Title supplied by cataloger. Located at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard and opened in 1977, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries rests on the center of an artificial mound that resembles the ruins of a Mayan temple, with visitors following a ramp well below the ground surface to enter. La Brea Tar Pits and the Page Museum were rebranded together in 2015 to become La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Visitors walking and cycling outside the George C. Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits in the late afternoon. At the top of the museum is a 10-foot-high, 4-sided fiberglass frieze, representing animals and plants in a depiction of Pleistocene life at the La Brea Tar Pits, by sculptor Manuel Paz.
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image
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1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm. Photographic color slides
La Brea Pits (Calif.) Science museums George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries Trees Walkways Lawns Bicycles Exterior lighting California Historical Landmarks National Natural Landmarks Program (U.S.) Friezes Paz, Manuel Thornton, Fagan, and Associates Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Park) Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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