Helene Seifer · November 27, 2025
The December holiday season is the busiest time of year for museums. Children are home from school, relatives often descend upon the household from out of town, and most people […]
Casey Russell · March 2, 2023
There’s a lot going on at the La Brea Tar Pits. We recently talked with Dr. Emily Lindsey, associate curator and excavation site director at the La Brea Tar Pits […]
Suzan Filipek · December 30, 2021
When a reimagined La Brea Tar Pits opens in 2028 (tentatively), scientists and visitors of all ages will be able to step back in time — way back — to […]
John Welborne · October 3, 2019
Officials at the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHM) are evaluating three design teams — one from Denmark and two from New York City — to advise NHM […]
Suzan Filipek · June 27, 2019
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum is a treasure trove of Ice Age fossils. It’s also feeling its age — 40 — which is not much in geological years but is […]
Guest · March 1, 2018
This article is adapted from a talk Dr. Lindsey gave prior to last year’s annual TarFest celebration in the Miracle Mile. In 2016, I moved to Los Angeles to take […]
