Los Angeles Natural History Museum Photo Tour

Ancient peoples, Birds, Bugs, Dinosaurs, Dioramas, Gems, Marine animals, Plants all are represented in displays here; Other links: map, about page

Located just south of downtown L.A., take the Harbor 110 freeway to Exposition Blvd.

Below, grouped into categories are some pix I've taken. While they can be blurry they give you an idea of what you can see when you visit. The place looks better in person tho.

Gift shop: get your dino books and complete menagerie of dinos

Ancient peoples & cultural artifacts

adobes and teepee models, indians lived in these
easter island giant head statues, view 2 (outside by front entrance with large aloe tree on left)
figurines from an ancient culture
kachina dolls, produced by North American indians
oldest continually inhabited city in North America
statues, mayan
columbian urns

Birds

condor with wings spread
hall of birds showing flamingos, secretary bird, emu, many more

Bugs

giant fly: photo micrograph of a fly's eye segments
giant spider: photo micrograph of a spider close up (note 8 eyes)
honey comb of wild bees on a branch

Dinosaurs

This cute fellow just wants a large bone to gnaw on
dino eggs
dino skeletons #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
dino skul#1, 2; Tyranosaurus Rex skull

Dioramas of mammals

elephants, with giraffe on left
hooved mammals with horns - can you name them? (alright, I didn't take notes with the pix)
leopard, about to jump on you
another hooved mammal from Saudi Arabia, almost became extinct - can you name these?
rhinos in their natural habitat
walruses on an ice pack

Gems, Minerals, artifacts cut from rock

red cup from rock; chalice
mineral pix 2, 3, 4
giant Opal sphere & smaller pieces
large Ruby

Marine animal & seashell displays

narwhal tusk, probably 15 feet long, where the unicorn myth came from
Seashells, various shells
shells #2 large clam
#3 turbinate shells
whale skeleton over Ralph Parsons kids area, a wing of museum

Plants:

at time of my visit, a photo display of endangered plants was on bottom level by cafeteria

shooting star plus other plants of Hawaii