The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is one of the largest and oldest museums in the United States. It was founded in 1913 as the Museum of Science, History and the Arts.

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_of_Los_Angeles_County

With almost 93 years of service the museum contains the largest collection of specimen and artifacts. The museum collection fields includes Annelida, Archaeology, Ethnology, Botany, Crustacea, Echinoderms, Entomology, Herpetology, History, Ichthyology, Invertebrate paleontology, Malacology, Mammalogy, Mineralogy, Ornithology and Vertebrate paleontology.

Natural History Museum official site

http://www.nhm.org/site/

If you are planning a visit to the museum it is located at 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles. For a planned group tours you might want to contact the museum for available schedule at (213) 763-DINO.

Museum schedule and address

http://www.nhm.org/site/plan-your-visit

The museum is open at 9:30am until 5pm from Monday to Sunday except for holidays like New Year's Day, Independence Day and Christmas Day where the museum will be close. Adult's admission fee is $9 and students and senior citizens are $6.50, while children less than 4 years of age can enjoy going to the museum for free.

More information on Natural History Museum

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One of the famous collections in the museum is the Dinosaurs Hall which is currently under renovation and will be available in 2011. Aside from Dinosaurs there's also the La Brea Tar Pits where fossils of mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and giant ground sloths are available.

Does your travel guide to Los Angeles speak about the Butterfly Exhibit or the Pavilion of Wings at the Natural History Museum?

1) What is the Pavilion of Wings?

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It is a temporary and seasonal butterfly exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. The exhibition is held only in summer from April to September. You can see several species of colorful butterflies flying free in the beautiful Pavilion of the museum.

There different species include: Giant Swallowtails, American Painted Ladies, California Dogface and many such others. Visitors will get to know about the life cycle, interactions, defense mechanisms etc of these butterflies. It is a great experience, so you must include this place in your travel plans.

2) What are the admission fares?

Admission to the Pavilion of Wings is separate from regular museum admission. In order to see the butterfly exhibit, you will have to pay $3 per adult, $1 for children and $2 for students and seniors.

Los Angeles is not only known for its movies and movie stars, it is also famous for its prestigious arts and galleries. The natural museums are attractions to the tourists, and you can see it for yourself and prepare your budget for the admission before going on a travel Los Angeles.

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Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

It is the largest natural and historical museum in the Western United States, and still active as research center. Natural History Museum or NHM preserves more than 33 million spectacular, specimens and artifacts of about 4.5 billions of history. Prices vary according to ages, i.e. adult-$9, students 18 and over with ID-$6.50. You can also grab the chance the free admission on every first Tuesday of the month!

http://www.nhm.org