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Becoming Los AngeLes

Step into NHM’s new exhibition and you’ll experience how people and the land shaped L.A., from its days as a tiny pueblo to a global metropolis. Enter the 14,000-square-foot galleries featuring an unparalleled collection of artifacts and take in a story only we can tell.

500 YeArs in reAL Time

Fellows VIP ReceptionFriday, July 12, 6 pm

Join President and Director Jane G. Pisano

for a private reception to celebrate

the Museum’s remarkable transformation.

To receive your invitation, join the Fellows

at NHM.ORG/fellows or call 213.763.3253.

Member Preview DaysThursday to Saturday, July 11–13 9:30 am–5 pm

Public OpeningSunday, July 14

Supported by Media Partner

In this issue of the Naturalist, we are thrilled to cele-

brate the transformation of the Museum, the opening

of the new Nature Gardens, a 3 ½-acre outdoor

exhibit, and the indoor component, Nature Lab.

With these remarkable exhibits, the Museum

has doubled its public space, and the role that has

become our signature — communicating science to

people of all ages — is growing as well. We have been

uniquely equipped to make tough-to-tackle scientific

topics captivating for all audiences inside NHM.

Now, as we open the doors to our giant living

laboratory, the Nature Gardens, we are opening the

world of science to even more visitors through our

programming. We will expand the reach of our

popular citizen science programs, where volunteers

observe wildlife in their backyards and schools, and

then continue that exploration with the Museum’s

scientists. We are launching new nature walks, where

visitors will see how every plant was chosen to be a

magnet for creatures, both native and introduced.

There will be a variety of gardening classes and

activities for all ages. Inside Nature Lab, visitors can

engage in hands-on activities and meet live animals —

all to help visitors understand how life on the planet

is changing and why it matters.

That focus on stewardship is also front and

center in Becoming Los Angeles. In this new permanent

exhibit, we will share stories about how people

and the environment interacted over centuries and

transformed Los Angeles into the city it is today.

When visitors walk through our new north

entrance, the Otis Booth Pavilion, we will connect

them as never before to both the nature of the past

and the nature living all around them. We hope you

will join us.

Jane G. Pisano President and Director

2 Briefs

4 A Nature Gardens Field Guide

6 Nature Lab Opens

8 A Model City

10 For Kids

12 NHM 100: Kevin Sharer

13 Events and Calendar

Cover photo by Mario de Lopez.

The Naturalist magazine is a publication of the

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

and is issued six times a year. As a member

benefit, each issue provides a look at Museum

exhibits, collections, adventures, research,

and events. Through them, we inspire wonder,

discovery, and responsibility for our natural

and cultural worlds.

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When Becoming Los Angeles, our new permanent exhibition, opens

July 14, there will be many stars among the objects in the 14,000-

square-foot gallery. But the “Tramp” costume that silent film legend

Charlie Chaplin wore in the 1931 Hollywood blockbuster City Lights

will emit an extra twinkle. It is the only complete Tramp costume

in existence and this is the first time in decades that it has been

displayed. Chaplin donated it shortly after filming the story about a

man down on his luck and the flower girl he loves. The iconic Tramp

has been seen both as a charming comic figure and a subversive force

over the years. A softened version of the Tramp as a quaint figure was

used in marketing campaigns, including IBM commercials in the 1970s.

There was even a Tramp brand of cigarettes. We can thank Chaplin,

who donated the costume, for the giving the Tramp a good home.

Member Preview Days for Becoming Los Angeles are July 11–13.

Peek between the bushes in the new

Nature Gardens starting June 9 and

you’ll see what looks like someone’s

overnight camping spot. The mini

white “tent,” it turns out, is actually

a Malaise trap, a clever invention for

catching the plentiful arthropods

in our new outdoor habitat. This

collection device is one of about

30 that NHM’s scientists are setting

up between downtown Los Angeles

and the Griffith Park area as part of

our BioSCAN project, or Biodiversity

Science: City and Nature. The goals?

To develop a good inventory of

L.A. insect diversity, and to see how

that differs between urban areas

and less-urbanized areas. That’s the

reason for the trap’s mini-weather

station, which measures air and soil

temperatures, humidity, and moistness.

That also means that we’ll have

thousands of insect samples to sort!

Stop in and watch, or volunteer,

in the new indoor Nature Lab when

the exhibition opens June 9.

Written by Dean Pentcheff

A celebrity suit Premieres at Becoming Los Angeles

Visit NHM.ORG for more information.

Natural History Family of Museums

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits

Page Makes News World-class photographers, celebrities,

and television shows have been drawn

to the Page Museum at the La Brea

Tar Pits of late. This gorgeous photo

of the Smilodon puppet from Ice Age

Encounters was taken by Robb

Kendrick for National Geographic

magazine for a story about bringing

animals like saber-toothed cats back

from extinction. Our performing

arts team had to hold still for a photo,

which was developed onsite and

involved no photographic trickery.

The New York Times also used the

Pleistocene Garden, with its Ice Age

flora, as a backdrop for its Hollywood

issue. Actress Keira Knightley posed

in the garden while Amy Adams

took a moody shot inside. The Page

Museum also made an appearance

on the Today Show, which dropped

in on L.A.’s top destinations. Our

knowledgeable staffers gave the

crew a tour of the tar pit treasures

that will stick with them, and viewers,

for awhile.

William S. Hart Museum

A Woman’s HartThe silent force behind silent film

star William S. Hart was his sister,

advisor, and fellow writer, Mary

Ellen Hart. Now, the William S. Hart

Museum is celebrating the silent

movie star’s sibling in The Woman

Behind the Man, open now through

September 30. All of the artifacts in

this little exhibit haven’t been shown

before. Bill called Mary Ellen, who was

8 years younger, his “closest advisor”

when it came to developing stories

for his films. Her work fueled some

of the cowboy star’s most successful

movies, from The Narrow Trail to Hell’s

Hinges. Mary Ellen also had a hand

in the mansion’s design. She added

a dramatic high-end warming oven in

the dining room, and an airy bedroom

with private balconies. Her ladylike

accoutrements, including costume

jewelry and perfume bottles, will also

be on display. Visitors who breeze

through the Museum can get a whiff

of that silent partner’s influence.

Written by Jessica Portner

Of all the glistening eye-catchers in

the Gem and Mineral Hall, the one

with the most hidden talent might be

this fluorite. Eloïse Gaillou, Curator of

NHM’s Mineral Sciences Department,

which just won the Best Educational

Content award at the Tucson Gem and

Mineral Show, explained this versatile

mineral’s rep: It’s used to make

cavity-fighting toothpaste, and helps

us see better (thank fluorite for

microscope lenses and high-end

optical equipment). Fluorite literally

has superhero properties: the mineral

helps in the production of steel.

Add a tiny amount of rare earth

elements to fluorite and you’ll make

it turn blue, violet, red, yellow, and

green. But, despite its beauty, it

can’t be possessed. Easily scratched

and fragile, fluorite is not physically

fit enough for everyday jewelry.

“Diamonds are forever,” said Gaillou.

“Fluorite is not.” But you can

catch these evanescent sparklers,

alongside their fellow luminaries,

in the Gem and Mineral Hall every

day of the week.

Visit TARPITS.ORG.For more information, visit NHM.ORG/nature.

Visit HARTMUSEUM.ORG.

What’s in my

Toothpaste?

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Small wonders to see in the Nature Gardens, from top: One of the “trumpets” of a Listening Tree; a succulent in the Living Wall; and a butterfly chrysalis.

Come to the Grand Centennial and After Party June 8 and our 100th Birthday Bash on June 9, including a Member Preview of the Nature Gardens and Nature Lab. Visit NHM.ORG/100.

Amble into the outdoor space through our north

entrance off Exposition Blvd., via the footbridge,

or through the new indoor Nature Lab, and you’ll

be surrounded by more than 300 species of plants.

But the flora don’t just look good. Our gardening

experts have combined California native plants with

common nonnative greenery that have become

a typical part of the urban landscape. Each tree and

bush couldn’t guzzle too much water and had to

provide food and shelter for the shifting contingent

of crawling and flying inhabitants. Visitors to this

green space, and to its indoor companion, the

Nature Lab, will partner with NHM scientists who

are studying birds, butterflies, bugs, small mammals,

and reptiles. Many have enlisted in NHM’s citizen

science projects, and now the Nature Gardens will

be a shared field site for visitors, educators, and

scientists. A trip to an outdoor-indoor NHM can shift

visitors’ perspective, so they see every tree, freeway

overpass, or even porch light as a rich habitat.

“L.A. is the largest urban area in North America’s

only biodiversity hot spot, and our new Nature

Gardens are the place to see the amazing range of

wildlife that lives here,” said Dr. Karen Wise, NHM’s

Vice President of Education and Exhibits. “Here,

visitors can find out what we know about L.A.’s

wildlife, what we don’t know, and how they can help

us find out, with their eyes, ears, and cameras.”

Your BAckYArd And ours

Citizen scientists, of all ages and across L.A., have, for

years, been doing just that. They’ve spotted more than

6,000 web spinners as part of NHM’s Spider Survey

and found more than 225 lizards for the Lost Lizards

of Los Angeles Project (LLOLA). Their finds are helping

us piece together which species are abundant, a first

step in understanding why some creatures thrive and

others disappear. NHM has also begun a new region-

wide research project, Biodiversity Science: City and

Nature (BioSCAN) to create an inventory of insects

in the area by collecting at 30 sites in the region —

including the Nature Gardens. We’ve already installed

a Malaise trap, a flying insect collection device and

weather station, which NHM scientists say will yield

discoveries of new species every week.

PLAnT, WATch, exPLore

The Nature Gardens, designed by Mia Lehrer +

Associates, are alive with other activities, too.

When the doors of the Haaga Family Rotunda open

again to the public, look for a bountiful crop of citrus

trees, as well as vegetables and herbs popping out

of raised beds and pots. Nearby, in the Pollinator

Garden, it’s a butterfly, flower fly, and honey bee

wonderland. In the Get Dirty Zone, visitors can

poke around in the soil and compost bins and learn

about the roly-polies that thrive beneath their feet.

Another Nature Gardens experience is the

Listening Tree. Created by artist Alex Metcalf,

NHM’s project is the only permanent installation

of this work. Look for the silver “trumpets” in the

Urban Wilderness and hear the tree soak up water,

thanks to an amplification system that taps into

its roots. Some Nature Gardens inhabitants are shy

or nocturnal. So, we’ve installed motion-capture

surveillance cameras, or camera traps, so visitors can

spy on creatures in candid moments. A number of

best-of reels, including an opossum with her babies,

and a bathing Yellow-rumped Warbler, will play in

the Nature Lab, opening June 9. This 6,000-square-

foot indoor exhibition, featuring live animal habitats

and multimedia interactives, fills out the new

nature experiences at the Museum. Together,

Nature Gardens and the Nature Lab will share the

stories of L.A. wildlife in surprising new ways.

Hummingbirds dart between the snapdragon

bushes. Dragonflies hover above the pond where

butterflies sip nectar from flowering milkweed.

When the gates of our new Nature Gardens at

NHM open June 9, visitors will see how busy we’ve

been, turning 3½ acres of asphalt parking lots

into a giant living laboratory and field site where

they’ll happen upon Los Angeles wildlife in the

Museum’s front yard. They’ll see those same

creatures (often hidden from view) that share

our homes, yards, schools, and parks.

At Sustainable Sundays June 23, participate in a workshop on reenvisioning L.A.’s green spaces in the new Erika J. Glazer Family Edible Garden.

Find flutterers in the Nature Gardens and in the Butterfly Pavilion, open through September 2.

Free for members.

NHM’s Nature Gardens Open

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When visitors make their inaugural

trek into NHM’s new Nature Lab,

opening June 9, they will discover,

within minutes of stepping into the

6,000-square-foot space, how truly

wild L.A. can be. Maybe it’s the

menagerie of live animals, from

harvester ants to a bullfrog, in a dozen

glass habitats. It could be the videos

of critters that Angelenos uncover

(sometimes literally) in their homes,

schools, and backyards. Or the other

ways a Nature Lab outing inspires

visitors to discover and share their

experiences about the wildlife flying,

crawling, and darting all around them.

Nature Lab is the indoor companion

to the 3 ½-acre Nature Gardens,

our giant living, outdoor laboratory,

also opening June 9. Together, they

mark the Museum’s transformation

into an outdoor-indoor NHM, an

unparalleled museum of living nature.

These complementary exhibits, a

public field site and lab, were also

created to highlight NHM’s scientific

survey of urban wildlife and to

showcase NHM’s biodiversity

research results as they happen.

“We are inviting people to

explore the nature that is all around

us, but which few of us ever notice,”

said Dr. Karen Wise, NHM’s Vice

President of Education and Exhibits.

“Most people don’t know that Los

Angeles is a part of the only biodiver-

sity hot spot in North America.

We’re inviting all Angelenos to put

on our nature eyes and ears and get

to know our wild neighbors.”

Nature Lab’s experiences convey

the extraordinary cacophony of sounds

and visual marvels in L.A. More than

200 specimens — from butterflies

to a mountain lion — are comple-

mented by live animals in specially

built habitats. Interspersed around

the lab are hundreds of videos (see

NHM’s ornithologist discuss parrots)

and still images of creatures spotted

by people in the Nature Gardens

and around greater L.A. The exhibit’s

dozen interactives include a screen for

creating urban wildlife soundscapes

(pick a cooing bird, add a howling

coyote, and mix in the sound of a

garbage truck, if you like). On long

tables are illustrated “memory maps,”

personal recollections of L.A. nature.

Look for one school’s illustration

of building a garden.

Nature Lab is bursting with

the stories of plants and animals that

survive — and even flourish — in the

city. Take the massive “dollhouse” that

shows us which critters (like crickets)

make our homes theirs. Look into

the eyes of our live rattlesnake, and

learn how this misunderstood reptile’s

territory has shifted over time. Visitors

can survey the L.A. Nature Map to see

what has been turning up here and in

their own neighborhoods. Lila Higgins,

NHM’s Citizen Science Manager, said

anyone can be an intrepid backyard

explorer: “A five-year-old is just as

likely to find a rare ladybug as any of

us — she’s out there looking.”

The Nature Lab and Nature Gardens Member Preview is Sunday, June 9, 9 am–12 pm. Visit NHM.ORG/100.

Come to our 100th Birthday Bash June 9 and see a light-and-sound spectacle in the new Otis Booth Pavilion. Visit NHM.ORG/100.

Nature at NHM Web Launch!As a complement to the Nature Gardens and

Nature Lab, we’ve just launched a dynamic

website, NHM.ORG/nature! Join NHM

scientists as they study species found in

Exposition Park and track changes in biodiver-

sity over time. Browse the interactive Nature Map and see Angelenos’

observations of L.A. wildlife. Watch footage from Nature Gardens

critter cams, and spy on seldom-seen creatures before stopping by!

L.A. Is More Wild Than You Think

When the glass-encased Otis Booth Pavilion,

the Museum’s new north entrance, opens June 9,

visitors will experience the monumental — both

inside and out. Created with a $13 million donation

from The Otis Booth Foundation, the six-story

pavilion is an engineering stunner created from

139,000 pounds of glass.

Just as magnificent, though, is what the

pavilion was built to showcase: the beloved 63-foot-

long fin whale specimen that has been on exhibit

inside for decades, now rearticulated to display the

grace and power of a whale in the midst of a dive.

“The fin whale skeleton has been a centerpiece

here almost from the start,” said Jim Dines, NHM’s

Mammalogy Collections Manager. “It’s emblematic

of the Museum’s transformation because it’s had

a makeover, too.”

The signature specimen was acquired by the

Museum in 1926 from the Sea Products whaling

station in Humboldt County, and then shipped by

train to Los Angeles. The fin whale, Balaenoptera

physal — the second-largest species of whale — has

been exhibited at NHM since 1944, but has shifted

location over the years to accommodate the growing

Museum’s exhibition needs. It was first suspended

from the ceiling in what is now the Age of Mammals.

More recently, visitors saw the majestic specimen

in a gallery, now the home of the new permanent

exhibition, Becoming Los Angeles, opening July 14.

NHM’S MIGHTY AMBASSADOR

Now the leviathan is in the pavilion, which is equipped

with a sound system so immersive that visitors will

be able to hear and feel what a real whale sounds like.

It will be “diving” in front of 33,600 red, blue, green,

and white LED lights — which can create a backdrop of

water, or shadows, or video that staffers can program.

The rigging and engineering is so complicated that

this 7,000-pound skeleton of the “greyhound of the

sea,” outfitted with a new armature, was hung first

and then the pavilion was erected around it. (Think

about framing up a ballroom, then hanging a Tiffany

chandelier, and then constructing walls and floors!)

“The Otis Booth Pavilion was always just a

hope and a dream,” said NHM President and Director

Jane G. Pisano. “It was an architectural rendering

that sat on our shelves for years — one that we hoped

we’d be able to pay for one day. The Otis Booth

Foundation made that dream a reality. It is a beacon

to the people of Los Angeles and beyond.”

dive inotis Booth Pavilion opens, A new Beacon for L.A.

Written by Jessica Portner Photography by Karen Knauer

Written by Jessica Portner Photography by Karen Knauer

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When our new exhibition, Becoming

Los Angeles, opens July 14, you’ll

explore a story only we can tell —

how the natural environment and

people interacted and transformed

L.A. over 500 years, from a small

outpost of the Spanish empire to a

global metropolis. We bring this

dramatic tale, full of entrepreneurial

bravado, territorial skirmishes, and

environmental alteration, to life

through artifacts carefully selected

from the Museum’s unparalleled

collection. Then we display the objects

in a modern, interactive 14,000-

square-foot gallery of glass and steel.

A lot of the treasures have never

been displayed. There’s an inscribed

sword from the Mexican War of

Independence, a 1902 Tourist auto-

mobile (originally manufactured in

downtown L.A.), a pump from an L.A.

oil field in the 1920s, and Walt Disney’s

animation stand built in his uncle’s

garage. An equally charismatic star of

the new exhibition is an 8- by 10 foot

model of downtown Los Angeles

built in 1939. Constructed as part of

the Works Progress Administration, a

federal program to boost employment

during the Great Depression, it’s

the last remaining section of a much

larger model. Peer down through the

glass case to a miniature downtown

L.A. without freeways. You’ll see

the greenery of Pershing Square and

the red clay Spanish tile roofs of

Union Station, miniature palm trees,

and even a building advertisement

hawking hosiery.

TAKE A TOurFor an interactive, overview tour

of L.A., we’ve created some special

guides. On the outskirts of the city

model are interactive touch pads

where visitors can explore 10 geo-

graphical “hot spots,” hear an audio

voiceover, and watch a slideshow.

This time-travel tour may take you

back to 1930s-era L.A., or usher

you to earlier years or the present.

“We are uncovering layers

of history of influential and ordinary

people and their stories — some

positive, some tragic, and some

controversial,” said Dr. William Estrada,

the Curator and Chair of History at

NHM. The stories are of Hollywood

legends, political heavyweights,

immigrants, or good places to eat.

“People can experience what hap-

pened in a particular place and time,

and hopefully find relevance today.”

One memorable fact on the

tour is the Old Plaza, across from

Union Station, where L.A. was born.

It was the public square in the 1820s,

when the Mexican ranchero society

reigned. Another highlight is Old

Chinatown and the extraordinary life

of a Chinese immigrant, Tyrus Wong, a

now 102-year-old artist and kite maker,

best known for creating the back-

ground art for the Disney film Bambi.

At the Pershing Square hotspots,

you’ll discover a story about the

original Clifton’s Cafeteria, a

welcoming eatery during the Great

Depression that featured a sign saying,

“Pay What You Can.” The Bunker Hill

stop unveils the Angels Flight cable

railway that ferried passengers just

350 feet to work and shop, one of the

model’s quirky transportation tidbits.

Dr. Margaret Hardin, NHM’s

Division Chief for History and

Anthropology, said that when the

model was in NHM’s Lando Hall

of California History, it was a visitor

favorite but was still a little mysteri-

ous. “Now we’ve conserved it and

activated it with these incredible

stories,” Dr. Hardin said, “We decided

to make it come alive.”

Meet Globetrotting Reptiles and Amphibians!

Scavenger’s Safari

Go behind the scenes with Herpetology Collections Manager Neftali Camacho and meet scaly lizards and slimy toads and go on a scavenger hunt throughout NHM! RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316 or e-mail [email protected].

Saturday, June 29

Free for Members at the Patron Family level and higher. Visit NHM.ORG/renew.

Calling All Volunteers!

summer WiTh The BuTTerfLies!

Free with timed-ticket reservations

at NHM.ORG/membertickets or

call 213.763.3426. Flutter up to the front

of the line with a Monarch Pass — free

for Patron Family members and higher.

Reserve your tickets today!

Open through September 2 10 am–5 pm

Share, explore, and learn at NHM this summer! Hold a T. rex tooth, learn how to spot a swallow in the air, and discover your own L.A. nature story.

If you’re 16 years or older, go to NHM.ORG/volunteer to apply, or call 213.763.3341.

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A New View of the CityThe Story of Becoming Los Angeles

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Becoming Los Angeles opens July 14. Member Preview Days are July 11–13, 9:30 am–5 pm. Go to NHM.ORG.


Our new, outdoor cinema series is in NHM’s Nature Gardens! The films will spotlight Los Angeles, past, present, and future, and will kick off the opening of NHM’s new permanent exhibition, Becoming Los Angeles. Come early for a discussion with NHM’s science experts and special guests.Saturday, July 13, and Fridays, July 19 and 26 and August 2. Movies begin immediately after sunset.

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At Home

A Pizza Patch?Before supermarkets, many people would grow

their own food. In our new Nature Gardens,

we are planting ingredients for your favorite meals. Our new Nature Gardens and Nature Lab are buzzing with bugs, birds, butterflies, and small mammals. See how many of these you can find around your home and ours.

Also called roly-polies, they roll themselves into balls when

poked.

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They shred leaves and

food scraps.

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Tiny microbes get to work on

discarded shreds from pill bugs,

creating good soil.

3They’re not

insects! They are related to crabs

and shrimps.

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At the Museum

Name That Animal These crawling, swimming, and burrowing live

animals are cared for by NHM’s animal keepers.

Read these clues and see if you can match

the animal with its nickname.

1 Joshua looks like a rattlesnake without the rattle!

2 Kermit is cute but toxic to touch.

3 Dandelion scurries around with her long-tailed pack.

4 Esmeralda looks like a lobster and prefers living in shallow ponds.

5 Poppy hides in shell when scared.

Answers: Clockwise from top left: 2. Newt, 1. Gopher snake, 3. Norway rat, 5. Western Pond Turtle, 4. Crayfish.

We have built a wild world for creatures of all kinds — and you!

Outside

Your Nature StoryHave you ever looked

closely at a bug in your

backyard, listened to

a bird’s song at home,

planted a seed at

school, or spotted

a lizard on a trail?

Everyone has a story

of discovering wild

things. What’s yours?

tomatoes

spinach

olivesbasil

cheeseWhich of these

pizza toppings does

not grow in a garden?

Did You Know?

Stars of the SoilIn the Get Dirty Zone in NHM’s

Nature Gardens, you can play in and

learn all about dirt! Pill bugs, famous

leaf shredders, will be there, too.

The indoor Nature Lab and outdoor Nature Gardens open Sunday, June 9. Visit NHM.ORG/100 for information about a special Member Preview from 9 am to 12 pm.

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100th BIRTHDAY BASH Sunday, June 9, 9 am–11 pmAll 100th Birthday Bash activities are free with membership on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit nhm.org/100 for more information. Sponsored by Ralph’s Food 4 Less.

Nature Lab and Nature Gardens: Member PreviewSunday, June 9, 9 am–12 pmVisit the Nature Lab and explore the 3½-acre Nature Gardens before they open to the public.

Scavenger’s Safari: Reptiles and Amphibians from Around the World Saturday, June 29Join Herpetology Collections Manager Neftali Camacho and meet scaly lizards and slimy toads from afar and go on a scavenger hunt. RSVP required. Call 213.763.3316.

Becoming Los Angeles: Member Preview DaysThursday, July 11 to Saturday, July 13, 9:30 am–5 pmAs a special benefit, see our new permanent exhibit on the cultural and natural history of L.A. before it opens to the public. Supported by JPMorgan Chase. Sponsored by Macy’s.

Becoming Los Angeles: Fellows VIP ReceptionFriday, July 12, 6 pmJoin President and Director Dr. Jane G. Pisano for a special night celebrating the opening of our new permanent exhibition. Call 213.763.3253 for more information.

Scavenger’s Safari: Digging for Dinosaurs Saturday, July 27Join Dinosaur Institute’s Paleontological Preparator Maureen Walsh for a look inside the Dino Lab. A scavenger hunt will follow. Free for Patron Family level members ($210) and higher. Call 213.763.3316 to RSVP.

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100th BIRTHDAY BASH Sunday, June 9, 9 am–11 pmNature Crawl 9 am–5 pmCelebrate the Museum’s centennial with gardening demos, guided nature walks, music, and behind-the-scenes tours. Science on Tap 5–11 pmCelebrate into the night with a light- and-sound spectacle in Otis Booth Pavilion, lectures, dancing, and an outdoor concert featuring DEVO. Visit nhm.org/100.

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Critter Club: Desert Dwellers!Saturday, June 15, 10 am and 11 amCome meet extreme critters who call the desert home! Critter Clubs are for 3- to 5-year olds and a participating adult.

Junior Scientist: Centuries of Wonder Saturday, June 15, 10:30 am and 1:30 pmThe Museum is turning 100 this year. Explore how museums (not just ours) got their start! Junior Scientist is designed for 6- to 9-year-olds and their families.

Sustainable Sundays: L.A. LocalsJune 23, 9:30 am–5 pmEncounter some of our wildlife in NHM’s newest garden spaces. Workshop: Reenvisioning L.A. Gardens 10 am–12 pm Supported by Macy’s.

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Becoming Los Angeles OpensJuly 14, 9:30 am–5 pmNHM’s new permanent exhibit chronicles how people and the environment in L.A. interacted over 500 years, and how that transformed a pueblo into a metropolis. Supported by JPMorgan Chase. Sponsored by Macy’s.

Dinosaur EncountersSaturdays and Sundays at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 1:30 pm

Ice Age Encounters Wednesdays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm Saturdays at 11 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:45 pm

Overnight Adventures Friday, July 26, 6:30 pmCome spend a night at the tar pits and get stuck in gooey activities, and take a flashlight tour. For ages 5 and up with participating adults.

Homeschool Day: Marvelous Mammals Wednesday, July 10, 9:30 am–5 pm

Homeschool Educator WorkshopSaturday, July 13, 9 am–1 pmExplore our new Nature Gardens and learn how you and your students can participate in documenting L.A.’s wildife!

Summer Movie Series Saturday, July 13; Fridays, July 19 and 26Bring your picnic and blanket and cozy up to watch a movie outdoors in our new Nature Gardens! We’ll explore the movies of Los Angeles, past, present, and future, and enjoy lighthearted discussion with NHM scientists and special guests. Movies begin immediately after sunset.

Members Only

If you look above the threshold to

the gallery housing NHM’s newest

exhibition, Becoming Los Angeles,

you will, quite fittingly, see the name

Kevin Sharer.

Though Sharer, now Chairman

Emeritus of the NHM Board of

Trustees, characterizes himself as

“more part of NHM’s past than its

future,” it’s hard to say what NHM’s

future would look like without him.

“Kevin has played such a key role

in the transformation of NHM for

so many years. It’s wonderful that

his name should be associated with

this unique new exhibition about

the confluence of natural and cultural

history that has turned L.A. into a

great modern metropolis,” says NHM

President and Director Jane G. Pisano.

Recently retired as CEO of Amgen

and living on the East Coast where he

is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business

School, Sharer first joined NHM’s

board in 1993. Over the years, he has

been part of the leadership team at

NHM — including Board President

and Chairman — that pushed for

NHM to fulfill the promise of its world-

class collections and take on a more

prominent cultural role in Los Angeles.

“The transformation of NHM

has exceeded my highest expectations,

and I’m immensely proud to have

been part of it,” says Sharer. “Becoming

Los Angeles meets the intellectual

and creative challenge of capturing the

diverse, rich, and important history

of L.A. in a way that evokes the spirit

of the place. It does everything an

exhibition is supposed to do: challenge,

provoke — and entertain.”

It also captures what Sharer

identifies as the most essential

quality of Los Angeles. “The spirit of

innovation that has been central to

the development of L.A. dating from

the early innovations in obtaining the

most fundamental resources like

water,” to what drives the present-day

growth of creative and biotechnology

companies like Amgen.

“Amgen depends on the

innovative ecosystem of L.A., educa-

tionally, medically, and scientifically,”

says Sharer. “And it is a place where

people love to live, so you can attract

the very best talent. Amgen couldn’t

have existed anywhere else.”

Sharer is proud to have part

of his legacy connected with NHM,

and considers the Museum a vital

part of his experience in a city that

has given him his “greatest successes

and joys of adult life.” He looks

forward to watching as others are

inspired by Becoming Los Angeles and

all that NHM has to offer, particularly

the Museum’s ability to engage a

new generation in a passion for science

and innovation. He’s relying on his

daughter Heather and the other

next-generation trustees under the

leadership of Sarah Meeker Jensen

and Pisano to steward the Museum

into the next century, so it can

continue to grow and evolve to

excite new audiences.

Kevin SharerNHM 100

Photo by Karen Knauer


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9 am–12 pmMembers-only preview of the new Nature Gardens and Nature Lab.

9 am–5 pm Nature CrawlBehind-the-scenes tours, gardening demos, and live music.

5–11 pm Science on TapPresented by First Fridays with concerts by DEVO and GZA/The Genius. See a light-and-sound spectacle in the Otis Booth Pavilion. Free member tickets available online on a first-come, first-served basis.

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