Becoming Los AngeLes
Step into NHM’s new exhibition and you’ll experience how people and the land shaped L.A., from its days as a tiny pueblo to a global metropolis. Enter the 14,000-square-foot galleries featuring an unparalleled collection of artifacts and take in a story only we can tell.
500 YeArs in reAL Time
Fellows VIP ReceptionFriday, July 12, 6 pm
Join President and Director Jane G. Pisano
for a private reception to celebrate
the Museum’s remarkable transformation.
To receive your invitation, join the Fellows
at NHM.ORG/fellows or call 213.763.3253.
Member Preview DaysThursday to Saturday, July 11–13 9:30 am–5 pm
Public OpeningSunday, July 14
Supported by Media Partner
In this issue of the Naturalist, we are thrilled to cele-
brate the transformation of the Museum, the opening
of the new Nature Gardens, a 3 ½-acre outdoor
exhibit, and the indoor component, Nature Lab.
With these remarkable exhibits, the Museum
has doubled its public space, and the role that has
become our signature — communicating science to
people of all ages — is growing as well. We have been
uniquely equipped to make tough-to-tackle scientific
topics captivating for all audiences inside NHM.
Now, as we open the doors to our giant living
laboratory, the Nature Gardens, we are opening the
world of science to even more visitors through our
programming. We will expand the reach of our
popular citizen science programs, where volunteers
observe wildlife in their backyards and schools, and
then continue that exploration with the Museum’s
scientists. We are launching new nature walks, where
visitors will see how every plant was chosen to be a
magnet for creatures, both native and introduced.
There will be a variety of gardening classes and
activities for all ages. Inside Nature Lab, visitors can
engage in hands-on activities and meet live animals —
all to help visitors understand how life on the planet
is changing and why it matters.
That focus on stewardship is also front and
center in Becoming Los Angeles. In this new permanent
exhibit, we will share stories about how people
and the environment interacted over centuries and
transformed Los Angeles into the city it is today.
When visitors walk through our new north
entrance, the Otis Booth Pavilion, we will connect
them as never before to both the nature of the past
and the nature living all around them. We hope you
will join us.
Jane G. Pisano President and Director
2 Briefs
4 A Nature Gardens Field Guide
6 Nature Lab Opens
8 A Model City
10 For Kids
12 NHM 100: Kevin Sharer
13 Events and Calendar
Cover photo by Mario de Lopez.
The Naturalist magazine is a publication of the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
and is issued six times a year. As a member
benefit, each issue provides a look at Museum
exhibits, collections, adventures, research,
and events. Through them, we inspire wonder,
discovery, and responsibility for our natural
and cultural worlds.
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When Becoming Los Angeles, our new permanent exhibition, opens
July 14, there will be many stars among the objects in the 14,000-
square-foot gallery. But the “Tramp” costume that silent film legend
Charlie Chaplin wore in the 1931 Hollywood blockbuster City Lights
will emit an extra twinkle. It is the only complete Tramp costume
in existence and this is the first time in decades that it has been
displayed. Chaplin donated it shortly after filming the story about a
man down on his luck and the flower girl he loves. The iconic Tramp
has been seen both as a charming comic figure and a subversive force
over the years. A softened version of the Tramp as a quaint figure was
used in marketing campaigns, including IBM commercials in the 1970s.
There was even a Tramp brand of cigarettes. We can thank Chaplin,
who donated the costume, for the giving the Tramp a good home.
Member Preview Days for Becoming Los Angeles are July 11–13.
Peek between the bushes in the new
Nature Gardens starting June 9 and
you’ll see what looks like someone’s
overnight camping spot. The mini
white “tent,” it turns out, is actually
a Malaise trap, a clever invention for
catching the plentiful arthropods
in our new outdoor habitat. This
collection device is one of about
30 that NHM’s scientists are setting
up between downtown Los Angeles
and the Griffith Park area as part of
our BioSCAN project, or Biodiversity
Science: City and Nature. The goals?
To develop a good inventory of
L.A. insect diversity, and to see how
that differs between urban areas
and less-urbanized areas. That’s the
reason for the trap’s mini-weather
station, which measures air and soil
temperatures, humidity, and moistness.
That also means that we’ll have
thousands of insect samples to sort!
Stop in and watch, or volunteer,
in the new indoor Nature Lab when
the exhibition opens June 9.
Written by Dean Pentcheff
A celebrity suit Premieres at Becoming Los Angeles
Visit NHM.ORG for more information.
Natural History Family of Museums
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
Page Makes News World-class photographers, celebrities,
and television shows have been drawn
to the Page Museum at the La Brea
Tar Pits of late. This gorgeous photo
of the Smilodon puppet from Ice Age
Encounters was taken by Robb
Kendrick for National Geographic
magazine for a story about bringing
animals like saber-toothed cats back
from extinction. Our performing
arts team had to hold still for a photo,
which was developed onsite and
involved no photographic trickery.
The New York Times also used the
Pleistocene Garden, with its Ice Age
flora, as a backdrop for its Hollywood
issue. Actress Keira Knightley posed
in the garden while Amy Adams
took a moody shot inside. The Page
Museum also made an appearance
on the Today Show, which dropped
in on L.A.’s top destinations. Our
knowledgeable staffers gave the
crew a tour of the tar pit treasures
that will stick with them, and viewers,
for awhile.
William S. Hart Museum
A Woman’s HartThe silent force behind silent film
star William S. Hart was his sister,
advisor, and fellow writer, Mary
Ellen Hart. Now, the William S. Hart
Museum is celebrating the silent
movie star’s sibling in The Woman
Behind the Man, open now through
September 30. All of the artifacts in
this little exhibit haven’t been shown
before. Bill called Mary Ellen, who was
8 years younger, his “closest advisor”
when it came to developing stories
for his films. Her work fueled some
of the cowboy star’s most successful
movies, from The Narrow Trail to Hell’s
Hinges. Mary Ellen also had a hand
in the mansion’s design. She added
a dramatic high-end warming oven in
the dining room, and an airy bedroom
with private balconies. Her ladylike
accoutrements, including costume
jewelry and perfume bottles, will also
be on display. Visitors who breeze
through the Museum can get a whiff
of that silent partner’s influence.
Written by Jessica Portner
Of all the glistening eye-catchers in
the Gem and Mineral Hall, the one
with the most hidden talent might be
this fluorite. Eloïse Gaillou, Curator of
NHM’s Mineral Sciences Department,
which just won the Best Educational
Content award at the Tucson Gem and
Mineral Show, explained this versatile
mineral’s rep: It’s used to make
cavity-fighting toothpaste, and helps
us see better (thank fluorite for
microscope lenses and high-end
optical equipment). Fluorite literally
has superhero properties: the mineral
helps in the production of steel.
Add a tiny amount of rare earth
elements to fluorite and you’ll make
it turn blue, violet, red, yellow, and
green. But, despite its beauty, it
can’t be possessed. Easily scratched
and fragile, fluorite is not physically
fit enough for everyday jewelry.
“Diamonds are forever,” said Gaillou.
“Fluorite is not.” But you can
catch these evanescent sparklers,
alongside their fellow luminaries,
in the Gem and Mineral Hall every
day of the week.
Visit TARPITS.ORG.For more information, visit NHM.ORG/nature.
Visit HARTMUSEUM.ORG.
What’s in my
Toothpaste?
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Small wonders to see in the Nature Gardens, from top: One of the “trumpets” of a Listening Tree; a succulent in the Living Wall; and a butterfly chrysalis.
Come to the Grand Centennial and After Party June 8 and our 100th Birthday Bash on June 9, including a Member Preview of the Nature Gardens and Nature Lab. Visit NHM.ORG/100.
Amble into the outdoor space through our north
entrance off Exposition Blvd., via the footbridge,
or through the new indoor Nature Lab, and you’ll
be surrounded by more than 300 species of plants.
But the flora don’t just look good. Our gardening
experts have combined California native plants with
common nonnative greenery that have become
a typical part of the urban landscape. Each tree and
bush couldn’t guzzle too much water and had to
provide food and shelter for the shifting contingent
of crawling and flying inhabitants. Visitors to this
green space, and to its indoor companion, the
Nature Lab, will partner with NHM scientists who
are studying birds, butterflies, bugs, small mammals,
and reptiles. Many have enlisted in NHM’s citizen
science projects, and now the Nature Gardens will
be a shared field site for visitors, educators, and
scientists. A trip to an outdoor-indoor NHM can shift
visitors’ perspective, so they see every tree, freeway
overpass, or even porch light as a rich habitat.
“L.A. is the largest urban area in North America’s
only biodiversity hot spot, and our new Nature
Gardens are the place to see the amazing range of
wildlife that lives here,” said Dr. Karen Wise, NHM’s
Vice President of Education and Exhibits. “Here,
visitors can find out what we know about L.A.’s
wildlife, what we don’t know, and how they can help
us find out, with their eyes, ears, and cameras.”
Your BAckYArd And ours
Citizen scientists, of all ages and across L.A., have, for
years, been doing just that. They’ve spotted more than
6,000 web spinners as part of NHM’s Spider Survey
and found more than 225 lizards for the Lost Lizards
of Los Angeles Project (LLOLA). Their finds are helping
us piece together which species are abundant, a first
step in understanding why some creatures thrive and
others disappear. NHM has also begun a new region-
wide research project, Biodiversity Science: City and
Nature (BioSCAN) to create an inventory of insects
in the area by collecting at 30 sites in the region —
including the Nature Gardens. We’ve already installed
a Malaise trap, a flying insect collection device and
weather station, which NHM scientists say will yield
discoveries of new species every week.
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The Nature Gardens, designed by Mia Lehrer +
Associates, are alive with other activities, too.
When the doors of the Haaga Family Rotunda open
again to the public, look for a bountiful crop of citrus
trees, as well as vegetables and herbs popping out
of raised beds and pots. Nearby, in the Pollinator
Garden, it’s a butterfly, flower fly, and honey bee
wonderland. In the Get Dirty Zone, visitors can
poke around in the soil and compost bins and learn
about the roly-polies that thrive beneath their feet.
Another Nature Gardens experience is the
Listening Tree. Created by artist Alex Metcalf,
NHM’s project is the only permanent installation
of this work. Look for the silver “trumpets” in the
Urban Wilderness and hear the tree soak up water,
thanks to an amplification system that taps into
its roots. Some Nature Gardens inhabitants are shy
or nocturnal. So, we’ve installed motion-capture
surveillance cameras, or camera traps, so visitors can
spy on creatures in candid moments. A number of
best-of reels, including an opossum with her babies,
and a bathing Yellow-rumped Warbler, will play in
the Nature Lab, opening June 9. This 6,000-square-
foot indoor exhibition, featuring live animal habitats
and multimedia interactives, fills out the new
nature experiences at the Museum. Together,
Nature Gardens and the Nature Lab will share the
stories of L.A. wildlife in surprising new ways.
Hummingbirds dart between the snapdragon
bushes. Dragonflies hover above the pond where
butterflies sip nectar from flowering milkweed.
When the gates of our new Nature Gardens at
NHM open June 9, visitors will see how busy we’ve
been, turning 3½ acres of asphalt parking lots
into a giant living laboratory and field site where
they’ll happen upon Los Angeles wildlife in the
Museum’s front yard. They’ll see those same
creatures (often hidden from view) that share
our homes, yards, schools, and parks.
At Sustainable Sundays June 23, participate in a workshop on reenvisioning L.A.’s green spaces in the new Erika J. Glazer Family Edible Garden.
Find flutterers in the Nature Gardens and in the Butterfly Pavilion, open through September 2.
Free for members.
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When visitors make their inaugural
trek into NHM’s new Nature Lab,
opening June 9, they will discover,
within minutes of stepping into the
6,000-square-foot space, how truly
wild L.A. can be. Maybe it’s the
menagerie of live animals, from
harvester ants to a bullfrog, in a dozen
glass habitats. It could be the videos
of critters that Angelenos uncover
(sometimes literally) in their homes,
schools, and backyards. Or the other
ways a Nature Lab outing inspires
visitors to discover and share their
experiences about the wildlife flying,
crawling, and darting all around them.
Nature Lab is the indoor companion
to the 3 ½-acre Nature Gardens,
our giant living, outdoor laboratory,
also opening June 9. Together, they
mark the Museum’s transformation
into an outdoor-indoor NHM, an
unparalleled museum of living nature.
These complementary exhibits, a
public field site and lab, were also
created to highlight NHM’s scientific
survey of urban wildlife and to
showcase NHM’s biodiversity
research results as they happen.
“We are inviting people to
explore the nature that is all around
us, but which few of us ever notice,”
said Dr. Karen Wise, NHM’s Vice
President of Education and Exhibits.
“Most people don’t know that Los
Angeles is a part of the only biodiver-
sity hot spot in North America.
We’re inviting all Angelenos to put
on our nature eyes and ears and get
to know our wild neighbors.”
Nature Lab’s experiences convey
the extraordinary cacophony of sounds
and visual marvels in L.A. More than
200 specimens — from butterflies
to a mountain lion — are comple-
mented by live animals in specially
built habitats. Interspersed around
the lab are hundreds of videos (see
NHM’s ornithologist discuss parrots)
and still images of creatures spotted
by people in the Nature Gardens
and around greater L.A. The exhibit’s
dozen interactives include a screen for
creating urban wildlife soundscapes
(pick a cooing bird, add a howling
coyote, and mix in the sound of a
garbage truck, if you like). On long
tables are illustrated “memory maps,”
personal recollections of L.A. nature.
Look for one school’s illustration
of building a garden.
Nature Lab is bursting with
the stories of plants and animals that
survive — and even flourish — in the
city. Take the massive “dollhouse” that
shows us which critters (like crickets)
make our homes theirs. Look into
the eyes of our live rattlesnake, and
learn how this misunderstood reptile’s
territory has shifted over time. Visitors
can survey the L.A. Nature Map to see
what has been turning up here and in
their own neighborhoods. Lila Higgins,
NHM’s Citizen Science Manager, said
anyone can be an intrepid backyard
explorer: “A five-year-old is just as
likely to find a rare ladybug as any of
us — she’s out there looking.”
The Nature Lab and Nature Gardens Member Preview is Sunday, June 9, 9 am–12 pm. Visit NHM.ORG/100.
Come to our 100th Birthday Bash June 9 and see a light-and-sound spectacle in the new Otis Booth Pavilion. Visit NHM.ORG/100.
Nature at NHM Web Launch!As a complement to the Nature Gardens and
Nature Lab, we’ve just launched a dynamic
website, NHM.ORG/nature! Join NHM
scientists as they study species found in
Exposition Park and track changes in biodiver-
sity over time. Browse the interactive Nature Map and see Angelenos’
observations of L.A. wildlife. Watch footage from Nature Gardens
critter cams, and spy on seldom-seen creatures before stopping by!
L.A. Is More Wild Than You Think
When the glass-encased Otis Booth Pavilion,
the Museum’s new north entrance, opens June 9,
visitors will experience the monumental — both
inside and out. Created with a $13 million donation
from The Otis Booth Foundation, the six-story
pavilion is an engineering stunner created from
139,000 pounds of glass.
Just as magnificent, though, is what the
pavilion was built to showcase: the beloved 63-foot-
long fin whale specimen that has been on exhibit
inside for decades, now rearticulated to display the
grace and power of a whale in the midst of a dive.
“The fin whale skeleton has been a centerpiece
here almost from the start,” said Jim Dines, NHM’s
Mammalogy Collections Manager. “It’s emblematic
of the Museum’s transformation because it’s had
a makeover, too.”
The signature specimen was acquired by the
Museum in 1926 from the Sea Products whaling
station in Humboldt County, and then shipped by
train to Los Angeles. The fin whale, Balaenoptera
physal — the second-largest species of whale — has
been exhibited at NHM since 1944, but has shifted
location over the years to accommodate the growing
Museum’s exhibition needs. It was first suspended
from the ceiling in what is now the Age of Mammals.
More recently, visitors saw the majestic specimen
in a gallery, now the home of the new permanent
exhibition, Becoming Los Angeles, opening July 14.
NHM’S MIGHTY AMBASSADOR
Now the leviathan is in the pavilion, which is equipped
with a sound system so immersive that visitors will
be able to hear and feel what a real whale sounds like.
It will be “diving” in front of 33,600 red, blue, green,
and white LED lights — which can create a backdrop of
water, or shadows, or video that staffers can program.
The rigging and engineering is so complicated that
this 7,000-pound skeleton of the “greyhound of the
sea,” outfitted with a new armature, was hung first
and then the pavilion was erected around it. (Think
about framing up a ballroom, then hanging a Tiffany
chandelier, and then constructing walls and floors!)
“The Otis Booth Pavilion was always just a
hope and a dream,” said NHM President and Director
Jane G. Pisano. “It was an architectural rendering
that sat on our shelves for years — one that we hoped
we’d be able to pay for one day. The Otis Booth
Foundation made that dream a reality. It is a beacon
to the people of Los Angeles and beyond.”
dive inotis Booth Pavilion opens, A new Beacon for L.A.
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When our new exhibition, Becoming
Los Angeles, opens July 14, you’ll
explore a story only we can tell —
how the natural environment and
people interacted and transformed
L.A. over 500 years, from a small
outpost of the Spanish empire to a
global metropolis. We bring this
dramatic tale, full of entrepreneurial
bravado, territorial skirmishes, and
environmental alteration, to life
through artifacts carefully selected
from the Museum’s unparalleled
collection. Then we display the objects
in a modern, interactive 14,000-
square-foot gallery of glass and steel.
A lot of the treasures have never
been displayed. There’s an inscribed
sword from the Mexican War of
Independence, a 1902 Tourist auto-
mobile (originally manufactured in
downtown L.A.), a pump from an L.A.
oil field in the 1920s, and Walt Disney’s
animation stand built in his uncle’s
garage. An equally charismatic star of
the new exhibition is an 8- by 10 foot
model of downtown Los Angeles
built in 1939. Constructed as part of
the Works Progress Administration, a
federal program to boost employment
during the Great Depression, it’s
the last remaining section of a much
larger model. Peer down through the
glass case to a miniature downtown
L.A. without freeways. You’ll see
the greenery of Pershing Square and
the red clay Spanish tile roofs of
Union Station, miniature palm trees,
and even a building advertisement
hawking hosiery.
TAKE A TOurFor an interactive, overview tour
of L.A., we’ve created some special
guides. On the outskirts of the city
model are interactive touch pads
where visitors can explore 10 geo-
graphical “hot spots,” hear an audio
voiceover, and watch a slideshow.
This time-travel tour may take you
back to 1930s-era L.A., or usher
you to earlier years or the present.
“We are uncovering layers
of history of influential and ordinary
people and their stories — some
positive, some tragic, and some
controversial,” said Dr. William Estrada,
the Curator and Chair of History at
NHM. The stories are of Hollywood
legends, political heavyweights,
immigrants, or good places to eat.
“People can experience what hap-
pened in a particular place and time,
and hopefully find relevance today.”
One memorable fact on the
tour is the Old Plaza, across from
Union Station, where L.A. was born.
It was the public square in the 1820s,
when the Mexican ranchero society
reigned. Another highlight is Old
Chinatown and the extraordinary life
of a Chinese immigrant, Tyrus Wong, a
now 102-year-old artist and kite maker,
best known for creating the back-
ground art for the Disney film Bambi.
At the Pershing Square hotspots,
you’ll discover a story about the
original Clifton’s Cafeteria, a
welcoming eatery during the Great
Depression that featured a sign saying,
“Pay What You Can.” The Bunker Hill
stop unveils the Angels Flight cable
railway that ferried passengers just
350 feet to work and shop, one of the
model’s quirky transportation tidbits.
Dr. Margaret Hardin, NHM’s
Division Chief for History and
Anthropology, said that when the
model was in NHM’s Lando Hall
of California History, it was a visitor
favorite but was still a little mysteri-
ous. “Now we’ve conserved it and
activated it with these incredible
stories,” Dr. Hardin said, “We decided
to make it come alive.”
Meet Globetrotting Reptiles and Amphibians!
Scavenger’s Safari
Go behind the scenes with Herpetology Collections Manager Neftali Camacho and meet scaly lizards and slimy toads and go on a scavenger hunt throughout NHM! RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316 or e-mail [email protected].
Saturday, June 29
Free for Members at the Patron Family level and higher. Visit NHM.ORG/renew.
Calling All Volunteers!
summer WiTh The BuTTerfLies!
Free with timed-ticket reservations
at NHM.ORG/membertickets or
call 213.763.3426. Flutter up to the front
of the line with a Monarch Pass — free
for Patron Family members and higher.
Reserve your tickets today!
Open through September 2 10 am–5 pm
Share, explore, and learn at NHM this summer! Hold a T. rex tooth, learn how to spot a swallow in the air, and discover your own L.A. nature story.
If you’re 16 years or older, go to NHM.ORG/volunteer to apply, or call 213.763.3341.
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A New View of the CityThe Story of Becoming Los Angeles
Butterfly Pavilion Goes Native with More California Flutterers
Becoming Los Angeles opens July 14. Member Preview Days are July 11–13, 9:30 am–5 pm. Go to NHM.ORG.
Written by Jessica Portner
Our new, outdoor cinema series is in NHM’s Nature Gardens! The films will spotlight Los Angeles, past, present, and future, and will kick off the opening of NHM’s new permanent exhibition, Becoming Los Angeles. Come early for a discussion with NHM’s science experts and special guests.Saturday, July 13, and Fridays, July 19 and 26 and August 2. Movies begin immediately after sunset.
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At Home
A Pizza Patch?Before supermarkets, many people would grow
their own food. In our new Nature Gardens,
we are planting ingredients for your favorite meals. Our new Nature Gardens and Nature Lab are buzzing with bugs, birds, butterflies, and small mammals. See how many of these you can find around your home and ours.
Also called roly-polies, they roll themselves into balls when
poked.
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food scraps.
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discarded shreds from pill bugs,
creating good soil.
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At the Museum
Name That Animal These crawling, swimming, and burrowing live
animals are cared for by NHM’s animal keepers.
Read these clues and see if you can match
the animal with its nickname.
1 Joshua looks like a rattlesnake without the rattle!
2 Kermit is cute but toxic to touch.
3 Dandelion scurries around with her long-tailed pack.
4 Esmeralda looks like a lobster and prefers living in shallow ponds.
5 Poppy hides in shell when scared.
Answers: Clockwise from top left: 2. Newt, 1. Gopher snake, 3. Norway rat, 5. Western Pond Turtle, 4. Crayfish.
We have built a wild world for creatures of all kinds — and you!
Outside
Your Nature StoryHave you ever looked
closely at a bug in your
backyard, listened to
a bird’s song at home,
planted a seed at
school, or spotted
a lizard on a trail?
Everyone has a story
of discovering wild
things. What’s yours?
tomatoes
spinach
olivesbasil
cheeseWhich of these
pizza toppings does
not grow in a garden?
Did You Know?
Stars of the SoilIn the Get Dirty Zone in NHM’s
Nature Gardens, you can play in and
learn all about dirt! Pill bugs, famous
leaf shredders, will be there, too.
The indoor Nature Lab and outdoor Nature Gardens open Sunday, June 9. Visit NHM.ORG/100 for information about a special Member Preview from 9 am to 12 pm.
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100th BIRTHDAY BASH Sunday, June 9, 9 am–11 pmAll 100th Birthday Bash activities are free with membership on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit nhm.org/100 for more information. Sponsored by Ralph’s Food 4 Less.
Nature Lab and Nature Gardens: Member PreviewSunday, June 9, 9 am–12 pmVisit the Nature Lab and explore the 3½-acre Nature Gardens before they open to the public.
Scavenger’s Safari: Reptiles and Amphibians from Around the World Saturday, June 29Join Herpetology Collections Manager Neftali Camacho and meet scaly lizards and slimy toads from afar and go on a scavenger hunt. RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316.
Becoming Los Angeles: Member Preview DaysThursday, July 11 to Saturday, July 13, 9:30 am–5 pmAs a special benefit, see our new permanent exhibit on the cultural and natural history of L.A. before it opens to the public. Supported by JPMorgan Chase. Sponsored by Macy’s.
Becoming Los Angeles: Fellows VIP ReceptionFriday, July 12, 6 pmJoin President and Director Dr. Jane G. Pisano for a special night celebrating the opening of our new permanent exhibition. Call 213.763.3253 for more information.
Scavenger’s Safari: Digging for Dinosaurs Saturday, July 27Join Dinosaur Institute’s Paleontological Preparator Maureen Walsh for a look inside the Dino Lab. A scavenger hunt will follow. Free for Patron Family level members ($210) and higher. Call 213.763.3316 to RSVP.
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GRAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Saturday, June 8Support provided by JPMorgan Chase.
After Party8:30 pm–midnightDrop in for cocktails and dessert. Preview the Nature Lab and Nature Gardens. Tickets to the After Party are $125. To reserve a spot, call 213.763.3512 or visit nhm.org/centennial.
100th BIRTHDAY BASH Sunday, June 9, 9 am–11 pmNature Crawl 9 am–5 pmCelebrate the Museum’s centennial with gardening demos, guided nature walks, music, and behind-the-scenes tours. Science on Tap 5–11 pmCelebrate into the night with a light- and-sound spectacle in Otis Booth Pavilion, lectures, dancing, and an outdoor concert featuring DEVO. Visit nhm.org/100.
Dinosaur EncountersSaturdays and Sundays at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm; Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 1:30 pm. Visit nhm.org/calendar.
Critter Club: Desert Dwellers!Saturday, June 15, 10 am and 11 amCome meet extreme critters who call the desert home! Critter Clubs are for 3- to 5-year olds and a participating adult.
Junior Scientist: Centuries of Wonder Saturday, June 15, 10:30 am and 1:30 pmThe Museum is turning 100 this year. Explore how museums (not just ours) got their start! Junior Scientist is designed for 6- to 9-year-olds and their families.
Sustainable Sundays: L.A. LocalsJune 23, 9:30 am–5 pmEncounter some of our wildlife in NHM’s newest garden spaces. Workshop: Reenvisioning L.A. Gardens 10 am–12 pm Supported by Macy’s.
Overnight Adventures Friday, June 28, 6:30 pm
Camp Dino for Boys and Girls For ages 5 and above with participating adults. Call 213.763.3536 for more information.
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Becoming Los Angeles OpensJuly 14, 9:30 am–5 pmNHM’s new permanent exhibit chronicles how people and the environment in L.A. interacted over 500 years, and how that transformed a pueblo into a metropolis. Supported by JPMorgan Chase. Sponsored by Macy’s.
Dinosaur EncountersSaturdays and Sundays at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 1:30 pm
Ice Age Encounters Wednesdays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm Saturdays at 11 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:45 pm
Overnight Adventures Friday, July 26, 6:30 pmCome spend a night at the tar pits and get stuck in gooey activities, and take a flashlight tour. For ages 5 and up with participating adults.
Homeschool Day: Marvelous Mammals Wednesday, July 10, 9:30 am–5 pm
Homeschool Educator WorkshopSaturday, July 13, 9 am–1 pmExplore our new Nature Gardens and learn how you and your students can participate in documenting L.A.’s wildife!
Summer Movie Series Saturday, July 13; Fridays, July 19 and 26Bring your picnic and blanket and cozy up to watch a movie outdoors in our new Nature Gardens! We’ll explore the movies of Los Angeles, past, present, and future, and enjoy lighthearted discussion with NHM scientists and special guests. Movies begin immediately after sunset.
Members Only
If you look above the threshold to
the gallery housing NHM’s newest
exhibition, Becoming Los Angeles,
you will, quite fittingly, see the name
Kevin Sharer.
Though Sharer, now Chairman
Emeritus of the NHM Board of
Trustees, characterizes himself as
“more part of NHM’s past than its
future,” it’s hard to say what NHM’s
future would look like without him.
“Kevin has played such a key role
in the transformation of NHM for
so many years. It’s wonderful that
his name should be associated with
this unique new exhibition about
the confluence of natural and cultural
history that has turned L.A. into a
great modern metropolis,” says NHM
President and Director Jane G. Pisano.
Recently retired as CEO of Amgen
and living on the East Coast where he
is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business
School, Sharer first joined NHM’s
board in 1993. Over the years, he has
been part of the leadership team at
NHM — including Board President
and Chairman — that pushed for
NHM to fulfill the promise of its world-
class collections and take on a more
prominent cultural role in Los Angeles.
“The transformation of NHM
has exceeded my highest expectations,
and I’m immensely proud to have
been part of it,” says Sharer. “Becoming
Los Angeles meets the intellectual
and creative challenge of capturing the
diverse, rich, and important history
of L.A. in a way that evokes the spirit
of the place. It does everything an
exhibition is supposed to do: challenge,
provoke — and entertain.”
It also captures what Sharer
identifies as the most essential
quality of Los Angeles. “The spirit of
innovation that has been central to
the development of L.A. dating from
the early innovations in obtaining the
most fundamental resources like
water,” to what drives the present-day
growth of creative and biotechnology
companies like Amgen.
“Amgen depends on the
innovative ecosystem of L.A., educa-
tionally, medically, and scientifically,”
says Sharer. “And it is a place where
people love to live, so you can attract
the very best talent. Amgen couldn’t
have existed anywhere else.”
Sharer is proud to have part
of his legacy connected with NHM,
and considers the Museum a vital
part of his experience in a city that
has given him his “greatest successes
and joys of adult life.” He looks
forward to watching as others are
inspired by Becoming Los Angeles and
all that NHM has to offer, particularly
the Museum’s ability to engage a
new generation in a passion for science
and innovation. He’s relying on his
daughter Heather and the other
next-generation trustees under the
leadership of Sarah Meeker Jensen
and Pisano to steward the Museum
into the next century, so it can
continue to grow and evolve to
excite new audiences.
Kevin SharerNHM 100
Photo by Karen Knauer
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9 am–5 pm Nature CrawlBehind-the-scenes tours, gardening demos, and live music.
5–11 pm Science on TapPresented by First Fridays with concerts by DEVO and GZA/The Genius. See a light-and-sound spectacle in the Otis Booth Pavilion. Free member tickets available online on a first-come, first-served basis.
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