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”, “Museo de Historia Natural del Condado de Los Angeles”, “Muséum d’histoire naturelle du comté de Los Angeles”, “nhmlac.org”, “موزهٔ تاریخ طبیعی لس آنجلس”, “موزه تاریخ طبیعی لس انجلس”, “ロサンゼルス自然史博物館”, and “ロサンゼルス郡立自然史博物館”
- Address: 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and California Science Center.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Stadium
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California Science Center
Museum
The California Science Center is a state agency and… 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… 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.
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
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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”
- 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”
- 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: “ロサンゼルス郡自然史博物館”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ طبیعی لس آنجلس”
- Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural do Condado de Los Angeles”
- Russian: “Лос-Анджелесский музей естественной истории”
- 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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