Noel O'Shea diddit: La Brea Tar Pits
there is NO MORE tar in the La Brea Tar pits ...so not living up to it's name.
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Museums - Los Angeles Metro

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Los Angeles is chalk full of museums, ranging from ones about Hollywood's history to world-class fine arts museums. How many have you been to?

Los Angeles is chalk full of museums, ranging from ones about Hollywood's history to world-class fine arts museums. How many have you been to?

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Getty Center
The Getty Center in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The museum's permanent collection includes "pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and... more from wikipedia
Ed H. diddit and says: Structure and environment is the ART! I have passed by this place on so many trips to LA and said "I really need to make time to stop by on my next visit!". On my last ...
407 people have checked off Getty Center, 92 wanna do it, 49 thumbs up, 1 down
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
118 people have checked off Museum of Contemporary Art, ..., 29 wanna do it, 6 thumbs up, 1 down
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California Science Museum
94 people have checked off California Science Museum, 20 wanna do it, 7 thumbs up, 0 down
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La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a famous cluster of tar pits located in Hancock Park in the urban heart of Los Angeles, California, United States. Asphalt (colloquially termed tar, which in Spanish is termed brea, see below) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years, forming hundreds of sticky pools that trapped animals and plants which happened to enter. Over time, the asphalt fossilized the remains. ...
329 people have checked off La Brea Tar Pits, 65 wanna do it, 23 thumbs up, 4 down
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Griffith Park Observatory
Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los ... more from wikipedia
201 people have checked off Griffith Park Observatory, 50 wanna do it, 19 thumbs up, 0 down
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Getty Villa
The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California, USA, is one of two locations of ... more from wikipedia
86 people have checked off Getty Villa, 38 wanna do it, 7 thumbs up, 0 down
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Museum of Tolerance
65 people have checked off Museum of Tolerance, 30 wanna do it, 4 thumbs up, 0 down
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Los Angeles Zoo
The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. It has been successful in its breeding program of the rare California Condor, helping to grow the number of condors in the world from a low of 22 in the 1980s to several hundred condors today. Among the highlights of the public zoo grounds are naturalistic habitats for chimpanzees, orangutans, koalas and for the komodo dragon. [http://www.lazoo.org]
251 people have checked off Los Angeles Zoo, 62 wanna do it, 17 thumbs up, 5 down
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
132 people have checked off Los Angeles County Museum ..., 25 wanna do it, 9 thumbs up, 0 down
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Griffith Observatory
40 people have checked off Griffith Observatory, 5 wanna do it, 2 thumbs up, 0 down
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  • Great place to take the kids....it gives them some real life "evidence" about the prehistoric times that they read and study about.
    Plus I thnk it's pretty cool!!!