Last Saturday, I went to Natural History Museum of Los Angeles with a friend. We were there for over two hours, so there were a lot of photos.

(Current main entrance)

(The original 1913 building and former main entrance)

After entering the southern entrance and passing ticket counters, we were immediately greeted by a spacious hall graced by an impressive pair of T. Rex  and triceratops fossils.

First, we visited the Dino Hall, with a mamenchisaurus fossil that dwarfs everything in the room.

Surprisingly, it extended into a second room.

And the second room is connected to an ornate rotanda with marble walls, and the “Three Muses” (History, Science, and Art) graces its center as they had for the last century.

The beautiful colored stained glass skylight at the apex of the rotunda

View of the rose garden from the former main entrance.

View from the mezzanine level

As we explored the displays in the rotunda area, we came to the Age of Mammals exhibit.

After the viewing all the fossils, we continued on… (to be continued)