Celebratory party at Exposition Park’s NHM Commons Nov.17

| October 24, 2024 | 0 Comments

NHM Commons — the new wing and community hub at the Natural History Museum — will open on Sun., Nov. 17, with a celebratory block party, new exhibits and a film debut.

NHM COMMONS as viewed from the under-construction Lucas Museum of Narrative Art that will open in 2025.

The block party will take place on opening day in the Commons’ indoor and outdoor spaces and will include live music, performances and food and drinks from South LA Café.

Visitors inside the public space, located on the southwest side of the museum campus in Exposition Park, will be greeted by a long, green-hued dinosaur skeleton named Gnatalie … and also by artist Barbara Carrasco’s 80-foot mural “L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective.”

Merging science, nature and culture with many free experiences, the $75 million NHM Commons expansion and renovation project includes the 400-seat theater (where a new 3D T. rex film will debut), landscaped gardens and a community plaza.

NHM Commons was designed by Frederick Fisher and Partners architects, with landscape architecture by Studio-MLA and exhibitions designed by Studio Joseph.

The new addition is across from the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is expected to open in 2025 and is among several major improvements underway in Exposition Park in anticipation of the 2028 Olympics.

Learn more at nhm.org/nhm-commons.

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