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The seasonal Butterfly Pavilion at Natural History Museum (NHM) of Los Angeles is filled with 400 to 500 butterflies from 25 different species. This seasonal exhibit is located outside on the south side of the Museum.  Your time in the Pavilion is limited to 20 or 30 minutes, which is enough. You will see up close how butterflies use their tubular mouthparts to obtain nectar and caterpillars feed on leaves and go through the process of their transformation into adults. 🐛 There are butterfly identification cards available and NHM Interpreters are around to answer any questions. There are a big variety of insect and plant species in the Pavilion: 20 species of California natives such as the monarch, mourning cloak, and buckeye 10 species of subtropical varieties from south Florida and Texas, such as the malachite and the grey cracker.  

The Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum (NHM)  in Los Angeles is a dynamic and exciting exploration into the ongoing discovery of dinosaur fossils. Inside are more than 300 real fossils, 20 complete dinosaurs and ancient sea creatures.  The visitor can see the Tyrannosaurus Rex growth series . It is the only series of its kind in the world and consists of a baby, juvenile and sub-adult T-Rex. The baby T-Rex at NHM is the youngest known T-Rex fossil in the world. Also amazing is a 25-foot Triceratops assembled from four different discoveries. The specimen has prompted researchers to revise their beliefs on how the animal positioned its hands.

To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, the California Science Center presents KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh . The tomb was first discovered by British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922, which was more than 3,000 years after his death.  The exhibit features more than 150 artifact s from the young king's tomb, many of which were actually used by him in both life and death. Those artifacts comprise items like gold jewelry, gilded wood furniture and "ornate ritual objects". Nearly half of the items on display will be leaving Egypt for the first and last time. Visitors can follow King Tut as he journeys from death through the underworld to find his place in the afterlife, learning how each burial artifact was used to assist him in his life-after-death journey.  The exhibition started on March 24 and will stay open until January 2019, which is when the exhibit will head to Europe.