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La Brea Tar Pits and MuseumvsNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and La Brea Tar Pits and Museum are both praised by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ranks slightly better than La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is ranked #6 in Los Angeles with recommendations from 9 reviewers such as Fodor's, Not For Tourists and Lonely Planet.
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
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5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Fodor's "A bas-relief around four sides depicts life in the Pleistocene era, and the museum has more than 3 million Ice Age fossils."
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"You’ll likely have a ball at the unique Page Museum, an archaeological trove of skulls and bones unearthed at La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world’s most fecund and famous fossil sites." Full review
Lonely Planet "Between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, tarlike bubbling crude oil trapped saber-toothed cats, mammoths and other extinct ice-age critters." Full review
Time Out "Back in 1875, a group of amateur paleontologists discovered animal remains in the pits at Rancho La Brea, which bubbled with asphalt from a petroleum lake under what is now Hancock Park." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Hancock Park, the public park embracing the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Page Museum, is the setting for the world's largest and most diverse cache of Ice Age plant and animal..." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Visitors to this museum on the site of the famous Rancho La Brea Tar Pits can learn about Los Angeles as it was between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago." Full review
Not For Tourists "It's just a big pool of tar, yet it continues to fascinate us."
Not For Tourists "Don't miss the La Brea Woman exhibit."
Travel + Leisure "Kids will get a kick out of this natural wonderland, where tar has bubbled up from the earth for tens of thousands of years." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Chef Peel’s small plates are a step up from typical bar fare (Mediterranean tapas alongside upscale comfort foods) with dishes like wild boar meatballs and steak and kidney pie." Full review
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900 Exposition Blvd., Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA 90007
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Fodor's "This 1913-built beaux-arts museum has the same quaint feel of many natural history museums, with enclosed dioramas of animals in their natural habitats." Full review
Lonely Planet "Dinos to diamonds, bears to beetles, hissing roaches to African elephants – this museum will take you around the world and back millions of years in time." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This grand museum showcasing history, science, and art celebrates its 100th anniversary this year with the opening of a new permanent exhibit, Becoming L.A." Full review
Time Out "The NHM's original Beaux Arts structure was the first museum building in Los Angeles, opening with Exposition Park itself back in 1913." Full review
Not For Tourists "Kids just love the dinosaur fossils."
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"This broad, varied collection of more than 35 million specimens and artifacts from the fields of life sciences, earth sciences and history ranks third in size in the US." Full review
Time Out "Head to the Natural History Museum from August 19th through January 6th to witness the wonder and vulnerability of nature in a collection of 99 snapshots from photographers all over the world." Full review
Time Out "Head to the Natural History Museum from August 19th through January 6th to witness the wonder and vulnerability of nature in a collection of 99 snapshots from photographers all over the world." Full review
Afar Magazine "More than just a place to see weird animal bones and models of long-extinct Homo sapiens." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "fuses grandiose architecture with an intimate, educational experience.
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