PST ART Family Day @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

ArtsMatter, PST ART, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in partnership with MEND, Azusa High School, Jane Addams Elementary School, La Verne Community Center, and Compton Advocates Coalition are hosting a FREE Family Day for community members to enjoy a unique and exciting PST ART exhibition!

FREE transportation, lunch, museum access, gallery talks, and artmaking workshop are available for the whole family!

DATE

Saturday, March 8th, 2025

TIME

9:30am - 2:00pm

LOCATION

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) at Exposition Park

Click here for driving directions.

PARKING

For those not traveling via free charter bus, paid parking is available.

$18 per vehicle at the Natural History Museum Car Park...click here for more information.

LUNCH

Complimentary lunch is provided...vegetarian options are available.

PROGRAM

9:30am - 10:00am

Families arrive, check in at the Welcome Center, and explore the museum's newest wing, the NHM Commons.

10:00am - 10:40am

Commons Theatre: Welcome, opening remarks and presentation, and Ocean Encounters performance.

10:40am - 11:30am

Explore : Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NMH dioramas, NHM has restored and reopened a diorama hall that has been closed for decades. Families will experience immersive new installations — by artists RFX1 (Jason Chang), Joel Fernando and Yesenia Prieto (working as a three-artist team), as well as Saul Becker and Lauren Schoth — that call attention to dioramas as a unique combination of art and science and explore biodiversity, ecology, conservation, colonialism, and changing museum display techniques.

11:30am - 1:30pm

Complimentary lunch provided in the Nature Garden...vegetarian options available.

Lower Otis Booth Pavilion (OBP): Enjoy a drop-in artmaking activity that explores the behind-the-scenes work of creating a diorama, and allows you to share the story of the animals and plants within your own mini diorama.

Explore NHM's diverse array of special exhibitions, permanent collections, programs and events, and nature gardens!

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Families gather on the NHM South Steps, board buses, and depart.

Host or Publisher Richard Corral