La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum reviews

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4.5

• By stm2014

  Only the outside display is open because of corona, but I still had a great time. The main tar pit with the display of an elephant falling into the tar was amazing. Also, I loved that tar is still...  more »

• By MWB2011

  We visited the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, CA. We did not do the admission part of the visit due to time constraints but we did pay for parking. The part that you can see without a ticket is...  more »

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• By J. Victor Ryckman

  I have not been here since high school. There have been some amazing changes. Seems there are plans to rebuild...so stop in soon before construction begins. You can even vote on the plan you think best for the community. This green space is free, but the inside exhibits do have a reasonable charge. If you live near by why not get a membership. If they ask tell them Joe sent you...They will say Joe Who.. that's me

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• By Ankur P

  We had a great time here on a sunny Sunday morning this summer. We had a leisurely walk through the park, visiting all the tar pits and open air displays. The museum was also pretty good, quite different from the usual stuff. They had staff who would let us touch and feel a lot fossil replicas and talk about it in detail. It was also exciting to see volunteers cleaning stuff they had dug up from the pits. Kids thought it was fun.

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