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The La Brea Tar Pits (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a famous cluster of tar pits located in Hancock Park in the urban heart of Los Angeles, California, USA. Asphalt (colloquially termed tar) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years, forming hundreds of sticky...
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The George C. Page Museum is a research and an educational facility, located...
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Get ready to explore the world of Rancho La Brea--one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Located in the heart of Los Angeles,...
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About four Great Ice Ages ago, during the Pleistocene Epoch, hundreds of different kinds of animals roamed the hills and valleys of what is now Los Angeles. Some of them, sadly, made the mistake of wandering into the great La Brea Tar Pits, trapped for...
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DIRECTIONS
From Los Angeles, CA Head northwest on W 1st St/Tom Bradley Blvd toward S Broadway Continue to follow W 1st St Continue on Beverly Blvd, Turn left at S Rampart Blvd, Turn right at Wilshire Blvd.
OPEN HOURS
9:30a-5p M-F, 10a-5p Sa,Su & holidays, Pit 91: Jun 25-Sep 11, 10a-4p W-Su, 6 PM to midnight on public program days. Noon to midnight on days of solar programs., Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm; Sat-Sun 10am-5pm; closed major holidays
MISCELLANEOUS
Admission : Adults: $6.00 Seniors 62 and older and Students with I.D.: $3.50 Children 5-12 years old: $2.00 Members and Children under 5: Free Admission is free on the first Tuesday of each month -- Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm -- Saturday, Sunday & Holidays, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Collections: Among many fossils and an active laboratory and excavation it .. Get up close and personal with the ferocious teeth of a sabertoothed cat .. the only known sabertoothed cat to be discovered with its mouth closed.