Exploring the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles

The La Brea Tar Pits are located in Hancock Park in the heart of Los Angeles and they feature areas where natural asphalt has come up from the ground over thousands of years. During that time many prehistoric animals were caught in the tar and their bones were preserved. Today they are constantly finding new bones to put on display in the museum, which has many full animals on display. It is a great place to see and plan some time for it if you visit Los Angeles.

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[Nunya_Bidnez]

One of the most amazing things about the Tar Pits is the fact that all of the fossils are actual bone. Not fossil bone petrified or calcified into stone. Real bones. So cool

[jeanettewaverly]

A piece of my heart is stuck in those inky stinky pits. I grew up visiting them in the 50s and 60s, before the mammoth sculptures and museum were in place. There were fewer fences too. Thanks for the memories!

[gracerich]

Its so hard to find good quality walk through's for museums you did an awesome job very educational for my class during quarantine.

[Pollux]

My great grandfather was best friends and the personal author for G Allan Hancock who inherited the property the tar pits and much of Wilshire Blvd. sit on. He ended up donating the tar pits to the City of Los Angeles so it could be preserved.

My great grandfather wrote several limited print books for Hancock which I have copies of. Some really awesome photos in it of the Los Angeles area when it was nothing but farmland and oil fields.

[MostDopeLarry]

I remember going to a field trip to the tarpits . I was in second grade ! Good times

[carlosvalverde]

I remember falling in those pits in LA Noire :(

[Multifacted_Brotha]

So interesting at one point in time those type of animals roamed that area... Los Angeles was totally different back then lol

[cochinaable]

I lived in LA for a couple of years in the 70's. Drove by the La Brea Tar Pits almost everyday. I always wanted to check it out but never did. Thanks for this video at least I got to see it here.

[AlexJCornell]

I love this museum! It was January 17th, 2016 when I first visited La Brea Tar Pits. Can't wait to be back in LA and see this beautiful place again!

[gkprivate]

as a kid this always fascinated me. Finally in 1986 I took a week vacation and did some things around Los Angeles. What a great day. Admission was like 6$ bucks or something. Fantastic deal

[thewallaces]

It’s awesome that it bubbles up in the streets outside the park!

[JJs-ClassC-Adventures]

Very well done. You are a great speaker...very clear and easy to listen to. We recently retired and hope to tour California someday.

[frankheimerle]

I'm from NYC and I've never heard of this pace before! interesting...

[nnn]

It's nice to see something positive coming out of California. The La Brea tar pits are fascinating.

[xMandRx]

I’ve never even heard of this museum. Recently moved to LA. I’m always intrigued into learning about the different places I can visit! Love the videos!

[BottleRocket]

Wild seeing this two months after I was just there for the first time a couple months back. Such an awesome area of LA!

[woodlands]

Part of their fossil collection is on display at a history museum in Battle Creek, MI.

[JesusSanchez-qvdh]

I went here when I was younger on a class field trip definitely was a great experience

[justjay]

A favorite place. Haven't been in decades. Can't get there unless I one day live nearby. Dang low back. Thank you so much. Very appreciated.

[Lulu.G-]

Thank you so much for your videos! I live in Riverside County and really enjoy traveling in California so your videos are priceless to me! I live so close to Joshua tree and didn’t know half of what is out there, my husband and I are planning a camping trip soon.