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  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!
  • Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!

Have a Dino Day at the Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits & Dine at The Counter!

Item Number
137
Estimated Value
100 USD
Sold
55 USD to jhmarlowe
Number of Bids
6  -  Bid History

Item Description

Spend a day with friends or family with this five (5) Pack of passes for Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits!

How did so many animals come to be trapped and preserved at the La Brea Tar Pits? Part of the answer lies with geology, ancient oceans and rock fissures that carry sticky tar to the surface. Time also played a part. More than 10,000 individuals were trapped here over about 30,000 years.

Inside the George Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, you'll find exhibits selected from more than 1 million fossils recovered from the area. They include a wood fragment about 40,000 years old and skeletons of dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, mammoths, short-faced bears, giant sloths and ancient buffalo, as well as many birds and other creatures.

In addition to the exhibits, you can watch a short film about how the La Brea Tar Pits were formed and another about how scientists have investigated their contents. Kids especially like the "What It's Like to be Trapped in Tar" exhibit and when a docent is on duty, they can go hunting for "fossils" and get a certificate to prove it!

Outside the Museum

The lake near Wilshire Boulevard was formed when the La Brea Tar Pits were excavated for asphalt in the nineteenth century. Today, it's full of water, covered with an oil slick. Methane gas constantly bubbles up to its surface. On its south shore you'll find a recreated scene of a mammoth getting trapped in the sticky tar.

A stroll around the grounds outside the museum will give you more glimpses into the La Brea Tar Pits, and you'll find several pits of oozing black stuff to peer into on the grounds. The Pit 91 viewing area is open to the public and nearby, you can peer through the fences that surround Project 23, a new experiment in removing fossils from the tar. You may even find some tar coming up through cracks in the sidewalk in this part of Los Angeles, so watch your step!

You'll walk up an appetite - so head over to The Counter! This auction includes a $25 gift card for some great dining. Anti-Established in 2003, The Counter® is the 21st century’s bold answer to the classic burger joint. Ushering in a fresh era of industrial decor, today’s music, cold beer, unique wines, cocktails, and burger options that are only limited by your imagination.