble finding some cheap street parking), we decided to check out the Museum and then walk around the park. I was impressed that the Tar Pits themselves can be visited without going into the museum and paying admission, but the history inside is well worth the price. You can make it through the whole Museum easily in under an hour, but there were many incredible examples of the kinds of fossils, with several complete ones on display, found there (and a stunning wall of hundreds of wolf heads begins to give you an idea of the scope of the excavations). I also note this is probably one of the few museums where I’ve actually seen scientists hard at work in their display lab. Back outside, most of the tar pits have a simple plaque, and don’t appear to be much beyond a pond with tainted water (or dried up), but the most stunning example was “Project 23” and Pit 91 – an active excavation site. It was extraordinary to see the actual fossils in the process of being removed from the tar! Especially given that the Observation Pit seemed to be closed for Covid reasons. Still, the Tar Pits were a wonderful experience, and look forward to revisiting them in the future.

Being an Easy Coast person, this is a place I have read and heard about all my life. It was very fun and interesting. My little ones enjoyed it as well. Six and eight. They were still talking about the trip days after. The grounds themselves are free to enter and walk around. The museum was not free but did not cost that much. Definitely worth the day visit.

Very small, they say 45min, I say more like a 20min+ walk around square. Could take up to 45min if you listen to the free mini -10min speakers at different times of the day, which was nice. Cool place though, to see that all that was found in the tar and debri that they are still going though. Daniel who talked about the largest cat ever alive the something Lion or Jaguar, lol that cool. You'll see it in my photos but I forgot to take a picture of the name. The smell when you're outside, can get a little overwhelming specially when the bubbles burst from the lake.

I love this place. It's affordable (especially if you go with a friend who lives locally), the exhibits are a fun mix of old school and modern , and it's the only museum I know of where you can watch grad students clean mammoth knuckles. The wall of dire wolf skulls is particularly imposing. And hey, when you're done you can go play with the tar coming out of the lawn outside!

The Page Museum is also know as the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. It is a really fun experience to learn about the natural tar pits in this area and all the natural history and fossilized creatures from the ice age that you can see! The museum has some very cool complete fossilized structures of some mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and dire wolves. It takes about 45 minutes to carefully go through the museum and another 45 minutes to explore the tar pits and excavation sites outside the museum. Highly recommended for kids and adults alike!

The staff are EXTREMELY knowledgeable and passionate about the exhibits which is awesome! Lots of kids as I'm sure it is a hot field trip spot, but me and my husband enjoyed the exhibits a lot! Highly recommend if you are in the area and want to learn more about fossils and local history. Amazing!

The outside exhibits are free and it is a very large area to get a walk in or just lounge around for the day in nature. The actual tar pits are interesting but not really anything beautiful to look at. The museum costs $15 to enter and is small with information and a few animal statues. If I returned I wouldn’t pay to enter the museum, I would simply use the lawns for a quiet place to chill for the day.

I found the La Brea tar pits fascinating. I was pressed for time, so I only visited the tar pits, I did not visit the museum. The museum tickets are up to $15 for admission. There's parking on-site for a flat rate of $15. The grounds with the actual tar pits are free and open to the public. There's plenty of signage with enough info for a self guided tour. There are multiple tar pits, and yes, there is a strong tar odor. I imagine that in the hot summer, it may get stifling. This is a great family adventure that everyone can enjoy. I was most surprised by the bubbling tar pits. It amazes me that a window into the past is located in the middle of such a big city. There's also actual on-site excavators working here. Keep in mind that during the weekdays, you will probably have to contend with school field trips. And if you visit the tar pits grounds, check your shoes as you leave. Great educational value here.

Real interesting place to spend a solid hour. Talk a walk looking at the tar pits bubbling which is pretty fascinating. A lot of space and open grass fields, great for picnics or to read a book which I saw plenty of. That was just the outside. Parking was $18 and entry was $15. Completely worth it but next time I’ll plan to pay the meter and walk there.

Tar pits are awesome! It surprises me when I talk to people back home they have never heard of this place. To be honest, I hadn't either til I had watched the movie Volcano when I was a kid. After the movie, I researched the Tar Pits and made it a point to go. I've been twice now and will continue to come more. It's amazing that it's still an active dig site and they are digging up new fossils everyday.

My kids loved the tar pits. It’s amazing to watch the fossil excavation process and how they painstakingly clean every single bone. The mammoth, mountain lion and camel fossils were amazing displays. Unfortunately spent just over an hour here. Would recommend at least 2-3 for an immersive experience. Would definitely visit again.

Due to Covid-19, the museum is closed. There are outside exhibits that is worth stopping for. The dead Dino tar pits are awesome. You can smell the tar from the parking lot.

Always a fun time here! I used to have a membership here 10 years ago. But have not had a chance to return.. came here with the kids on a Sunday afternoon. We explored almost the entire place except the planetarium. The aquarium is my favorite especially the jellies. The rainforest wasn't very crowded, the butterflies, the parrots, the spiders.... oh my! The earthquake room exhibit was also a favorite. Great place to spend with the kids.

Really cool outside museum and park. Great place for kids and picnics.

Oh how I Love this wonderland in the center of Los Angeles! Fossils and trees, tar pits and parkland-/ we try to walk there as often as possible. If you have kids, they will delight in the mastodons stuck in the tar and the many reminders of why “La Cienega” And “La Brea” are named as they are! Bring a picnic and stay. A gem!

Nice museum. Grandson liked it, granddaughter not so much. Depends what they're into. Very limited parking, arrive early (or later when the early people have left). Excavation sites outside not terribly exciting (to me). Buy tickets outside just as you leave the parking lot, much shorter line than inside the museum. They have a really nice interactive display of pistons stuck in tar. You pull on them to get a sense of how hard it was for animals to try to get out of the tar.

The museum's are closed, but you can walk around the grounds.you can see the pits, statues, park and signs telling you the history of the pits. We parked for free on a Saturday afternoon behind hancock park.

Get in touch with mother earth. Crazy methane bubbles - are a bacteria eating petroleum byproduct. I would not wanna fall in.

I was driven around as a compliment of a friend .

Ok, museum closed

BEST CLEANERS EVER!!! Fernando and his mom have the most INCREDIBLE customer service and superb quality! My girlfriend and I have needed things to be cleaned next day and they ALWAYS saved us and come through for us!

(Translated by Google) Good family atmosphere (Original) Buen ambiente familiar

Good place to bring the kids.

The Tar pits on the grounds of the museum, are a somber warning to things that happened thousands, maybe millions of years ago. The display is simple and the signs are very informative. Now get ready, step into the museum and see the incredible work of the staff and miners of the bones. They have recovered and reassembled incredible creatures from our past. Right in down town LA a treasure trove of history was hiding in almost plain sight. The discovery of this gem and the digs that surround the grounds is way beyond amazing. The museum is spacious and to sit and stare at the bones assembled and revel in the work that has been done by people with more patience than can be measured. Buy the annual pass that gets you into three museums for a year and come again and again. WOW!

I remember going on field trips to the page museum as a child. I remember it being very cool. When I went as an adult it seemed a lot smaller.

I've been vacationing in California since I was a baby and even lived there for a time. Finally at age 50 I went to the La Brea tar pits! It was incredibly cool! The fact that there is still asphalt bubbling up through the earth blows my mind. Outside in Hancock Park you are able to see areas that have been excavated and what types of animals that were found, and inside the museum you can see all their fossils. There is also a detailed history of the area. It was so interesting! The park is free and the museum is $15 for adults. You can park all day in the lot right outside the museum for $15. It's an easy walk to the LA County museum of art, The Peterson Automotive Museum and the brand new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. There is no cafe or restaurant on the grounds, just vending machines, but there are several restaurants within walking distance. 5*****!!

Simply a gem! The La Brea Tar Pits are the largest plistocene deposit of mammal fossils on earth. Right in the center of LA. The museum has some incredible specimens: mammoths, lions, wolves, sabre tooth cats, sloths, and many birds. An amazing display of what used to be here in the city.

This is still my favorite little museum in Los Angeles, capturing the last 40k years of natural history that was trapped within the tar pits. It is a truly wonderful museum with interactive exhibits, a rich geological history of the area, and so many fossils of extinct megafauna that it's just incredible. No where else like it on earth. It's probably good for maybe 2 hours of fun education. As of 3 June 2021, masks are mandatory for all guests over 2 years old, regardless of your vaccination status. You need to purchase your tickets in advance or otherwise make a reservation as they have limited the occupancy of the building.

Very nice and interesting museum. Great for walking.

This place is great. Really enjoyed the museum. Make sure you also see the 3D video. It's about 25 mins, but full of great info. The lab, bones, and exhibits were great. Can venture outside and see the active pits too. Pretty amazing. Check it out.

Wonderful museum. Took the time to read all the bits of information which was super interesting. All the diagrams are well drawn and all the explanations are well written. Learned a lot about ancient animals today. Paid for the 15 dollar parking and 15 dollar museum fee. Overall, had a great time.

As a natural history buff, I would absolutely give this place 10/5 stars. The museum features an extensive, painstakingly curated, and sleekly presented collection of Pleistocene fossils and specimens. These make up only a small fraction of what have been identified and catalogued so far from an enormous reservoir of objects excavated from the tar pits surrounding the site (yet even more are still to be discovered). Perhaps what sets apart this museum from the rest is the lab situated right in the middle of the indoor space, allowing the visitors to see paleontologists at work to add to the collection and our knowledge of this fascinating, insufficiently understood epoch.

Made a quick stop at the pits because, well, tourist. The park is large, good place to wander. The exhibit representing what it it may have been like for the animals way back when was cool. Seeing the open pit was pretty cool as well. Wish I would've had time to hit the museum.. maybe another time.

Overall this is a great museum in the heart of LA. The billboards at each pit are very informative. The museum is top notch, lots of great displays and the information is great. The staff is really knowledgeable and willing to explain different animals with their roving examples that they use to help explain the animals characteristics. I really enjoyed the visit and highly recommend it. .

It's a very small museum but very nice. They have lots of great bones and replicas with a few interactive displays. The walk through the whole place is relatively short. It's a fun place to bring kids (or adults) but don't count on it taking up a long time. They have a gift shop with some t-shirts, jewelry, and other assorted gifts. Parking was full last time I went so we had to pay to park across the street.

Loved it! There's lots to see and discover 🦣 The tar pits are STILL ACTIVE and have plenty of informative plaques to learn something new. Great for the whole family to visit. The outer park and grounds are serine and great for a shady picnic or day nap😴 Overall it was a great experience and great to see history live in the middle of Los Angeles. 🏙

Pretty nice hidden gem of LA. Wouldn't have known this place without gocity pass. Join the tour. Super informative about the beginnings of this place, and what they are doing. It's a pretty small place, but expect around 2-3 hours to clear everything including the tour.

The main museum for the tar pits and where you can see some of the archeological findings. The museum will only take about an hour to go through. The museum does a great job of presenting the discoveries and the history of how and why the tar pits are so important to scientists and archeologists. The big attraction for adults is to see the full skeleton of a mammoth while the kids want to play escape the tar pits plungers game.

I enjoyed my time here exploring the tar pits and walking through the musuem. There is a lot of history behind the tar pits and area which I found fascinating. Easy to get to, parking available, and lots of grass areas to sit down and enjoy your lunch.

Joined the Summer Nights event, which allows free entry from 5pm-8pm. On the lawn, there's a bar, food trucks and d.j. Make sure to bring a picnic blanket as the picnic tables are limited. Recommend booking in advance. Great learning experience! Lot's to see and do and enjoyed that you could see actual pits! It was awesome to see both scientists and paleontologists in action. I don't really understand the indoor garden, but it was peaceful to walk through. The skeletons were interesting to read about, but I would have liked to known where and when they were found. I also didn't see a lot of information on the marine life. The excavation tour was interesting, though I was crushed to find the dramatic looking lake pit was just dirty water and asphalt and not gooey tar 😂 The Observation Pit is closed, but I'd definitely want to explore if it ever reopens.

We really enjoyed the museum and surrounding grounds. It was my wife, myself and our son. The museum had lots of interactive displays and we all were impressed with seeing the paleontologists cleaning bones. The outdoors spaces with the pits and active dig was very cool as well. Would highly recommend this especially on a day where you want to stretch your legs.

This is a cool museum that is right in the heart of Los Angeles. Probably not downtown, maybe not even Central LA. But you're in the city. Apparently, this is a pet cemetery for extinct species that has been visiting Southern California for the past 50,000 years. Greatest hits include ground sloths, dire wolves, woolly mammoth and mastodons, as well as even beetle legs. It's 15 bucks a person which isn't bad. There's actually interesting stuff outside if you're a cheepo and can't afford the 15 bucks. I have been wanting to come here since I was a little boy in the '80s and read about this please. So, a little boy's dream has come true.

Took a group of pre-teens for a little "get out and do something" afternoon, and they really enjoyed it. The museum has a lot of interesting information and exhibits. The surrounding park also has some interesting historical tidbits, and actual points where tar continues to find its way to the surface. The boys in our group enjoyed getting it all over themselves.

Very interesting! Beautiful open air park (great for kids). The museum was excellent and very interactive. There's an atrium inside the museum that is a beautiful garden. This was one of my favorite parts of LA.

Wonderful museum. Excellent collection. And an interesting building that looks better from the inside than from the outside. Worth a trip.

Oh well laid-out and thought-out Museum. The exhibits are well displayed and educational. Really great way for kids to learn about the ice age. It also is captivating for adults. A very historical site. I really like the lab where you can see real scientists processing the fossils.

I'm somewhat biased because I'm not typically a huge contemporary art fan. That's not to say I don't like ANY of it. It's just that when viewing large collections of contemporary art, I'm hard pressed to find much that's compelling, enriching, or disturbing enough to excite me.

Nice for a half-day trip. Good variety of Ice-Age animals that are sure to wow kids and adults alike!

Fun spot for the whole family! Random tar bubbles coming out of the ground everywhere...wrote our names with it...kids loved it. The movie was enlightening.

There has been so much hype for this place and it took me quite a bit of time to get tickets. And yes, I do see why, it Is pretty amazing. But The result of the hype is a very over crowded museum with people everywhere snapping photos and selfies. The picture taking actually drove me a little nuts. I think they should ban photos from museums or at least limit them as I'm posting a few photos myself, haha.

Finally, a large museum with large exhibition space. This place is generally crawling with people, but I rarely if ever felt crowded during my Saturday afternoon visit.

A bit expensive, but this has a rainforest (with butterflies), aquarium, gem exhibit and planetarium. Not the best of each component, but still good and spent the day here and enjoyed it.

Hidden, but obvious gem in Los Angeles. Love the interaction with volunteers and encouragement to touch displays. Love on site lab and surrounding outdoor grounds are lovely. Kid friendly and so educational, excellent exhibits. Great gift shop and you'll definitely keep your camera on continuous use.

Had not been here in almost 25 years and I felt like a kid again :-)

(Translated by Google) A wonderful place for a family vacation and a photo shoot to remember LA :) (Original) Чудесное место для семейного отдыха и фотосессии на память о LA :)

Weezer

I like it a lot!

The park is open amid Covid19 measures. People are playing and having picnics here.

I used to come here all the time as a kid!

Great place

I miss this place. You can still go to the park and hang out however.

Education entertainment place not only for children

Great place to play with kids outside

i use to come here all the time when i was in elementary for school field trips. love it!

I was searching up Ice Age Baby Birth Place on Googld Maps and it led me here

Educational but museum closed due to covid

We enjoyed wondering around the park looking for the new tar pits. Sad that the museum was closed but it was still good to be outside and learn a bit.

Quite disappointed...museum is 90 pct filled with what appears to be plastic, plaster and fiberglass skeletons, just a small number of "actual fossils". The "museum" itself will take you a good 15 minutes to go thru walking slowly. Bizarre see-through glass "restoration lab" with about 8 technicians who seem to be engaged in make-work/busywork for entertainment of the spectators, MY ADVICE: visit the free grounds and pits, the building and its contents sre far from a world class museum. (I am a New Yorker, using the Museum of Natual History as reference for World-Class Museums) One of the most over-hyped attractions I have ever come across.

I learned about this museum from an Edgenuity course in environmental science.

very interesting

Youd think after 100 pictures of an elephant in a tar pit someone would rescue it. Theres an original thought. Someone please take a picture of a key hole or something to break up the monotony maybe a water fountain or a shingle. Thanx a wet footprint might be nice.empty soda can bird droppings imagination people imagination.

(Translated by Google) It's impressive how the earth is seething here. (Original) Beeindruckend wie hier die Erde brodelt.

Love it

One of the best places to visit with small kids and toddlers. There are a lot of creative activities, both out/indoor. The admission isn't high, each first Wednesday of the month is free :) There is a good cafe on site. The parking is huge and free :)

It was great other than charging full admission starting at 6 months old. There's nothing worth that admission price until your child is walking. It was great

Probably the greatest $12 date you could ever go on any Thursday from 6-10 PM. The atmosphere is extremely young and upbeat; there's a DJ, a dance area, and multiple bar stations-- each with their own drink specialty for the night. Upon walking in, my boyfriend and I immediately got drinks which are always themed to the exhibit of the night. They were INSANELY delicious and strong too.

I love cats, prehistoric or otherwise, and this place is filled with the remains of many different prehistoric cats and many other animals. The ongoing excavations, viewable right on site, continue revealing new information. And the tar seepage that started it all continue to this day. My favorite science destination in LA!

really enjoyed our visit to the La Brea Tar Pits page Museum very interesting lot of awesome shows that docents were great well worth the money to get in I had a awesome time

I visited the Labrea Tar pits museum. For some reason Google refuses to acknowledge them. It was a very interesting day. If you doubt that Los Angeles sits on a sea of tar-like goo you need only to stop in. Amazing

Children loved this experience and there are free tours also.

Security Officers were nice and professional.

My favorite museum in LA

Fantastic....

Well I did for the same reason we love the La Brea Tar Pits

(Translated by Google) Extraordinary way to know about the animals that passed through this place, many or maybe almost all of them no longer exist ... I recommend you go to the Museum of Los Angeles .... (Original) Extraordinaria manera de conocer sobre los animales que transitaron por este lugar muchos o quiza casi todos ya no existen...Les recomiendo acudan al Museum de Los Angeles....

Great museum, losts of bones from different eras, and explanations.

Ok

Love this place. They have a new exhibit on Mammoths and Mastodons. Many free things to look at in the park. World famous fossil pits.

Great museum. So much fun and educational too.

Small, but excellent

It is a small museum but very cool.

Bad file trips

Incredible specimens

Are there many Pokemon ?

We brought my 13 year old nephew here to see a bit of natural history and the tar pits. We learned a lot. It's partly under ground, which is neat. The garden area is beautiful!

Impressive fossil displays!!

Fun and interesting if you're into science history, fossils, and the ice age. Excavator tour was worth it. Imax was fun. Might be able to get free admission if a member of another natural history museum (we did).

They have a huge fossil of mammoth.

This museum is 100% related to the La Brea Tar Pits though its admission/price is not required for touring the tar pits. I do, however, recommend you visit. While it is ~$10 to visit and it won't take you too long, the exhibits are interesting. You can see what's actually come out of the tar pits while watching the paleontologists at work during a giant viewing area.

(Translated by Google) Here you can see the fossils excavated from the tar. The best place to go with children who are interested in paleontology such as dinosaurs. (Original) 타르에서 발굴된 화석을 볼 수 있는 곳. 공룡등의 고생물에 관심이 많은 아이들과 가기에 최고인 장소.

Interesting exhibits ranging from prehistoric mammals captured in the tar pits to really humans who settled the Los Angeles basin, though I did kind of expect this place to be a little bigger for what they charged for admission.

First of all - this is a small museum. Let's get that out of the way. Second, you have membership here if you are a member at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Third, although the museum may be small, it's still a ton of fun and very educational! The museum is shaped like a circle, and you go through it clockwise. There is an inner circle that is actually open to the outdoors, and is primarily just a place to sit and check out plants and relax. Inside however, are all sorts of exhibits, interactive elements, a play are a for kids, some animatronic (and roaring!) animals, and the ultimately impressive mammoth skeleton! Once you've gone through the museum, be sure to head outside and check out the tar pits. You'll have a new level of appreciation for them!

I loved seeing the actual skeletons of prehistoric animals;& especially the live dig sites& labritory

Fun

The Tar Pits take you bake in time. You can actually smell tar at the pits/fossil area. The museum is well kept and organized. It is cool to see the actual tusk and skull of Zed. You can also see paleontologists cleaning some fossils. They also have a souvenir shop where you can get cute things to take home. This is a must see attraction after going to LACMA.

Small, nice museum. There is a lab where you can see work in progress. Interested historical info. Museum also has a small shop and outside park area. Free admission for Los Angeles residents.

Absolutely love this place! We stop here on every trip to California. It's amazing to see all of the animals that used to call the area home so long ago.

Take your time when you’re in the area to visit the tar pits. This is something for all ages. Also a nice park to walk through. If you like the smell of tar, this is the place to be🙄😉

Definitely would recommend if you’re in the area. There’s so much to learn at the museum! The exhibits are quite interactive and their volunteers are welcoming and will show you cool animal artifacts! Go!

The tar pits smell good.

Everyone knows this place is fun, but it especially fun for the over 21 at night. Most people lined up immediately to go to the planetarium, but we headed off to check out the museum. We practically had the aquarium to ourselves. Then we visited the main floor and checked out the new earthquake exhibit. They like to shake things up here. They had several bars serving specialty cocktails throughout the place. Not much food variety though. For $12, this was well worth it!

Worked in the lab as a volunteer in the late 70s,was a great experience, learned a lot about ancient California

I went for the first time this last weekend and we reserved our tickets a month in advance to not wait in line when we arrived. It was so worth it because there was a long standby line and the tickets were free so it was a great experience.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really love this place, people were friendly and the environment was warm and welcoming. Attentive assistance and overall a great experience, would defiantly recommend to anyone on the fence.

Absolutely a must visit spot for anyone who is interested in archeology and/or Ice Age animals, and also California history. Such a unique place, an actual active archeology dig site, with an excellent museum right there, surrounded by green park. We loved our visit, and so did our ten year old. We got tickets online just to save some time, but also saw people paying right there on the spot. Only wish they had better AC, it was a little stuffy on a hot day, although they did have fans blowing.

Fun to visit, but only once. The outside is completely free. Where you'll see active tar pits farting out methane gas and active fossil dig sites, just try to breathe less since that methane gas can be overwhelming. If you've a LA library card, there are free tickets online. Inside, it's a clean and well managed museum. Really loved the short 3 minute cartoon videos and the glass walled live archeologist working area

Well thought out and well executed museum.

This is a great experience. Very interesting and educational.

The museum was very well organized and had many interactive and engaging exhibits. In one section you got to watch paleontologists at work in their lab, which was very cool.

Wow! What a treasure of museum that shows the animals that lived in L.A. area during the ice age. The history behind it it's pretty cool and the fact that you can actually walk around the tar pits where fossils have been found by paleontologists is just thrilling. My 10 year old little scientist picked the place as part of his birthday adventure (family tradition), and he enjoyed it very much. I would recommend it 100%.

Fun place. Parking in the area isn't cheap but if you're a veteran or active duty it's free to get into the museum. Not a lot of dogs running around with bad owners so you can let your kids enjoy the grass.

It's so beautiful and enjoy everything with children... they can touch, play and enjoy it... you can walk to see from the second level or walk around the pits, take a picnic or walk to the other museums around... I love it a lot to see in the same place!!!!

The LA Brea Tar pits was an excellent visit tour for us especially with me being a science freak right along with my daughter. The exhibits were astounding as well as the history behind them. To see the actual living laboratory as you walk through the exhibits was also very fascinating. From 1-110 everybody we saw there was having a great time and were fascinated by the exhibits and history. We will definitely be going back! By the way, we also did the 3D movie presentation which is absolutely a must to get a better understanding of the the history of the tar pits and the ongoing research. This was a fun family activity!

What a great place full of history right in the middle of the city. I can't say enough about the location in close proximity to other attractions, Wilshire Blvd, Hollywood Blvd, as well as good restaurants. Definitely consider taking a walk through the area, it's beautiful. The pits and museum are interesting and informative, easy to understand and navigate, and just plain awesome to see in person.

My boyfriend and I visited the La Brea tar pits because he’s never been there. He’s wanted to go for a long time. We enjoyed walking around the park and exploring the different pits! The museum was really nice and clean! We went on a Saturday. It wasn’t crowded. We heard during the week it can get busy with a lot of kids on field trips.

Very interesting in the museum and the tar pits where they are currently excavating. You can observe the paleontologists with current work in the lab. Many things on display. Would recommend.

Oh my God so much to see! So pretty and yet creepy! So cool how portions of time are frozen in tar! I think the skull wall off the 404 dire wolf skulls was my favorite. Or maybe the active dig site they had going on. Be careful tho there are lots of small tar sites that have started up! Super cool but dangerous if you don't pay attention!

My mom and I had never been to the La Brea Tar Pits before, although we've both spent a ton of time in L.A. We finally decided to stop by there while we were in the area for other obligations, and I'm glad we did. We had a lovely time! The museum was kinda small but very interesting. The grounds are huge, though, and there are many things to see while you're there. The staff was very friendly; especially the man that was running the booth selling wristbands by the parking lot. He was wonderful! I wish I could remember his name! All together, it was a great time. I would definitely recommend stopping in at least once to see everything!

Given the price, the museum is fairly small and extremely busy. We enjoyed our visit. I've enjoyed it since I was a kid, but there isn't much “new”. It looks the same now as it did then. At this point, the exhibits and displays are getting fairly dated and could use updating. Many exhibits also has more than a couple cobwebs. Would be nice to see them better maintained!

Wonderful museum!!! The statues, fossils, and other replica displays really help to visually bring the extinct animals to life. Plus, it was exciting to see the on-going lab work and digs onsite. My husband and I had never been here before, despite living in California our whole lives, and decided to bring our young boys. It was exciting not only for our kids, but also for us to learn about the geology of the Los Angeles region. Our 3-year-old son has been talking about it non-stop for weeks after our visit, and now has to watch the movie Ice Age all the time and tells everyone he sees about how the "Wooly Mammoths got stuck in the gooey stuff." There is a short 3D movie exhibition too, which costs about $6/adult, which I thought was worth it. Tours are offered as well, and educational for all ages, especially preschool and elementary aged children!!!

We visited La Brea on a Saturday and really enjoyed our visit! We did the guided tour that they offer twice a day and our tour guide Tony was hilarious and informative. The museum is full of interesting information and fossils with a fun little gift shop. Definitely recommend a guided tour to learn more about the "tar" pits! They have a parking garage right across from the entrance that you can park at to hit several museums in the area too.

It is a story that seems hard to believe until you see it, and then it still seems hard to believe, lol. Much of the area was under construction and closed, but there was still plenty to wander around and see. Talk about history and still active. The greeting staff to the museum seemed to be having an off day for customer service, but the gift shop gentleman was pleasant. It was an overall nice visit, worth a stop, in my opinion.

The active excavation was absolutely fascinating. It also doesn't smell as bad as one would think. By following the walking path you also end up at an art museum and the film museum. It was really cool. Also very educational great for kids interested in all things science.