La Brea Tar Pits to close on July 6 for renovation

The long awaited renovation of the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum is now on the horizon.

Officials with the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County announced last week that the Mid-Wilshire museum is set to close for two years on July 6 to allow the construction of the first phase of a $240-million revamp. A Weiss/Manfredi-designed master plan for the complex, approved in February 2025, calls for a renovation and expansion of the existing Page Museum, the removal and expansion of berms to accommodate new outdoor gathering areas and access points to the museum, as well as adding or replacing signage, lighting, landscaping, and furniture across the 13-acre site.

Other components of the master plan, including new entrance pavilions, new walkways, a new parking lot, and a new research building, would be built in a later phase.

Phase one construction is expected to commence in before the end of the year and be completed by in mid-2028.

The full master plan, which is proposed to be built over a roughly seven-year period, ensures that construction will continue on Museum Row for the foreseeable future. LACMA's David Geffen Galleries, a Peter Zumthor-designed structure which spans across Wilshire Boulevard, is set to open in the coming days next door.

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