


Tykes clamoring to get up-close views of bones and bugs weave between replicas of dinosaurs and bison. This popular museum is one of several important cultural centers located in Exposition Park. The adjacent...
citysearch.com - expert review - 11/16/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I came here (by my lonely ol' self, no less), based in large part on the 4.5 stars here on Yelp. I have to say, as a first time visitor, that my first instinct was right: that this is coasting largely…
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
great museum.
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have always loved this museum. Their exhibits seemed to have barely changed since I was a kid but I always see something new. Last Friday, Skylar L rescued me from a black hole of waiting for the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The Natural History Museum was always a favorite of grade-school field trips. I really enjoyed this museum as a kid even though I had been to it many many times. The exhibit on The Game from Aztec…
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This museum was just, eh, so-so. Took my daughters ages 2 & 4 here along with a friend and another 4yo. Pros: awesome butterfly pavilion exhibit (temporary) that is filled with lots of live…
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Reasons I loved my first visits: Dinosaurs, First Friday lectures about the mammalian brain plus phenomenal music. The reason I truly LOVE this place is that it helps me appreciate our world in a way…
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
First Fridays at the Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles What a beautiful concept?
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
First Fridays rule! What's not to like about cool exhibits, entertaining and informative lecture discussions and excellent DJ and live music? There isn't anything not to like, that's what. And if you…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
With or without kids this is a cool place, even if some exhibits are a little outdated. If you don't have kids, and don't like them, then you might want to go in the evening of the First Friday of…
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
finally a day off during the week! so i head over to the NHM for my first time with the bf. parking was only $6 in the huge lot next door... better than trying to find parking on the street. nice…
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
the exhibits were of high quality and it looks like they put in good effort in putting them together, but the vast amount of people who seemed to be more interested in making noise and not really…
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Another museum which I still enjoy. The museum still has the giant stuffed elephants near the entrance. This place is best near closing hours because the place is quiet and the stuffed creatures…
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My dad used to bring me here all the time when I was a child. I was always amazed by the dark room with all the stuffed mammals. They looked so real with the Mammoth at the very end of the room. I…
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Free every first Tuesday of the month! After skipping out on work, I was sick I promise. Nothing could remedy my "cold" like a visit to the NHM of LA. I brought along someone who had never been there…
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place...we brought my mom here for mother's day to see the butterfly pavilion. The standard exhibits are great, but they need dinosaurs!
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I absolutely love this place, even though it seems most folks who live in LA have never been there. :( The museum is kind of outdated, but for me that is also part of history. The galleries are very…
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place was so cool. I loved it especially all the animals. I asked daddy if the animals were alive and mommy said they used to be but now they are dead. They look kind of real to me, but they…
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
First time to this museum and it was pretty cool. It was a lot bigger than I had expected. For $9 (adults) and $2 (kids 3-11), it was well worth the $20 we spent. I generally like museums better than…
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This was my first trip to the museum even though I've lived in So Cal for 25 years and even went to school in LA. I came here for a scavenger hunt, which forced my team to explore the museum…
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Tried to go here for the Interpol album release party, but they wouldn't let us in saying the place was full. at 10:30p! boooo.... and they wouldn't even let a couple of us in to use the restroom.…
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I might be overrating this museum a bit because I've never been to a natural history museum, I've only seen them on TV!!! Seriously. But I thoroughly enjoyed myself. My only complaint would be that…
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
First Fridays here are great; they feature discussions starting around 6:30, live music later, plus booze and nibbles to purchase. I heard Jared Diamond speak as part of the " Collapse" exhibition…
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here several times now, mostly with my students. If sixth graders think this place is cool, then it must be doing something right! Anyway, multiple floors with numerous rooms and exhibits…
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good place to go, forget the dinasor bones, forget the mammals, forget the marine exhibit - too many other options that are better. The minerals exibit is really nice - perhaps only appealing to geeks…
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for the first time yesterday. Admission was cheap, $6.50 for me because I'm a student, and my boyfriend was FREE because he's a teacher (but he's not MY teacher haha)! There was a fairly…
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It was my First Friday (and first visit ever) to the Natural History Museum--I don't know what took me so long. The best exhibits were the paleocene fossils, the marine hall, and the California…
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2007
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I went to a wedding here a few years ago and it was the most interesting venue I have atteneded yet. They set up the reception so romantically with numerous candelabras and dim lighting that the surrounding...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place to take the kids. Reasonable price to get in and lots to see and learn. It's best to get there at opening time on a weekend, not so crowded.
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Today was the first time I had been back to this museum since I was a little runt in grade school. I didn't have to arrive in a school bus, with a warm bologna sandwich in a paper bag and a name tag…
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I recently went to the first fridays here, but I hadn't been here for years before that. I love love love this place. I wish me and Jessica could get locked in here and camp out over night and run…
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As a way of trying to hit a younger, hipper demographic, the Natural History Museum has started First Fridays, where every first Friday of the month they gather speakers, bands, DJ, food and booze…
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
It's a good-enough museum, great for the kids, but oddly enough, the food is really dragging it down. I know it sounds strange to criticize the food in a review of a museum, but to parents, it…
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's no Met and not even close to the one in D.C. but a cool place for kids. I remember going there when I was a kid. I have vivid memories of the dioramas in there. But, that's kind of the problem.…
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
my favorite museum in l.a. the greatest museum i've ever gone to. i like the dinosaur bones especially. the insects are also cool and my mom petted a tortoise. mom view: kind of old fashioned but a…
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I been going here since I was a kid and now in my early 20's (I'm 23 ok? I'm not afraid to tell you my age!! muhaha!!!) I still love it. Even my folks love it and their, well, old. Don't ask me to…
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
great classic exhibits, and the rotating ones are excellent as well-- I saw one on different forms of media and was totally mesmerized. SC students get in free with ID!
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This museum is nice. It is situated on a large grass field. There are people playing soccer around the area. This is the one of a few places that you can see. I think there is some kind of stadium…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2006
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I return here about once a year to see the new exhibits. The layout of the museum is beautiful and it's next door to the California Science Center and the IMAX theatre so I can really make it a day. Exhibits...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/02/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of LA's under appreciated museums. Everyone should come here at least once. Right now they have an exhibit called Sonic Scenery. This is an amazing exhibit, they asked different artist…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2006
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This venerable old museum is the classic natural history museum, the kind of place we all went to on...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/01/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Do you find the Earth interesting? Did you like any of your early science classes? If so, you'll find this museum facinating. Well, that's how I feel.
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i totally love this museum! again, this may be somewhat due to my nostalgic, but i have been here more recently, and it's still great fun to me. interesting programs, fascinating exhibits; i think…
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2005
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The Natural HIstory Museum is in a beautiful building with plenty of parking available. I went with...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/24/2005
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This is a great place to take your younger siblings or cousins to because there are many cool displa...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/27/2005
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This museum was really cool when I went. The displays with the animals are the coolest, and kids se...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/27/2005
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The Los Angeles Natural History Museum has wonderful exhibits that both adults and children will lov...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/26/2005
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Take the kids. My parents first took me sixty years ago. It still holds up, and well. Best on Saturday and Sunday, except when there's a football game going on in the coliseum next door.
citysearch.com - user review - 03/11/2003
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Where can you see dinosaurs, mummies, and rare artifacts all under one roof? Well at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles! Where else? I went to many field trips here over the years! And I enjoyed every...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/12/2002
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Check this out. They have setup and outdoor natural environment for hundreds of species of Butterflies. It is a small but beautiful exhibit. The kids really enjoyed it. No touching though and the small kids...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/24/2002
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Any dino-obsessed kid will love the Natural History Museum. The dinosaur exhibits are interesting, and there's even a paleontologist on-site who lets kids brush off dust from real fossils. The stuffed animal...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/21/2002
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