Step into an Ice Age adventure
The La Brea Tar Pits is a natural history museum and archaeological site located in Los Angeles, California, where naturally occurring asphalt pits have preserved the fossils of ancient animals. Various fossils of animals that lived during and after the last Ice Age, such as mammoths, saber-toothed tigers (Smilodon), and giant ground sloths, have been discovered here, providing important information for the study of ancient ecosystems.
We visited the SoCal Museums Free-for-All on March 23, where over 30 museums offered free admission. (Link for more information) Perhaps because of this, there were many visitors, including families, couples, and friends. The Tar Pits are preserved outside the museum, still bubbling and holding the history of thousands of years.
Inside the museum, there are countless actual bones of animals and their histories on display, making it hard to believe that such animals lived thousands of years ago. Just looking at the bones of the mammoth, one can feel the energy of history from thousands of years ago.
While observing, we noticed actual researchers searching and separating something in very fine sand, which they displayed for the visitors on a monitor. Visitors could see very tiny bone fragments on the monitor, which seems to be very educational as well.
As I immerse myself in thousands of years of history and think about these animals that actually lived, I feel a growing curiosity about the birth and history of the Earth.
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
Visit the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, where the history of thousands of years ago seems to come alive at night, right in the heart of downtown LA.
