Etan Does LA 123: Natural History Museum | Los Angeles history

The Natural History Museum is famous for its awe-inspiring dinosaur skeletons (many excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits) and halls of taxidermied animals. But did you know that it once devoted a third of its exhibition space to art? Or that for decades before the museum was opened, Exposition Park was a hotbed of illicit activity like drinking, gambling and...camel racing? Here's an unnaturally brief history of the Natural History Museum.
I'm visiting all the landmarks in LA County listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Read more about this one and many more at etandoesla.com...
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