Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:5801 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, California
Tel:
(323) 934-7243
Located at the La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles at 57,000 square feet, the Page Museum is one of the world's most famous fossil facilities in the world. Universally recognized for one of the largest and most diverse collections of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world, the museum will show what Los Angeles was really like, between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago during the last Ice Age.
Visitors to the museum can see bones being cleaned and repaired, and will enjoy viewing life-size replicas of several extinct mammals. Over 30 other exhibits are on display including reconstructed animal skeletons, robotic sculptures, photo murals on history, painted murals and films.
Over one million bones representing 231 species of vertebrates, 159 plants, and 234 invertebrates have been uncovered and it is estimated that the museum includes over three million items in total.
The museum's shop offers a wide range of products including jewelry gifts, note & post cards, posters, books and educational toys for children.
To get to the Page Museum from I-10: Follow exit at Fairfax Avenue exit (exit at La Brea Ave. coming from the east). Head north to Wilshire Blvd. and then head left to Curson Ave. Head right on Curson Ave., and the facility is on the left hand side at the end of the block.
You will truly love this unique fossil discovery centre.
From Page Museum at the La Brea Tarpits:
The Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles. Rancho La Brea is one of the world's most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world. 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. Outside the Museum, in Hancock Park, life-size replicas of several extinct mammals are featured.