La Brea Tar Pits Insider Tour
Schedule
Sat Jan 24 2026 at 11:00 am to 12:15 pm
UTC-08:00Location
5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90036 | West Hollywood, CA
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Museum admission included. For full details and to book your tour, visit https://go.nhm.org/tar-pits-tour. Get your backstage pass to the Ice Age and dig deep into the history and discoveries of La Brea Tar Pits.
Ever pictured yourself reflected in bubbling asphalt? Wished you could meet the iconic mammoth family of Wilshire Boulevard? Now’s your chance! Sink your saber teeth into this exclusive behind-the-scenes tour.
Go back in time 50,000 years to the Ice Age with La Brea Tar Pits Insider Tour, an expert-guided tour with exclusive access to experiences that are typically limited to our scientists. Explore the only active excavation site in the world that’s located in the middle of a city–a place where dire wolves and saber-toothed cats hunted giant sloths and Columbian mammoths–and then meet the Ice Age researchers making discoveries daily. Now is your chance to get stuck in one of Los Angeles’ greatest cultural and scientific treasures.
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5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90036, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036-4539, United States, West HollywoodEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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