The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County protects over 35 million specimens, dating back 4.5 billion years. It is is an authority on the "big picture" of the planet, the natural and the cultural world and tracks the Earth's biodiversity, because knowing what is out there is the first step to conservation. 

The La Brea Tar Pits Museum and Fossil Lab lets you see our scientists putting the past back together. Watch science in action in the Fossil Lab as Museum scientists are studying what these fossils are telling us about Ice Age L.A. and the environmental changes that are still having an impact on us today. On display are mammoths, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, giant sloths, and more, found right here at the La Brea Tar Pits.