La Brea Tar Pits & Museum
@tarpits.org
One of the most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. Open 9:30am - 5pm daily, closed the first Tuesday of every month.
http://linktr.ee/thelabreatarpits
http://linktr.ee/thelabreatarpits
🦝 Even amid mammoths and saber-tooths, raccoons were part of Ice Age Los Angeles too. A rare fossil from Project 23 shows one of these masked foragers once lived here—quiet, small, but surviving in the shadows of giants: bit.ly/RaccoonsofLA
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🦝 Even amid mammoths and saber-tooths, raccoons were part of Ice Age Los Angeles too. A rare fossil from Project 23 shows one of these masked foragers once lived here—quiet, small, but surviving in the shadows of giants: bit.ly/RaccoonsofLA
𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. Kick off the Halloween season at our Member-exclusive Haunted Museum event at #NHMLA! Join us after-hours as the Museum transforms into a world of spine-tingling and thrilling experiences on Saturday, October 4: go.nhm.org/hauntedmuseu...
👻 Thanks to our event sponsor Zolli Candy!
👻 Thanks to our event sponsor Zolli Candy!
September 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. Kick off the Halloween season at our Member-exclusive Haunted Museum event at #NHMLA! Join us after-hours as the Museum transforms into a world of spine-tingling and thrilling experiences on Saturday, October 4: go.nhm.org/hauntedmuseu...
👻 Thanks to our event sponsor Zolli Candy!
👻 Thanks to our event sponsor Zolli Candy!
🐺 Dire wolves are not just fictional—more than 4,000 dire wolves have been found at La Brea Tar Pits, which is the richest Ice Age fossil site in the world.
Learn more about this extinct species that once howled through the Ice Age at TARPITS.org
Learn more about this extinct species that once howled through the Ice Age at TARPITS.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🐺 Dire wolves are not just fictional—more than 4,000 dire wolves have been found at La Brea Tar Pits, which is the richest Ice Age fossil site in the world.
Learn more about this extinct species that once howled through the Ice Age at TARPITS.org
Learn more about this extinct species that once howled through the Ice Age at TARPITS.org
👀🦣 Can you spot all 8 hunters?
September 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
👀🦣 Can you spot all 8 hunters?
💡 Did you know that the Tar Pits' iconic Lake Pit is a pit left over from asphalt mining operations in the late 1800s? Uncover more about the past and Ice Age L.A. at TARPITS.org!
August 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
💡 Did you know that the Tar Pits' iconic Lake Pit is a pit left over from asphalt mining operations in the late 1800s? Uncover more about the past and Ice Age L.A. at TARPITS.org!