Little Miss HISTORY Travels to
La Brea TAR PITS & MUSEUM

Ever wonder about life in the Ice Age? Little Miss HISTORY travels back in time to the LA BREA TAR PITS & MUSEUM in her eighth adventure of the award-winning “Little Miss HISTORY Travels to” children’s book series.

Springs of liquid petroleum and a great lake of pitch, filled with exploding bubbles, once dotted the landscape of modern Los Angeles. At La Brea, scientists discovered fossils of plants and animals such as mammoths, sloths, and saber-toothed tigers that lived there thousands of years ago.

The George C. Page Museum features a glass-enclosed laboratory nicknamed the “Fishbowl,” where visitors can see scientists at work cleaning and cataloging recent fossil discoveries.

Visitors will discover wonders as they meander through the Pleistocene gardens, view an Ice Age film, and gaze down into the pits, but be careful! Watch out for those tar seeps.