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La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum |
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| The Page museum opened in 1977 to house the over one million fossil artifacts found in the asphalt deposits known as La Brea Tar Pits. On display in the museum are over 30 separate exhibits, reconstructed animal skeletons, robotic sculptures, a glass-walled working laboratory, hands-on displays, photo murals and films. Outside the museum is a large petroleum reservoir called the Salt Lake Oil Field. Nearly all of the skeletons on display are real fossil bones were found at the tar pits. About 8 -12 gallons of still tar ooze and bubble to the surface each day. Visitors to the tar pits can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago. The Page museum is a wonderful place to spend the day with kids. School groups are offered guided tours on head out on your own to discover one of the world's most famous fossil sites. |
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Statues
of Ice Age animals
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Reconstructed
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Saber-toothed cats
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La
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Petroleum
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The
Page Museum is located at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard in the historic
Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles.
Admission: Adults: $7.00 - Youths 13-17 years old: $4.50 - Children 5-12 years old: $2.00 - Parking $6.00 with Page Museum validation 323) 934-PAGE (7243) www.tarpits.org |