The Civic Green and Loop is a dynamic, accessible community hub offering daily wellness programs, lively daytime gatherings, and evening events, all seamlessly connected by half a kilometer of park pathways to public amenities.
This is a legacy-making project.
Now is the time to reimagine what La Brea Tar Pits can mean to the planet and our shared story.
We invite you to join us.
Explore opportunities by tier and save the ones that inspire you.
Tier A $20M–$40M
5 opportunitiesCivic Green & Loop
$30 Million
Civic Green & Loop (Exterior)
Giving Level
$30 Million
Exhibition Galleries
$25 Million
Exhibition Galleries (Interior)
By naming the four Exhibition Galleries—Science Education Hall, Ice Age Hall, Holocene Hall, and Fossil Hall—donors can permanently link their legacy to the museum’s core interior learning spaces and immersive historical journeys.
Giving Level
$25 Million
Courtyard
$25 Million
Courtyard (Exterior)
Nestled at the center of the new museum, the LBTP Courtyard is a dynamic indoor/outdoor sanctuary featuring bronze statues and seamless access from the Pavilion, creating an inspiring backdrop for events, lectures, and community gatherings.
Giving Level
$25 Million
Lake Pit
$20 Million
Lake Pit (Exterior)
As an iconic focal point of the site, the Lake Pit offers donors the opportunity to anchor their legacy to the museum’s historic, bubbling asphalt lake where prehistoric discoveries first came to light.
Giving Level
$20 Million
Terrace
$20 Million
Terrace (Exterior)
Perched atop the museum, The Terrace offers an elevated outdoor retreat for guests to gather, relax, and socialise, complete with scenic views and lively experiences.
Giving Level
$20 Million
Tier B $10M–$19.9M
7 opportunitiesVisibile Collections
$15 Million
Visibile Collections (Interior)
The Visible Collections offer a captivating window into 3.5 million specimens through dynamic, glass-enclosed displays and live-view research labs that highlight the extraordinary quantity, diversity, and quality of La Brea Tar Pits fossils.
Giving Level
$15 Million
Discovery Hall
$10 Million
Discovery Hall (Interior)
Visible through a sweeping glass wall from the Civic Green, Discovery Hall serves as the museum’s dramatic entrance, captivating visitors with striking Ice Age animal mounts and immersive displays of prehistoric Los Angeles.
Giving Level
$10 Million
Lobby
$10 Million
Lobby (Interior)
Serving as the primary entrance to the reimagined museum, The Lobby welcomes visitors into a bright, dynamic space designed to seamlessly orient guests and kick off their journey into prehistoric Los Angeles.
Giving Level
$10 Million
Pavilion
$10 Million
Pavilion (Interior)
Acting as a seamless bridge between interior exhibits and the central courtyard, The Pavilion offers a versatile space designed to host dynamic lectures, special events, and community gatherings.
Giving Level
$10 Million
Breezeway
$10 Million
Breezeway (Exterior)
Serving as a shaded, open-air gateway to the reimagined campus, The Breezeway is a central crossroads for school group orientations, guided tours, and casual gatherings, seamlessly connecting the new museum entrance to the Civic Green.
Giving Level
$10 Million
Promenade
$10 Million
Promenade (Exterior)
Encircling the Civic Green, The Promenade is an accessible, scenic ramp featuring a deep-time learning experience along its railing that guides visitors on an interactive journey through our history.
Giving Level
$10 Million
Frieze
$10 Million
Frieze (Exterior)
Preserving one of the campus’s most recognizable artistic features, The Frieze offers donors a prestigious opportunity to link their legacy to the iconic relief sculpture that crowns the museum’s historic architecture.
Giving Level
$10 Million
Tier C $5M–$9.9M
8 opportunitiesScience Education Hall
$7.5 Million
Science Education Hall (Interior)
The Science Education Hall is an interactive learning hub where visitors explore paleontology firsthand through hands-on discovery kiosks, interactive digital tools, and iconic exhibits like the Tar Pit Excavation Wall and Dire Wolf Wall.
Giving Level
$7.5 Million
Theater
$7.5 Million
Theater (Interior)
Equipped with modern audiovisual technology, The Theater offers an immersive venue for multimedia presentations, guest lectures, and educational films that bring the prehistoric world of La Brea Tar Pits to life.
Giving Level
$7.5 Million
Education Grove
$7.5 Million
Education Grove (Exterior)
Replacing the original entrance, The Education Grove provides a shaded, stepped-seating outdoor classroom for school group orientations and event receptions, featuring clear glass views of the iconic Dire Wolf Wall.
Giving Level
$7.5 Million
Fossil Hall
$5 Million
Fossil Hall (Interior)
Fossil Hall immerses visitors in Ice Age Los Angeles through dynamic mounted scenes—like a dramatic mammoth fight and an entrapment event along a flowing stream channel—paired with interactive research stations that showcase 3.5 million authentic specimens.
Giving Level
$5 Million
Holocene Hall
$5 Million
Holocene Hall (Interior)
Celebrating resilience and survival, Holocene Hall showcases life-like animal taxidermy, plant sculptures, and indigenous human art that reveal how species adapted and thrived through drastic environmental changes in Los Angeles.
Giving Level
$5 Million
Ice Age Hall
$5 Million
Ice Age Hall (Interior)
Ice Age Hall takes visitors on a chronological journey through prehistoric Los Angeles, using life-sized mounts, taxidermy, and models to showcase the region’s lost megafauna before concluding with a poignant look at their ultimate extinction.
Giving Level
$5 Million
Observation Pit
$5 Million
Observation Pit (Exterior)
The renovated Observation Pit provides an immersive journey back to the Ice Age, allowing visitors to see a massive, authentic fossil deposit preserved precisely where thousands of prehistoric bones were originally discovered.
Giving Level
$5 Million
Mammoth Family
$5 Million
Mammoth Family (Exterior)
As one of the campus’s most recognized icons, The Mammoth Family in the Lake Pit offers a powerful donor opportunity to commemorate the tragic, true-to-life scene of Ice Age creatures trapped in the bubbling asphalt.
Giving Level
$5 Million
Tier D $1M–$4.9M
15 opportunitiesEducation Studio
$3 Million
Education Studio (Interior)
The Education Studio is a dedicated, hands-on learning environment where students, teachers, and families engage in interactive science workshops, school programs, and creative STEAM activities.
Giving Level
$3 Million
Dire Wolf Wall
$2.5 Million
Dire Wolf Wall (Interior)
Standing as the visual anchor of the Science Education Hall, the iconic Dire Wolf Wall showcases the scale of Ice Age life, serving as an inspiring scientific centerpiece for the entire learning experience.
Giving Level
$2.5 Million
Holocene Mural
$2.5 Million
Holocene Mural (Interior)
Spanning the length of the hall, the Resilience Hall Mural presents a sweeping visual narrative of Los Angeles’s landscape over the last 12,000 years, connecting the region’s Ice Age past directly to the present.
Giving Level
$2.5 Million
Ice Age Mural
$2.5 Million
Ice Age Mural (Interior)
Extending along the north hall, the Ice Age Mural immerses visitors in a dreamy yet scientifically accurate panorama depicting dynamic animal interactions and the region’s evolving climate over time.
Giving Level
$2.5 Million
Gift Shop
$2.5 Million
Gift Shop (Interior)
Open to all visitors without a ticket, the Gift Shop offers a vibrant retail experience where guests can take home unique, paleontology-inspired keepsakes and support the museum’s ongoing discovery work.
Giving Level
$2.5 Million
Interior Observation Pit Experience
$2 Million
Interior Observation Pit Experience (Interior)
Through soundscapes, dynamic lighting, and projections, this immersive experience transports visitors into prehistoric Los Angeles, bringing Ice Age megafauna and bubbling asphalt to life while revealing how climate and extinction shape our world today.
Giving Level
$2 Million
Portal to Today
$1.5 Million
Portal to Today (Interior)
As the experience’s powerful conclusion, the Portal to Today uses multimedia storytelling to connect Ice Age lessons to modern environmental challenges, empowering visitors to become stewards of a sustainable future.
Giving Level
$1.5 Million
Ice Age Portal
$1.5 Million
Ice Age Portal (Interior)
The Ice Age Portal uses dynamic animation to bring prehistoric L.A. to life, taking visitors from closed-cone pine forests through historic entrapment events and underground fossil preservation to modern excavations.
Giving Level
$1.5 Million
Classroom (2)
$1 Million
Classroom (2) (Interior)
Equipped for hands-on, inquiry-based learning with real fossils, these New Classrooms expand educational access for underserved Los Angeles communities while hosting public workshops, teacher trainings, and community programs that inspire future scientists.
Giving Level
$1 Million
Archives
$1 Million
Archives (Interior)
As the documentary heart of La Brea Tar Pits, the Archive Room preserves over a century of original field notes, maps, and excavation books, safeguarding the irreplaceable scientific legacy that guides ongoing discovery.
Giving Level
$1 Million
Elevator
$2 Million
Elevator (Exterior)
Providing universal access for the first time, the new Elevator seamlessly connects all visitors to the museum’s upper terrace and sweeping outdoor views.
Giving Level
$2 Million
Mastodon in Lake Pit
$2 Million
Mastodon in Lake Pit (Exterior)
An iconic landmark in the Lake Pit, the American Mastodon sculpture provides a dramatic donor opportunity to honor one of La Brea’s most tragic, true-to-life scenes of Ice Age megafauna trapped in the asphalt.
Giving Level
$2 Million
Lake Pit Trail
$1.5 Million
Lake Pit Trail (Exterior)
Connecting LACMA to the museum lawn, the Lake Pit Trail offers a picturesque pathway that guides visitors alongside the iconic asphalt lake, seamlessly bridging art, nature, and paleontology.
Giving Level
$1.5 Million
Oval Garden
$1 Million
Oval Garden (Exterior)
Located near Wilshire and Curson, the Oval Garden offers a lush, inviting space showcasing native Los Angeles plant species, providing a peaceful gathering spot near the iconic Lake Pit for visitors to relax and connect with nature.
Giving Level
$1 Million
Bioswale
$1 Million
Bioswale (Exterior)
Located along the park’s northern edge, the Bioswale naturally captures and filters rainwater runoff, demonstrating sustainable environmental stewardship while showcasing resilient native plant species.
Giving Level
$1 Million
Tier E $250K–$999.9K
7 opportunitiesFossil Scene 1: An Entrapment
$500,000
Fossil Scene 1: An Entrapment (Interior)
Fossil Scene 1: An Entrapment reveals how a single trapped herbivore triggered predator-feeding frenzies and inverse predator-to-prey ratios, while animated visuals illustrate how this repeating trap cycle generated thousands of fossils over millennia.
Giving Level
$500,000
Fossil Scene 2: The Waterhole
$500,000
Fossil Scene 2: The Waterhole (Interior)
Fossil Scene 2: The Watering Hole highlights a thriving stream ecosystem where diverse mammals, birds, reptiles, and native plant species gathered, demonstrating how water sustained all forms of Ice Age life in Los Angeles.
Giving Level
$500,000
Theater Bench Large Seating
$300,000
Theater Bench Large Seating (Interior)
Theater Bench Seating provides comfortable, accessible gathering space for visitors to settle in and enjoy immersive film presentations, live scientific demonstrations, and educational lectures.
Giving Level
$300,000
Dire Wolf Behavior Engagement
$250,000
Dire Wolf Behavior Engagement (Interior)
Through interactive tabletop displays, this exhibit reveals how scientists examine bone injuries, isotopes, and fossil counts to uncover how Ice Age dire wolves lived, hunted, and interacted.
Giving Level
$250,000
Dire Wolf Reconstruction Engagement
$250,000
Dire Wolf Reconstruction Engagement (Interior)
This interactive exhibit showcases forensic reconstruction methods used to determine dire wolf musculature and movement, allowing visitors to test scientific hypotheses by selecting different potential fur patterns.
Giving Level
$250,000
Wellness Room
$250,000
Wellness Room (Interior)
Designed for both public guests and museum staff, the Wellness Room offers a quiet, private, and comfortable space dedicated to nursing, lactation, and personal care needs.
Giving Level
$250,000
Courtyard Bench (2-3)
$250,000
Courtyard Bench (2-3) (Exterior)
Crafted from durable, natural stone, these Courtyard Stone Benches offer a central, inviting space for visitors to rest, reflect, and gather in the heart of the outdoor museum plaza.
Giving Level
$250,000
Tier F $10K–$249.9K
16 opportunitiesDiscovery Station (4)
$100,000
Discovery Station (4) (Interior)
These interactive kiosks connect visitors directly with digital researchers to explore how fossils reveal Ice Age diets and plant life, personalizing scientific discovery through engaging, hands-on dialogue.
Giving Level
$100,000
Endling Fossil (13)
$100,000
Endling Fossil (13) (Interior)
Featuring illuminated silhouettes of extinct megafauna, the Endling Fossils & Extinction Gallery displays special endling specimens outside show times to highlight how Ice Age extinctions permanently altered local and global ecosystems.
Giving Level
$100,000
Ice Age Hall Bench (2)
$100,000
Ice Age Hall Bench (2) (Interior)
Provides visitors a comfortable place to pause and reflect among life-sized mounts and models of lost megafauna.
Giving Level
$100,000
Theater Bench (12)
$100,000
Theater Bench (12) (Interior)
Situated inside the new theater, these Theater Benches provide comfortable, accessible seating for visitors to gather and enjoy immersive multimedia films and presentations.
Giving Level
$100,000
Civic Green Bench
$100,000
Civic Green Bench (Exterior)
Spanning the length of four benches, this expansive Civic Green Bench serves as a focal vantage point, offering visitors a prime, front-row spot to relax and take in sweeping views of the open green.
Giving Level
$100,000
Triple Bench
$75,000
Triple Bench (Exterior)
Overlooking the Park’s iconic Lake Pit, the Triple Bench offers visitors a comfortable spot to rest, enjoy the surrounding green space, and reflect on the living landscape of La Brea.
Giving Level
$75,000
Aquatic Bubble
$50,000
Aquatic Bubble (Interior)
Overlooking the Park’s iconic Lake Pit, the Double Bench offers visitors a comfortable spot to rest, enjoy the surrounding green space, and reflect on the living landscape of La Brea.
Giving Level
$50,000
Discovery Station (West)
$50,000
Discovery Station (West) (Interior)
Located in the Holocene Hall, this Discovery Station (West) features interactive touch-triggers that play stories of local L.A. species and conservation efforts, connecting Ice Age resilience to modern biodiversity restoration.
Giving Level
$50,000
Ice Age Timelapse Animation
$50,000
Ice Age Timelapse Animation (Interior)
The Ice Age Timelapse Video explains why Los Angeles had an Ice Age and how global climate shifts impacted local ecosystems, connecting past species’ responses to modern biodiversity and human-driven climate change.
Giving Level
$50,000
Sabertooth Entrapment Video
$50,000
Sabertooth Entrapment Video (Interior)
The Sabertooth Entrapment Video brings prehistoric L.A. to life through vivid animation, following a sabertooth cat from an ancient pine forest into an asphalt seep to illustrate how geological processes trapped and preserved fossils over millennia.
Giving Level
$50,000
Weathering Change Video
$50,000
Weathering Change Video (Interior)
The Weathering Change Video projects an animation tracing how species adapted from the end of the Ice Age through the present day, inspiring visitors to apply lessons from past extinctions to protect modern global biodiversity.
Giving Level
$50,000
Double Bench
$50,000
Double Bench (Exterior)
Overlooking the park’s iconic Lake Pit, the Double Bench offers visitors a comfortable spot to rest, enjoy the surrounding green space, and reflect on the living landscape of La Brea.
Giving Level
$50,000
Bear Den
$25,000
Bear Den (Interior)
The Bear Den features cozy, snoring black bear models that emit gentle vibrations, inviting visitors of all ages to snuggle up and take a peaceful rest alongside them.
Giving Level
$25,000
Picnic Table (6)
$25,000
Picnic Table (6) (Exterior)
These Picnic Benches offer families, school groups, and visitors an inviting space to dine, gather, and relax under the trees.
Giving Level
$25,000
Single Bench (16)
$25,000
Single Bench (16) (Exterior)
Nestled along the park’s scenic walkways, this Outdoor Bench offers visitors a comfortable, shaded spot to rest, enjoy the surrounding green space, and reflect on the living landscape of La Brea.
Giving Level
$25,000
Bike Rack
$10,000
Bike Rack (Exterior)
The Bike Rack offers a convenient, eco-friendly amenity for cyclists visiting the museum and Park, supporting sustainable transportation choices across the community.
Giving Level
$10,000
