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Los Angeles, CA
Permit no. 13945
PAID
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
23 / 30
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
Gallery Highlights Tour
1 pm
Gallery Exploration Tour
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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MONDAY
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
9:30 am–5 pm
Homeschool Day
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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TUESDAY
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
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WEDNESDAY
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
Members receive
free admission
to all three
museums in the
Natural History
Family.
10 am
Picturing Nature
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
FRIDAY
1 pm
1 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
THURSDAY
2 pm
2 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
5–7:30 pm
Citizen Science
and Cocktails
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
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DANGEROUS
12 BEAUTIES
Saturday, July 12
Ichthyology curator showcases
venomous fishes.
SUNDAY
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10 am
Picturing Nature
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1–4:30 pm
Intro Gardening Classes
7
10 am
Picturing Nature
8
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
Scavenger’s Safari:
Dino Lab
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
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11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
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10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am / 11 am
Critter Club:
Critter Commotion
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
1–4:30 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
1 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1–4:30 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
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Scavenger’s Safari
Hang out with our scientists,
then go on a scavenger hunt
throughout the Museum! A free
monthly program for members at
the Patron Family level and higher.
RSVP required at 213.763.3316.
Paid Events
NHM Fellows Events
NHM Member Events
Offsite Adventure
Overnight Adventures
William S. Hart Museum
Page Museum at the
La Brea Tar Pits
Natural History Museum
NHM FAMILY OF MUSEUMS
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
1 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
Fellows in Focus:
Grand Tour Auto
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4 pm
Nature Walk
1–4:30 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
9:30 am–3:30 pm
Curator’s Cupboard:
Extinction
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6:30 pm: Pre-Party Dinner
8:30 pm: Hair Ball
Mane Event
Ice Age Hair Ball
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10:30 am / 1:30 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
Junior Scientist: A Bug’s Life 2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
1–3 pm
Second Nature: Food
Preservation Workshop
1 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
Saturday, June 7
Step inside the
Dinosaur Institute’s Dino Lab.
10 am
Picturing Nature
SATURDAY
DINO
7 LAB
Picturing Nature
For the Museum early birds!
Meet us in the Nature Gardens
as we watch the world wake up,
while we practice drawing and
journaling what we find.
4 pm
Nature Walk
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4 pm
Nature Walk
13
5–11 pm
First Fridays
4 pm
Nature Walk
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Sign up now for Adventures in Nature summer
camp and explore a new theme each week from bugs
to dinosaurs! Camp is June 23–August 1 at NHM
and August 4–8 at the Page Museum at the La Brea
Tar Pits. Visit NHM.ORG/AINcamp.
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
Nature Gardens Exploration
Grab your binoculars or
bug nets and explore the new
Nature Gardens at NHM!
Daily programs may include
bird walks, bug hunts, tasting in
the Edible Garden, and more!
Member Preview Days
As a special benefit, Members
get to see all new exhibits
before they open to the public.
Meet a Live Animal
Drop by to meet different
animals daily, from bugs to boas.
Institutional Partners
Ice Age Encounters
Come face to face with our
Saber-toothed Cat — don’t
worry, she’s a puppet — and
learn about life in the Ice Age!
Junior Scientist
Learn how to do scientific work
by using the same techniques as
Museum researchers. Designed for
6- to 9-year-olds and their families.
L.A.’s Neighbors
We share this city with lots
of other amazing animals.
Come to the pond deck in
the Nature Gardens to meet
some of your not-so-noticeable
next-door neighbors.
Nature Walk
Join us on a walk through the
Nature Gardens to explore
the amazing biodiversity of life
that also calls L.A. home.
RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316 or
e-mail [email protected]. Free for Members
at the Patron Family level ($210) or higher.
ScholarShare presents Scavenger’s Safari
JUL
Camp Turns 30
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
First Fridays
Soak in the science, have a cocktail
in the Nature Gardens, listen
to DJs, discussions, and more.
NHM.ORG/firstfridays
4 pm
Nature Walk
Critter Club
Visitors learn about science
in family-friendly classes.
Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds
and a participating adult.
ONGOING EVENT DESCRIPTIONS
Dinosaur Encounters
Get closer to dinosaurs than
you ever thought possible
in these amazingly real
performances! Check the
website for schedule updates.
Gallery Exploration
and Highlights Tours
In NHM’s award-winning tour,
a Gallery Interpreter takes
you on a journey featuring a
fascinating new topic each day.
In the new Gallery Highlights
Tour, we’ll spotlight the Museum’s
stars, from dinosaurs to gems.
Tours start at the Dueling Dinos
in the Grand Foyer.
Fellows in Focus
A quarterly series uniquely
designed for Fellows members
to gain an insider's look at
the Museum's research and
collections. RSVP required
at 213.763.3253.
In This Issue:
Off to a Fossil Hunt
Adventures in Nature Turns 30
4 pm
Nature Walk
June
JUN
Adventures
in Nature
Join Museum scientists behind the scenes, learn
about our collections, and go on a scavenger hunt.
The Magazine of the
of Los Angeles County
June and July 2014
Non Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
Membership Office
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Telephone 213.763.3426
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IN THE GARDEN
Fridays July 11 and 25, August 1, 15 and 29, 5–9 pm
Awaken your senses at the brand-new Summer Nights in the
Garden at NHM with great music, garden-inspired cocktails,
hands-on garden and science projects, food trucks, and more.
Advanced reservations required. RSVP at NHM.ORG or at
213.763.DINO
Discover what Nature Gardens activities we have going on in the
daytime, too at nhm.org/nature.
For more information, nhm.org/summernights
In this issue, we feature Museum scientists who
excavate dinosaur bones and come back from
their expeditions with specimens that inspire awe
and wonder in visitors from around the world. I am
excited to see that every day in the Dinosaur Hall
families are examining fossils up close and watching
behind-the-scenes footage of paleontological
expeditions that take them into the field with us.
Bringing that real field experience inside for
visitors is happening every day at the Page Museum
at the La Brea Tar Pits, too, though the journey
from field to museum is not as far. The La Brea
Tar Pits are the world’s richest deposit of Ice Age
fossils, with 5.5 million excavated since 1913. To
shine a spotlight on this extraordinary site, we have
launched a robust events schedule that connects
the outdoor experiences in the park to the indoor
experiences in the Museum. We are engaging visitors
in a full paleontological journey — from the asphalt
seeps outside to the lab inside, then on to research
and the exhibits. This summer, we will reopen
Pit 91, where visitors will be able to view fossils
still embedded in an excavation pit and the
paleontologists who work on them. This, combined
with Project 23, means visitors will have two active
excavation sites where they can see fossil discovery in
action. At the Observation Pit we have just reopened,
visitors can get a bird’s-eye-view of how fossils
were buried. These stories will come alive for young
visitors in new interactive performances inside
the Museum’s theater.
We will soon be celebrating the Page at a
special evening event, the Ice Age Hair Ball.
The indoor-outdoor party is a kick off, in a way,
the start of an exciting era of improvements
and new energy. We hope you will join us.
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Briefs
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Adventures In Nature
Turns 30
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Fossil Hunt Prep
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Ice Age Hair Ball
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For Kids
12
Creature Trainer
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Events and Calendar
The Naturalist magazine is a publication of the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
and is issued six times a year. As a member
benefit, each issue provides a look at Museum
exhibits, collections, adventures, research,
and events. Through them, we inspire wonder,
discovery, and responsibility for our natural
and cultural worlds.
Cover: Adventures in Nature
campers at play.
Photograph by Mario de Lopez
Media Sponsors
NHM.ORG
Jane G. Pisano
President and Director
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Naturalist June / July 2014 Treasures, Inside and Out
Natural History
Family of Museums
NativeBees:
The Other 99.995%
Briefs
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Naturalist June / July 2014
Leafcutter Bee
Megachile sp.
Visit the bee hotel in the Nature Gardens and
spot native bees. Go to NHM.ORG/nature.
Metallic Sweat Bee
Agapostemon sp.
Bumble Bee
Bombus sp.
To learn more about native bees,
go to NHM.ORG/bioscanbuzz.
NATURE
LAB WINS
AWARD!
Our new Nature Lab, a hands-on
interactive gallery with more than
200 specimens, live animals, and
scientist demonstrations, just received
a birthday present! The Nature Lab,
which opened in June 2013 as part
of the Museum’s transformation,
was awarded a lengthy accolade:
Special Distinction for Outstanding
Connections between Design, Content,
and Community Context at the 26th
annual American Alliance of Museums
Excellence in Exhibition Competition.
The judges praised the myriad ways
the Nature Lab engages visitors in the
experience of discovering nature in
an urban environment. In every corner
of the 6,500-square-foot space, from
child-level interactive tables to the
sleek live-animal habitats, the exhibition
offers an abundance of ways to
discover the wildlife in and around
L.A. Step into the Nature Lab every
day of the week and discover why
L.A. is wilder than you think.
Learn more about all you can see
in the award-winning Nature Lab
daily at NHM.ORG/nature.
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
Observation Pit
Happenin’s at Hart
The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar
Pits is re-introducing a paleontological
gem. The Observation Pit at the west
end of Hancock Park was constructed
over a tapped-out deposit of fossils
and bubbling asphalt as a circular
building that first opened in 1952.
Visitors can now walk inside and up
to the railing to get a bird’s-eye-view
of what fossil localities look like
while they are being excavated (the
bones are mostly real, but the display
is staged). Before the George C.
Page Museum opened in 1977, the
Observation Pit was the only fossil
museum in the park. As visitors linger
inside and take in the experience
of how animals roamed—and got
trapped — 40,000 years ago, they’ll
get a preview of the treasures being
excavated in real time, just a few
yards away.
There’s something new for kids
after school, courtesy of the William
S. Hart Museum, called Happenin’s
at Hart. The crafty event is on the third
Friday of every month, from 2 to 4 pm
in the William S. Hart Park picnic area.
On Friday, June 20, kids can try their
hands at sculpting like famous Hart
artists Charles Russell and Charles
Cristadoro. Then on Friday, July 18,
they will explore the world of
archaeology. They’ll help the Hart
staff “excavate” an archaeological
find and piece together the puzzle left
by the “artifacts” they have uncovered.
Happenings on the horizon include
building your own model castle,
making your own candles, and
designing your own movie posters.
Get crafty and stop by.
By Rachel Barnes
Briefs
wildflowers. They will likely show up in gardens
where there is native foliage like buckwheats,
salvias, and even the exotic cosmos (for those
fancy green bees).
To view native bees hard at work pollinating,
step into the new Nature Gardens. Visitors will
see native bees visiting the flowers and taking up
residence in our “bee hotels.” Look for wood pillars—
found in two locations in the Nature Gardens—
that have holes drilled into them to allow the bees
to build their solitary nests inside. Visitors to the
Museum will be inspired not only by the bee hotels,
but also by the tremendous diversity of bee-friendly
plants in our new Pollinator Garden. Come visit the
Nature Gardens and build up the hometown buzz.
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There are more than 20,000 species of bees in the
world, according to estimates. In Los Angeles County
alone, the species count likely exceeds 500. The
European honey bee, Apis mellifera, commands most
of the public’s attention. The Museum’s bee experts
and gardeners think it’s time to give the other
99.995 percent of the world’s bees some love.
The native bee fauna of L.A. is diverse — there
are Miner Bees, Leaf-Cutter Bees, Mason Bees,
Cuckoo Bees, Carpenter Bees, Digger Bees, Bumble
Bees, and more. These bees can be big, small, fuzzy,
or bright metallic green. Most of these species are
solitary, so, unlike honey bees, they build nests alone
and not in colonies (and none are aggressive stingers).
Many of the native species of bees pollinate our local
Take new tours of excavations
and visit the Observation Pit.
Visit TARPITS.ORG for details.
Visit HARTMUSEUM.ORG.
Inspiring
Tomorrow’s
Scientists
Natalie Bray, 23, testifies to
that. She was a camper for two
summers while in middle
Thousands of behind-the-scenes tours, hundreds
school, and then a counselor.
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Naturalist June/July 2014 of live animal presentations, dinosaur close-ups,
nature hunts in the Nature Gardens, bug collecting
expeditions, and access to 4.5 billion years of life on
Earth. Adventures in Nature camp, both at NHM and
the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, celebrates
its 30th anniversary in 2014. For the occasion, we’re
checking in with campers who are poised to zip
through our indoor-outdoor Museum this summer
and with Adventures in Nature grads—many of
them scientists—who never left camp behind.
Written by Jessica Portner
In its inaugural year, 1984, Adventures
in Nature (AIN) was held at the Page
Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits to make
way for the Olympics held in Exposition
Park across from NHM. But in 1985,
campers were back at NHM making
fossil casts, hatching fish eggs, and
getting aquatic insights from the
Museum’s ichthyologist. From the
start, camp directors made a guarantee
that still carries through today — the
weeklong sessions were to be handson and behind the scenes. Another
promise was that campers of all ages,
from kindergarteners to eighth graders,
were invited to use the Museum’s
research and collections as a jumping
off point for exploration.
“There are so many options for
campers, but what’s unique about our
summer camp is we have the Museum
Images, clockwise from left: Former camper and University of Hawaii Zoology Major Sarah Marten, now 20, holding a
salamander at age 5, the year she started camp and Marten at the Honolulu Zoo where she has volunteered; Camper, with lizard,
who attended Summer Sallies in the 1970s; Adventures in Nature campers; Campers with bug nets in the Rose Garden in 1986.
Camper Scientists
Learning alongside the Museum’s
scientists was something Rande
Gallant, 50, relished too. Gallant, who
attended AIN’s precursor, Summer
Sallies, in 1974, now works in disease
surveillance for L.A. County. “There
were other things to do in the summer,
but nothing else would peak my
interest,” he said. “Summer camps had
pools and such, but the Museum had
More Dinosaurs and Gardens
Over the years, with the additional
halls and outdoor spaces and more
Museum to explore, NHM staff decided
to funnel the fun by giving each of
the seven weekly sessions a theme.
Campers will get an entire week during
which they’ll have a bird’s-eye-view
of the world, from hummingbirds in
the Nature Gardens to an ostrich
in the Becoming Los Angeles exhibition.
Rock lovers will investigate the forces
of nature for geology week and
Garden Explorers will get an adventure
outdoors picking up the secrets of
plants in our garden classroom.
Campers attending Dinosaurs! week
will work on real fossils and scout
around the Dinosaur Hall with fellow
Monday, Jun 23, to
Friday, Aug 1, at NHM:
Jun 23–27 Dinosaurs!
Jun 30–Jul 3 Bio Blitz
Jul 7–11 Geology Rocks!
Jul 14–18 Garden Explorers
Jul 21–25 Paleo Quest
Jul 28–Aug 1 L.A. Stories
----Aug 4–8 at Page Museum
L.A.’s Tar Trap
Weeklong classes for
grades K to 8
Register at NHM.ORG/AINcamp
Members get 10% off
non-member rate
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junior paleontologists. For a oneweek session each summer, the Page
Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits takes
young visitors into a prehistoric world
to become fossil detectives and explore
life in the Ice Age 40,000 years ago.
Téa Cohen, 14, and fellow camper
Bella Welch, 12, have relished their time
in NHM’s Dino Lab. They are the duo
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behind Dinodiva.com, a site Bella
launched, which features camp photos
of the goggle-wearing pair. “We worked
behind the scenes, helped clean,
recognize and catalogue fossils, and
even got to work in real lab coats,”
they wrote. “It was amazing.”
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and our diverse collections as a
backdrop,” said Laurel Robinson,
who oversees Adventures in Nature,
which welcomed 600 campers last
year. “This Museum is theirs to explore,
which means they will have a summer
full of wonder and opportunity.”
Natalie Bray, 23, testifies to that.
She was a camper for two summers
while in middle school, and then a
counselor. Now she is pursuing her
master’s degree in conservation
biology at Columbia University.
“I liked that I could be in an ocean
class and a space class and finish with
a dinosaur class. My teachers were
Brent Karner and Robin Savoian, and
they were so passionate. If I pursue
teaching, I want my kids to feel that
motivation. I want to be just as good
as they were.”
science and animals and rocks. I was
impressed that the curators were very
involved in the community and that, as
a little kid, I could have access to them.”
Sarah Marten, 20, a zoology major
at the University of Hawaii, said that
camp fueled her passion for science.
She first walked up the steps into the
Museum as a kindergartener and then
came every summer until eighth grade.
After that, she volunteered. “I stayed
as long as I could,” she said.
Marten remembers taking nets
out to the Rose Garden and finding
beetles, and then documenting the
catch. When she graduates, Marten
wants to spread awareness of the plight
of endangered species. “The Museum
was able to feed that thirst for
knowledge in me from a really young
age,” she said, “and set it into motion.”
Start your adventure. Register for camp
this summer at NHM.ORG/AINcamp!
Photo by Mario de Lopez
Hammer and Haul
Dinosaur expeditions entail a great
deal of surveying and understanding
the geology of a region. Once a
dinosaur is discovered, the crew
starts by uncovering the bones using
everything from pneumatic pistols
to tiny dental picks. Big tools uncover
much of the rock; delicate tools do
the fine work around them.
Once the bones are exposed
(but before removing them), they’ll
map the dig site using a grid to record
the position of the fossils (dinosaur
data for posterity). They’ll note
significant geological features — See Gnatalie’s distant relative,
Mamenchisaurus, the 68-footlong dinosaur, in the Dinosaur Hall.
See a display of Gnatalie’s oncemighty tail, a connected string
of vertebrae, in the Dinosaur Hall.
Watch a big screen video in the Dinosaur Hall
of Museum scientists on a field expedition.
Paleontologists: The Next Generation
At 20, Bryan Gee already has
numerous notches in his fossil-hunting
belt. As a teenager he set off to the
Utah badlands alongside a crew of
NHM paleontologists to unearth
giants of the Jurassic. Under the
summer sun, he wielded a hammer
and tiny dental instruments to help
excavate the bones of a Diplodocuslike dinosaur that lumbered around
150 million years ago. Last fall, the
Pomona College geology major took
his paleontological pursuits even
further — leading an expedition, this
time, through the Petrified Forest
National Park in Arizona. There, he
and his team uncovered an even older
treasure — the skull of a metoposaur,
a giant amphibian from the Triassic
whose last swim was more than
200 million years ago.
“It’s not every day that you
get to look for fossils,” says Gee.
“Some people go on roller
coasters, but this is my
adrenaline rush.
It’s super exciting.”
Fostering that thrill of discovery, and the planning and technical skills
that go with it, is the Dinosaur
Institute’s mission. The DI provides
mentoring to future scientists and
professionals, from volunteers and
docents to undergrads and postdoctoral students. It equips them
to research dinosaur evolution and
to head up digs.
FOREST HUNTER
For his three-day expedition into
the Petrified Forest National Park,
Gee, his college friends, and NHM
Paleontological Preparator José Soler
drove seven hours to reach the
Painted Desert. Walking in a landscape
pockmarked with giant petrified logs,
Gee imparted excavation dos and
don’ts to the uninitiated undergrads:
pick a fossil-rich locale, do an inventory
of gear and food, be observant. Soon
enough, Gee spotted a trail of fossil
fragments, and the team followed them
up a hill. There he saw the metoposaur
skull jutting out of a rock. They used
dental tools to extract the pancakeflat head and wrapped the pink-hued
specimen in plaster bandages to
stabilize it for its return to the Museum.
Museum visitors will experience many
digs (minus the dirt) in the Dinosaur
Hall and marvel at giants unearthed by
paleontologists and, perhaps someday,
their fossil-hunting protégés.
“At the Dinosaur Institute, it’s
thrilling to be able to mentor future
scientists and give them the opportunity to lead and to take responsibility
for making an expedition a success,”
says Dr. Luis Chiappe, DI Director,
“Leading an expedition isn't something you can learn from just classes
and textbooks.”
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This summer, trucks packed with
jackhammers, plaster, and tents — the accoutrements of fossil hunting —
and a crew of Museum paleontologists
and international colleagues will
head to the Utah badlands to load
up, literally, on dinosaur treasure.
They’ve counted the days until
they could drive 800 miles into the
hot Utah desert to camp for weeks
and do grueling excavation work
amid blood-sucking insects and
blasting dust storms. The Jurassic
prize, they say, is worth it.
The 20-plus-person crew
includes researchers, technicians,
students, volunteers, and an illustrator.
Yet, before a boot steps into the
badlands, Maureen Walsh, Assistant
Collections Manager for NHM’s
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Dinosaur Institute (DI), coordinates
the expedition’s logistics from
Los Angeles — she arranges flights,
secures dig permits, and manages
an array of logistical nightmares.
Dr. Luis Chiappe, DI Director,
oversees all of the Museum’s dinosaur
field expeditions. He’s aiming to
collect more of Gnatalie (pronounced
“nat-ah-lee”), a long-necked dinosaur
nicknamed for the stinging gnats
that pestered the excavators. Since
Gnatalie’s discovery, Chiappe and crew
have amassed a large portion of the
plant-eating Diplodocus-like skeleton.
He thinks its bones are those of a
species new to science, but only more
of the skeleton will tell him for sure.
clues to the environment and how
the skeleton was buried. They’ll
then consolidate the bones, trench
around and underneath them, protect
the fossils with tissue and plaster,
and haul them back to NHM.
Gnatalie’s femur, ready for
transport, weighed 650 pounds.
It falls upon Doug Goodreau, DI Lab
Supervisor, to find a way to move
these heavy plaster “jackets”.
He oversees the excavation of the
multiple-dinosaur quarry with equal
parts team management, resourcefulness, and brute strength. “It’s a
lot of hard work, and a lot of fun,”
Goodreau said.
Upon return to NHM, the spoils
of fieldwork have only just begun
to surface. In the Dino Lab, paleontological conservators crack open
the jackets and wield tools that whisk
sandstone away from the bones.
Once the bones are extracted from
the encapsulating rock and stabilized,
collections managers catalogue the
bounty, which becomes available
for study. These fossils help scientists
understand the diversity and evolution
of dinosaurs that lived 150 million
years ago.
Ambitious field expeditions
have yielded displays that leave visitors
in awe. Chiappe, Goodreau, and the
team labored in the Montana badlands
to bring back the 34-foot-tall young
adult T. rex, which towers in the
Dinosaur Hall.
“Expeditions create excitement
because you go into the middle of
nowhere and return to the Museum
with fossil treasures,” Chiappe said.
“Even with all this preparation, you
never know exactly what you’ll find.”
Photograph by José Soler
Get up close to a similar metoposaur skull on
display in the Triassic section of the Dinosaur Hall.
Above: Bryan Gee (middle) led an expedition into
the Petrified Forest National Park, where he and
his team discovered a skull of a giant amphibian,
Koskinonodon perfectum.
A MAMMOTH ’DO
FIT FOR A HAIR BALL!
Grand Tour Auto
SUNDAY, JUNE 29
Discover NHM’s impressive
automotive collection, housed
in an offsite facility.
SATURDAY, JULY 19
Explore silent film legend William
S. Hart’s mansion in Newhall.
RSVP required. Call 213.763.3253 or e-mail [email protected].
Free with $2,000 Fellows membership and higher.
PRIMPING TIPS
At the Hair Ball, outrageous headdresses are encouraged. That can mean
wigging out with a beehive or bouffant
or a tar-bubble-inspired bun. Guests
can also go wild and make a papiermâché and faux locks creation (like this
ice blue mammoth) or fuss over one’s
own weave. Since hairy mammals are
the Ball’s inspiration, it’s fitting that
the Museum’s mammalogist will be on
hand to provide an entertaining hairball
history. One highlight — they were
prized by rulers centuries ago because
of their protective power against poison.
Whether the draw is getting steeped in
history, eating sumptuous fare outdoors
on the longest day of the year, or
dancing under the stars, the Hair Ball
on Saturday, June 21, is where the wild
things will be.
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A Cowboy
and His Mansion
Presented by:
Ice Age:
The Sleepover
A VIP Experience at the Tar Pits
for Adventurer, Friend, and
Fellows Members
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
Join paleontological experts for
a roaring night of fun with dire
wolves and saber-toothed cats.
Renew or upgrade your membership
today to receive your invitation at
NHM.ORG/renew or call 213.763.3426.
Celebrate
Your Child’s
Evolution!
Whether your child wants to be a paleontologist
or has a love affair with butterflies, we can
make their next birthday one they’ll always
remember! Our birthday parties create a
special day tailored to your child’s dreams.
Go to NHM.ORG/birthdays
or call 213.763.3536.
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Saturday, June 21
PRE-PARTY DINNER
SEATING: 6:30 pm
ICE AGE HAIR BALL
MANE EVENT: 8:30 pm
Buy your tickets today at
TARPITS.org/hairball
Soon, many Angelenos will be primping their ’dos
and donning stylized coiffures to prepare themselves for
the party of the Ice Age. Our inaugural Ice Age Hair Ball
at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits will be a
mash-up of science and fashion. The event will shine a
spotlight on the world-famous paleontological location,
while celebrating the hairy creatures that roamed what is
now Los Angeles 40,000 years ago. Guests will mingle
with scientists and see current excavations at the tar pits,
sip complimentary icy cocktails, and dance on the same
ground where saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and
mammoths once placed their feet. The science-infused
evening of revelry will raise funds in support of education
and public programming and general operations of the
Page Museum.
access to
Fellows Exclusive
the Museum’s collection
In Focus tailored for Fellows.
ACTIVITIES
For Kids
At Home
Frog Puppet
Cut out this picture of an American
Bullfrog, which lives in the Nature Lab.
Color it and tape it to a Popsicle stick!
What sound do they make? Croak!
Animals!
At the Museum
Dozens of animals swim, crawl, and scurry in
habitats in our Nature Lab. Butterflies are landing
on plants in our Butterfly Pavilion. Other animals
are making a home in our Nature Gardens. Here
are a few creatures you can see at the Museum or
maybe even in your neighborhood or school!
News About Newts
California Newts have qualities that may surprise you. Match the
parts of this amphibian with these descriptions and then come nose to
nose with newts in the Museum’s Nature Lab!
Their skin is toxic
to deter predators.
They lay a ball of eggs
as big as a golf ball.
1
When harassed, they
expose this orange
underside as a warning.
2
5
4
A Western Pond Turtle has a watery home in the
Nature Lab. Some facts about this pond lover:
Eats
insects
Sometimes
buries itself
in the mud
Can live for
70 years
or more
Native to
California
See ants, newts, and turtles in their habitats in the Nature
Lab! Come meet tortoises, an opossum, a bullfrog, and more
in live animal presentations in the Nature Lab, daily at 3 pm!
Lives in
freshwater
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Answers: News About Newts: 1. Toxic skin; 2. Eggs; 3. Underside; 4. Lungs; 5. Tongue
Kids
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Did You Know?
When feeding on land,
adults project a sticky
tongue to capture prey.
3
Kids
They breathe through
lungs.
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Naturalist June/July 2014 Animal keepers care for butterflies, too. Visit the
Butterfly Pavilion, open now through Monday,
September 1. Visit NHM.ORG/butterfly.
Meeting and Greeting
Gallery Interpreters who conduct
daily Meet a Live Animal presentations
have a bevy of charmers to pick from.
There’s the trio of desert tortoises
(Vanilla, Sage, and Acorn), who may
be munching on flowers. Tallulah, the
bright-green skink likes to lounge on
a branch when presented. Then there’s
the mighty (and gentle) 30-pound
Colombian red-tailed boa nicknamed
Peace, and more.
Jesse Daniel, the NHM’s
Supervisor of Floor Interpretation,
says his well-trained team of GIs handle
each animal and at the same time
share the creature’s story with visitors.
“Everyone is inspired by and has a
connection with animals,” says Daniel.
“One great thing is that no matter
which one you bring out, there’s an
L.A. story you can tell.”
Junior Scientist: A Bug’s Life
Saturday, June 14, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Insects play a vital role in the biodiversity
of L.A. Put on your entomologist
hat and see what has everyone all a
buzz about insects! For 6- to 9-year-olds
and their families.
Experience Meet a Live Animal presentations
in the Nature Lab daily at 3 pm.
Second Nature:
Food Preservation Workshop:
How to Preserve Your Harvest
Saturday, June 14, 1–3 pm
Learn about various techniques to
preserve the bounty of your garden.
Register at nhm.org/workshops.
Page Museum Programs presented by:
Friday, July 18, 6:30 pm
Camp Goo
Come spend an exciting night with
our exhibits. For children 5 and up with
participating adults. For reservations
call 213.763.3499.
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1 pm
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Page Museum programs presented by
Fellows in Focus
at 213.763.3253.
4 pm
Nature Walk
Ice Age Encounters
5–9 pm
Summer Nights
in the Garden
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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6:30 pm
Overnight
Adventures: Camp Goo
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
2 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
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11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
Member Preview Days
Meet a Live Animal
Picturing Nature
Come spend an exciting night
with our exhibits. For ages 5
and up with participating adults.
For reservations call 213.763.3499.
Nature Walk
Summer Nights in the Garden
Treat your senses to a party
this summer — visit NHM for
Summer Nights in the Garden.
Bring picnics, enjoy food trucks,
listen to DJs, take tours, become
a scientist, and be entertained.
To learn more about the Museum’s
programs and events, visit nhm.org/calendar.
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
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12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
Fellows in Focus:
10 am
A Cowboy and His Mansion Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
10 am
Picturing Nature
4 pm
Nature Walk
1 pm
10 am
Picturing Nature
3 pm
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3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
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2 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
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12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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5–9 pm
Summer Nights
in the Garden
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
1 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
10 am
Picturing Nature
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
10 am
Picturing Nature
4 pm
Nature Walk
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1 pm
2 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
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11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
Dangerous Beauties
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
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11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
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SUNDAY
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
10 am
Picturing Nature
5
SATURDAY
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
11
Independence Day
Museum Closed
4
FRIDAY AY
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
10
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
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L.A.’s Neighbors
We share this city with lots of
other amazing animals. Come
to the pond deck in the Nature
Gardens to meet some of your notso-noticeable next-door neighbors.
2 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
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Gallery Exploration
in the Grand Foyer.
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4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
1 pm
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10 am
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Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
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10 am
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3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
10 am
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1 pm
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Fellows in Focus:
A Cowboy and His Mansion
Saturday, July 19
Explore cowboy and silent film legend
William S. Hart’s residence mansion in
Newhall. RSVP required. Call 213.763.3253
or e-mail [email protected]. Free with
$2,000 Fellows membership and higher.
Dinosaur Encounters
Workshop: Moonlit Gardens
Tuesday, July 15, 7–9 pm
Explore timeless garden designs
that make the most of moonlight.
Dangerous Beauties
Saturday, July 12
Go behind the scenes with the Museum’s
ichthyology curator, who will showcase
venomous fishes. Then search the
galleries with one of our educators for
secret clues to a scavenger hunt. RSVP
required. Call 213.763.3316 or e-mail rsvp@
nhm.org. Free for Members at the Patron
Family level ($210) or higher.
10 am
Picturing Nature
Fridays, July 11 and 25, 5–9 pm
Treat your senses to a party this
summer and visit NHM for Summer
Nights in the Garden. Bring picnics,
enjoy food trucks, listen to DJs, take
tours, become a scientist, and be
entertained. Advanced reservations
required. RSVP at nhm.org or call
213.763.DINO. For more information,
visit nhm.org.
24151 Newhall Avenue
Newhall, California 91321
661.254.4584 | hartmuseum.org
Page Museum at the
La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
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What’s new in the Nature
Gardens? Two daily activities — Picturing Nature at 10 am
where you can draw plants
and flowers, and L.A.’s
Neighbors at 12 pm, where
you can meet some amazing
animals next door!
Members receive
free admission to
all three museums
in the Natural
History Family.
July
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
Critter Club: Critter Commotion
Saturday, June 14, 10 am and 11 am
Let’s meet some noisy animals
and make some commotion of our
own. Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds
JULY
Fellows in Focus: Grand Tour Auto
Sunday, June 29
Discover the Museum’s impressive
automotive collection, specially housed
in an offsite facility. RSVP required. Call
213.763.3253 or e-mail [email protected].
Free with $2,000 Fellows membership
and higher.
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Friday, June 13, 6:30 pm:
Camp Tar Pits
Camp Dino
call 213.763.3536.
Curator’s Cupboard: Extinction
Saturday, June 28, 9:30 am–3:30pm
Be it genetics, climate, competition,
or habitat loss — look at extinction
as a natural and global phenomenon.
Talk with our scientists and tour
our collections.
THURSDAY
Citizen Science and Cocktails
Thursday, June 12, 5–7:30 pm
Join us for a cocktail-hour reception,
along with a speaker presentation
and book signing by Museum
ornithologist Kimball Garrett.
RSVP at [email protected].
Homeschool Day: Urban Nature
Tuesday, June 24, 9:30 am–5 pm
Get to know the nature right in
L.A.’s backyard.
WEDNESDAY
First Fridays
June 6, 5–11 pm
Come have a cocktail, enjoy an outdoor
concert, and hear a discussion with
Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich on urban
beekeeping in Los Angeles.
TUESDAY
and experience novel situations.
Some trainees are more challenging.
The 13 Norway rats zipping around
their Nature Lab habitat are identical,
for instance. (Gordon calls them all
Dandelion). But rats can be trained
to run, stand up, spin, or throw a ball.
“Once they become accustomed to
you,” Gordon says, “you can teach
them all kinds of things.”
Members
Only
7–9 pm
Workshop:
Moonlit Gardens
live animal keepers, is a zookeeper
with techniques that would rival any
celebrity animal trainer’s tricks.
She has coached snakes to be handled,
habituated bullfrogs, kept rats from
getting bored, and coaxed shy
opossums—such as this charming one
named Avocado—to get ready for
her close up.
Getting a creature to behave on
command or relax enough to greet
awestruck visitors takes patience and
“good animal sense,” says Gordon.
She exposed the marsupial, as a baby,
to a variety of smells, sensations, and
sounds. She regularly hides the now
two-year-old’s food in puzzles so the
pink-nosed mammal has to burrow
for a snack. Tolerating a tummy rub
also earns Avocado a treat (her vittles
include bell peppers and collard
greens). Working for food benefits
any animal’s mental health because it
encourages them to solve problems
Scavenger’s Safari: Dino Lab
Saturday, June 7
Step inside the Dinosaur Institute’s
Dino Lab. Join Museum scientists behind
the scenes to learn about our collections,
then search the galleries with one of our
educators for secret clues to a scavenger
hunt. RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316 or
MONDAY
How to Train an Opossum
Intro to Gardening Classes
Sundays, June 1, 8, 15, and 22, 1–4:30 pm
Create your own edible garden for
organic produce by learning to create
good soil out of your current one.
Ice Age Hair Ball
Saturday, June 21
6:30 pm: Pre-Party Dinner Seating
8:30 pm: Hair Ball Mane Event
Celebrate 100 years of digging at a
mash-up of fashion and science. A benefit
for the Page Museum at the La Brea
Tar Pits. Visit tarpits.org/hairball.
There are dozens of slithering, crawling,
and scurrying species in the Museum.
They live in custom-built Nature Lab
habitats or are showcased in daily
animal presentations that connect
visitors to the surprising wildlife in and
around Los Angeles. There is only one
master animal whisperer, though, for
our menagerie of trainable reptiles,
amphibians, and mammals. Leslie
Gordon, Vertebrate Program Manager,
who comanages the Museum’s
JUNE
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316 or
Saturday, July 12
Ichthyology curator showcases
venomous fishes.
SATURDAY
ScholarShare presents Scavenger’s Safari
Saturday, June 7
Step inside the
Dinosaur Institute’s Dino Lab.
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about our collections, and go on a scavenger hunt.
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10 am
Picturing Nature
June
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1–4:30 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
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10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
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Picturing Nature
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Picturing Nature
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Picturing Nature
Dino Lab
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
1 pm
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
2 pm
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
1 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
2 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1–4:30 pm
5–11 pm
First Fridays
1 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
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10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
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Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
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Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
1 pm
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am / 11 am
Critter Club:
Critter Commotion
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
2 pm
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
1 pm
10:30 am / 1:30 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
Junior Scientist: A Bug’s Life 2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
2 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1 pm
1–3 pm
Second Nature: Food
Preservation Workshop
1–4:30 pm
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
1 pm
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
2 pm
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
1 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
2 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
Ice Age Hair Ball
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
6:30 pm: Pre-Party Dinner
8:30 pm: Hair Ball
Mane Event
1–4:30 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
23 / 30
24
25
26
27
28
29
10 am
Picturing Nature
9:30 am–5 pm
Homeschool Day
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
Fellows in Focus:
Grand Tour Auto
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
9:30 am–3:30 pm
Curator’s Cupboard:
Extinction
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
2 pm
1 pm
2 pm
1 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
10 am
Picturing Nature
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
10 am
Picturing Nature
1 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1 pm
Critter Club
Visitors learn about science
in family-friendly classes.
Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds
First Fridays
Soak in the science, have a cocktail
in the Nature Gardens, listen
to DJs, discussions, and more.
NHM.ORG/firstfridays
Ice Age Encounters
Dinosaur Encounters
Gallery Exploration
in the Grand Foyer.
Junior Scientist
Learn how to do scientific work
by using the same techniques as
Museum researchers. Designed for
6- to 9-year-olds and their families.
Fellows in Focus
at 213.763.3253.
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
9
5–7:30 pm
Citizen Science
and Cocktails
Members receive
free admission
to all three
museums in the
Natural History
Family.
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
Sign up now for Adventures in Nature summer
camp and explore a new theme each week from bugs
to dinosaurs! Camp is June 23–August 1 at NHM
and August 4–8 at the Page Museum at the La Brea
Tar Pits. Visit NHM.ORG/AINcamp.
L.A.’s Neighbors
We share this city with lots
of other amazing animals.
Come to the pond deck in
the Nature Gardens to meet
some of your not-so-noticeable
next-door neighbors.
Meet a Live Animal
Member Preview Days
Daily programs may include
bird walks, bug hunts, tasting in
the Edible Garden, and more!
Nature Walk
Picturing Nature
Page Museum at the
La Brea Tar Pits
Offsite Adventure
NHM Member Events
NHM Fellows Events
Paid Events
12
and experience novel situations.
Some trainees are more challenging.
The 13 Norway rats zipping around
their Nature Lab habitat are identical,
for instance. (Gordon calls them all
Dandelion). But rats can be trained
to run, stand up, spin, or throw a ball.
“Once they become accustomed to
you,” Gordon says, “you can teach
them all kinds of things.”
How to Train an Opossum
Naturalist June/July 2014 There are dozens of slithering, crawling,
and scurrying species in the Museum.
They live in custom-built Nature Lab
habitats or are showcased in daily
animal presentations that connect
visitors to the surprising wildlife in and
around Los Angeles. There is only one
master animal whisperer, though, for
our menagerie of trainable reptiles,
amphibians, and mammals. Leslie
Gordon, Vertebrate Program Manager,
who comanages the Museum’s
live animal keepers, is a zookeeper
with techniques that would rival any
celebrity animal trainer’s tricks.
She has coached snakes to be handled,
habituated bullfrogs, kept rats from
getting bored, and coaxed shy
opossums—such as this charming one
named Avocado—to get ready for
her close up.
Getting a creature to behave on
command or relax enough to greet
awestruck visitors takes patience and
“good animal sense,” says Gordon.
She exposed the marsupial, as a baby,
to a variety of smells, sensations, and
sounds. She regularly hides the now
two-year-old’s food in puzzles so the
pink-nosed mammal has to burrow
for a snack. Tolerating a tummy rub
also earns Avocado a treat (her vittles
include bell peppers and collard
greens). Working for food benefits
any animal’s mental health because it
encourages them to solve problems
Meeting and Greeting
Gallery Interpreters who conduct
daily Meet a Live Animal presentations
have a bevy of charmers to pick from.
There’s the trio of desert tortoises
(Vanilla, Sage, and Acorn), who may
be munching on flowers. Tallulah, the
bright-green skink likes to lounge on
a branch when presented. Then there’s
the mighty (and gentle) 30-pound
Colombian red-tailed boa nicknamed
Peace, and more.
Jesse Daniel, the NHM’s
Supervisor of Floor Interpretation,
says his well-trained team of GIs handle
each animal and at the same time
share the creature’s story with visitors.
“Everyone is inspired by and has a
connection with animals,” says Daniel.
“One great thing is that no matter
which one you bring out, there’s an
L.A. story you can tell.”
Experience Meet a Live Animal presentations
in the Nature Lab daily at 3 pm.
Animal keepers care for butterflies, too. Visit the
Butterfly Pavilion, open now through Monday,
September 1. Visit NHM.ORG/butterfly.
JUNE
FRIDAY AY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
1
2
3
4
5
6
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
2 pm
1 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
Independence Day
Museum Closed
8
9
10
11
12
13
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
Dangerous Beauties
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
1 pm
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
2 pm
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
1 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
2 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
5–9 pm
Summer Nights
in the Garden
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
1 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
20
14
15
16
17
18
19
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
Fellows in Focus:
10 am
A Cowboy and His Mansion Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
10 am
Picturing Nature
1 pm
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
2 pm
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
2 pm
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
6:30 pm
Overnight
Adventures: Camp Goo
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
1 pm
7–9 pm
Workshop:
Moonlit Gardens
July
THURSDAY
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
4 pm
Nature Walk
22
23
24
25
26
27
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Ice Age Encounters
1 pm
1 pm
1 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
11 am
Nature Gardens
Exploration
2 pm
2 pm
2 pm
1 pm
1 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm
2:30 pm / 3:30 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
2 pm
2 pm
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
4 pm
Nature Walk
5–9 pm
Summer Nights
in the Garden
4 pm
Nature Walk
4 pm
Nature Walk
28
29
30
31
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
10 am
Picturing Nature
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
11 am / 12 pm / 1 pm
Dinosaur Encounters
1 pm
2 pm
2 pm
12 pm
L.A.’s Neighbors
2 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
4 pm
Nature Walk
1 pm
3 pm
Meet a Live Animal
Members receive
free admission to
all three museums
in the Natural
History Family.
11:30 am / 1:30 pm / 2:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters
21
2 pm
4 pm
Nature Walk
What’s new in the Nature
Gardens? Two daily activities — Picturing Nature at 10 am
where you can draw plants
and flowers, and L.A.’s
Neighbors at 12 pm, where
you can meet some amazing
animals next door!
2 pm
To learn more about the Museum’s
programs and events, visit nhm.org/calendar.
Page Museum programs presented by
Fellows in Focus
at 213.763.3253.
Members
Only
Scavenger’s Safari: Dino Lab
Saturday, June 7
Step inside the Dinosaur Institute’s
Dino Lab. Join Museum scientists behind
the scenes to learn about our collections,
then search the galleries with one of our
educators for secret clues to a scavenger
hunt. RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316 or
13
WEDNESDAY
Dinosaur Encounters
Ice Age Hair Ball
Saturday, June 21
6:30 pm: Pre-Party Dinner Seating
8:30 pm: Hair Ball Mane Event
Celebrate 100 years of digging at a
mash-up of fashion and science. A benefit
for the Page Museum at the La Brea
Tar Pits. Visit tarpits.org/hairball.
Homeschool Day: Urban Nature
Tuesday, June 24, 9:30 am–5 pm
Get to know the nature right in
L.A.’s backyard.
Curator’s Cupboard: Extinction
Saturday, June 28, 9:30 am–3:30pm
Be it genetics, climate, competition,
or habitat loss — look at extinction
as a natural and global phenomenon.
Talk with our scientists and tour
our collections.
JULY
Fellows in Focus: Grand Tour Auto
Sunday, June 29
Discover the Museum’s impressive
automotive collection, specially housed
in an offsite facility. RSVP required. Call
213.763.3253 or e-mail [email protected].
Free with $2,000 Fellows membership
and higher.
Dangerous Beauties
Saturday, July 12
Go behind the scenes with the Museum’s
ichthyology curator, who will showcase
venomous fishes. Then search the
galleries with one of our educators for
secret clues to a scavenger hunt. RSVP
required. Call 213.763.3316 or e-mail rsvp@
nhm.org. Free for Members at the Patron
Family level ($210) or higher.
Fellows in Focus:
A Cowboy and His Mansion
Saturday, July 19
Explore cowboy and silent film legend
William S. Hart’s residence mansion in
Newhall. RSVP required. Call 213.763.3253
or e-mail [email protected]. Free with
$2,000 Fellows membership and higher.
TUESDAY
7
4 pm
Nature Walk
Intro to Gardening Classes
Sundays, June 1, 8, 15, and 22, 1–4:30 pm
Create your own edible garden for
organic produce by learning to create
good soil out of your current one.
First Fridays
June 6, 5–11 pm
Come have a cocktail, enjoy an outdoor
concert, and hear a discussion with
Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich on urban
beekeeping in Los Angeles.
Citizen Science and Cocktails
Thursday, June 12, 5–7:30 pm
Join us for a cocktail-hour reception,
along with a speaker presentation
and book signing by Museum
ornithologist Kimball Garrett.
RSVP at [email protected].
Camp Tar Pits
Camp Dino
call 213.763.3536.
Fridays, July 11 and 25, 5–9 pm
Treat your senses to a party this
summer and visit NHM for Summer
Nights in the Garden. Bring picnics,
enjoy food trucks, listen to DJs, take
tours, become a scientist, and be
entertained. Advanced reservations
required. RSVP at nhm.org or call
213.763.DINO. For more information,
visit nhm.org.
Workshop: Moonlit Gardens
Tuesday, July 15, 7–9 pm
Explore timeless garden designs
that make the most of moonlight.
Friday, July 18, 6:30 pm
Camp Goo
call 213.763.3499.
For more information about all events,
visit NHM.ORG/calendar.
The Membership Program is presented by:
MONDAY
Critter Club: Critter Commotion
Saturday, June 14, 10 am and 11 am
Let’s meet some noisy animals
and make some commotion of our
own. Designed for 3- to 5-year-olds
Junior Scientist: A Bug’s Life
Saturday, June 14, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Insects play a vital role in the biodiversity
of L.A. Put on your entomologist
hat and see what has everyone all a
buzz about insects! For 6- to 9-year-olds
and their families.
Second Nature:
Food Preservation Workshop:
How to Preserve Your Harvest
Saturday, June 14, 1–3 pm
Learn about various techniques to
preserve the bounty of your garden.
Page Museum Programs presented by:
Gallery Exploration
in the Grand Foyer.
Ice Age Encounters
L.A.’s Neighbors
We share this city with lots of
other amazing animals. Come
to the pond deck in the Nature
Gardens to meet some of your notso-noticeable next-door neighbors.
Meet a Live Animal
Member Preview Days
Nature Walk
Come spend an exciting night
with our exhibits. For ages 5
and up with participating adults.
For reservations call 213.763.3499.
Picturing Nature
Treat your senses to a party
this summer — visit NHM for
Summer Nights in the Garden.
Bring picnics, enjoy food trucks,
listen to DJs, take tours, become
a scientist, and be entertained.
213.763.DINO | nhm.org
Page Museum at the
La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Boulevard
323.934.PAGE | tarpits.org
24151 Newhall Avenue
Newhall, California 91321
661.254.4584 | hartmuseum.org

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