Discover your world past and present at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. See dinosaurs in the new Dinosaur Hall, featuring the world’s only Tyrannosaurus rex growth series! Get the behind-the-scenes look at how scientists work on fossils at the Dino Lab. View 240 specimens, including skeletons from mastodons to whales, animal dioramas from North America and Africa, and more. Stroll through the extensive Nature Gardens and discover true stories about plants and animals in the Nature Lab. See and touch more than 2,000 spectacular specimens displayed in the Gem and Mineral Hall, and enter into the vault to view diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and other exquisite gems.