La Brea Tar Pits - Page Museum
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Page
Museum is located at
the Rancho La
Brea Tar Pits along the world
famous Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles. This museum
is a great place to visit if you like science and fossils.
Outside there is a lake of bubbling goo with life-size
replicas of extinct mammoths struggling to escape
the tar pit. Tar has seeped up from the ground in
this area for thousands of years, forming sticky pools
that trapped animals and plants.
Over time, the asphalt fossilized
the remains. The museum houses a rich collection
of fossils dating from the last ice age. Plan on spending
about an hour at the museum and about the same
walking the grounds.
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Visitors
can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000
and 40,000 years ago, during the last
Ice Age, when animals such as saber-toothed cats and
mammoths roamed the Los Angeles Basin. Through windows
at the Page Museum Laboratory, visitors can watch bones
being cleaned and repaired. Admission to the Page Museum
is free on the first Tuesday of each month. Viewing of
the tar pits is also free be sure to check out the Pit
91 excavation site. The museum is on the small side but
there are several other museums close by. Next door
is the LA museum of modern art (which is free admission
on the second Tuesday of the month) and close to the
Natural History Museum (which is free the first Tuesday
of every month). For lunch take a side trip to Farmers
Market.
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The
Page Museum is located at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles,
California 90036
in the historic Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles. map.
Open Monday through Friday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday,
Sunday & Holidays, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission is free
on the first Tuesday of each month. The museum is closed on
Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New
Year's Day. Admission: Adults: $7.00, Seniors 62 and older
and Students with I.D.: $4.50, Youths 13-17 years old: $4.50,
Children 5-12 years old: $2.00
Museum parking
$6.00 with Page Museum validation. If choose street parking
read all parking signs carefully to avoid a ticket.
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