Los Angeles County Museums

Sunday, March 8, we visited the LaBrea Tar Pits and the Los Angeles County Museums with friend Margaret. We joined a tour at LaBrea, where the guide explained that, in spite of the posed mammoth "stuck" in the tar, it was a rare event which seldom occurred over hundreds of thousands of years. The Museum is currently excavating a mammoth which is nearly intact. It was discovered while preparing to build a parking lot for the museum. The mammoth may be the most complete skeleton discovered. It will take a number of years to complete its removal from the tar pit.

We also visited the LA Art Museum, which included an outdoor display of street lights. Inside the museum, one of the major exhibits was of German World War II artworks. The German works were disturbing works depicting a troubled time. We were unable to take pictures inside the museum.