{"id":259804,"date":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259804\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","slug":"la-brea-tar-pits-closing-for-two-years-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259804\/","title":{"rendered":"La Brea Tar Pits closing for two years in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline:<\/p>\n<p>    The La Brea Tar Pits will close for two years starting this summer for a major renovation. While the outside park and its excavation sites will stay open, the Page museum will be overhauled to include enhanced displays, research labs and a roof terrace. <\/p>\n<p>Why it matters: The La Brea Tar Pits is one of the largest repositories of Ice Age fossils in the world \u2014 in the middle of a city. It&#8217;s the first renovation in the museum&#8217;s 50-year history. <\/p>\n<p>Why now: The upgrade will happen in time for the LA28 Olympics \u2014 and thousands of visitors.<\/p>\n<p>        Keep up with LAist.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re enjoying this article, you&#8217;ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.  <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next: Last day to visit is July 6. If you want to say goodbye in style, there\u2019s a disco-themed dance party on June 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline: The La Brea Tar Pits will close for two years starting this summer for a major renovation.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[114524,48,62905,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-259804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-closing-renovation","tag-la","tag-la-brea-tar-pits","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}