The La Brea Tar Pits’ makeover team is adding new members. Lori Bettison-Varga, the president and director of the National History Museums of Los Angeles County, announced today that the La Brea ...

It’s a great honor that KDJ has been chosen to design La Brea Tar Pits' new exhibition galleries. The Tar Pits is such a fascinating place for so many reasons, including being the only urban ...

WEISS/MANFREDI’s design features a bridge across the Lake Pit at La Brea Tar Pits. (WEISS/MANFREDI/Courtesy NHMLAC) The Amsterdam-based firm will work with museum staff and lead architect WEISS ...

Following recent news that Los Angeles-based Gruen Associates will join the Weiss/Manfredi-led design team tasked with reimagining L.A.’s famed La Brea Tar Pits in the role of executive architect, the ...

Gayle Anderson reports on how new research between paleontologists at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Klapper at Cedars-Sinai could enhance patient care.

The tar pits were death traps—but still support life. In 2007, scientists discovered about 200 species of microorganisms ...

The San Mateo County Historical Association announced a first-of-its-kind research collaboration with the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits earlier this month.

The La Brea Tar Pits exhibit was based on a discovery in the 1940s and 1950s of large woolly mammoth bones. It caused a huge amount of excitement in the city. By the 70s there were much smaller ...

Exhibition design firm Kossmanndejong joins Weiss/Manfredi alongside architect lead Gruen Associates in La Brea Tar Pits' ongoing revamp.

Exhibition design firm Kossmanndejong joins Weiss/Manfredi alongside architect lead Gruen Associates in La Brea Tar Pits' ongoing revamp.