Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is a museum located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. It is the largest natural and historical museum in the Western United States, with a collection of nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts covering 4.5 billion years of history, it is also home to the rarest gemstone in the world, Kyawthuite.
- Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: non-profit organisation in the USA
- Also known as: “LACM”, “LAM”, “Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History”, “Los Angeles Natural History Museum”, and “nhmlac.org”
- Address: 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and California Science Center.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Stadium
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 and completed in 1923 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is situated 1,200 feet south of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
California Science Center
Museum
The California Science Center is a state agency and science museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California. California Science Center is situated 820 feet southeast of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
USC Fisher Museum of Art
Museum
USC Fisher Museum of Art, formerly USC Fisher Gallery, which is affiliated with the University of Southern California, is the first art museum established in the city of Los Angeles. USC Fisher Museum of Art is situated 710 feet northeast of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Exposition Park and University Park.
Exposition Park
Suburb
Exposition Park is a neighborhood in the south region of Los Angeles, California. It is home to Exposition Park, which includes the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, BMO Stadium, the Exposition Rose Garden and three museums: the California African American Museum, the California Science Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
University Park
Quarter
University Park is a 1.17 square miles neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. The area includes the University of Southern California, and the residential neighborhoods located immediately north of the campus: North University Park, Chester Place and St.
Adams-Normandie
Quarter
Adams-Normandie is a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone in South Los Angeles, California.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Latitude
34.01709° or 34° 1′ 2″ north
Longitude
-118.28882° or 118° 17′ 20″ west
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
Height
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
85632P86+RF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լոս Անջելեսի բնության պատմության թանգարան”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Història Natural del Comtat de Los Angeles”
- Catalan: “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- Chinese: “洛杉磯縣自然歷史博物館”
- Dutch: “National History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- Dutch: “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- Esperanto: “Naturhistoria Muzeo de Kantono Los-Anĝeleso”
- French: “musée d’histoire naturelle du comté de Los Angeles”
- French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle du comté de Los Angeles”
- French: “Muséum d’histoire naturelle du comté de Los Angeles”
- German: “National History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- German: “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- German: “Naturhistorisches Museum LA”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון ההיסטוריה של לוס אנג’לס”
- Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Los Angeles County”
- Indonesian: “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- Japanese: “ロサンゼルス自然史博物館”
- Japanese: “ロサンゼルス郡立自然史博物館”
- Japanese: “ロサンゼルス郡自然史博物館”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی لس آنجلس”
- Persian: “موزهٔ تاریخ طبیعی لس آنجلس”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی لس انجلس”
- Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural do Condado de Los Angeles”
- Russian: “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- Russian: “Лос-Анджелесский музей естественной истории”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural del Condado de Los Angeles”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural del Condado de Los Ángeles”
- Swedish: “National History Museum of Los Angeles County”
- Ukrainian: “Лос-Анджелеський музей природознавства”
- Urdu: “نیچرل ہسٹری میوزیم آف لاس اینجلس کاؤنٹی”
- Welsh: “Amgueddfa Hanes Natur, Los Angeles”
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