5801 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles - La Brea, CA , 90036-4539

Phone: (213) 763-349

Website

The La Brea Tar Pits are a cluster of tar pits, around which, Hancock Park was formed, in the urban heart of Los Angeles. Asphaltum or tar (brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with dust, leaves, or water. Over many centuries, animals that were trapped in the tar were preserved as bones. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there.

Hours of operation: Daily 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday of November), Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1). You must pay admission to access the penny machines. Admission: $14 online or $15 at the museum. That's per adult admission for just the Museum (well worth it). Museum entrance is free on various days. Check the website. Admission is half-price for the last 30 minutes before closing.
Plenty of parking for $15 per car within the parking lot. If you choose street parking, please read all parking signs carefully, as restrictions apply.
Most importantly, do not park along Wilshire Boulevard between the hours of 7-9 am and 4-7 pm (Monday - Friday), or your car will be ticketed and towed. This applies even if you are parked at a meter.

Machine 5 (Placed 11/2017) is near the restrooms, just before the 3D theaters. Cost to press: $1.00 each design on pre-loaded zinc pennies. Designs all with 'La Brea Tar Pits and Museum':
1. (H) Saber tooth cat.
2. (H) Dire wolf.
3. (H) Bison.
4. (H) Camel.

Machine 6 (Placed 11/2017) is near the restrooms, just before the 3D theaters. Cost to press: $1.00 for each design on pre-loaded zinc pennies. Designs all with 'La Brea Tar Pits and Museum':
1. (H) Saber Tooth Car facing left.
2. (V) Saber Tooth Cat facing forward.
3. (V) Mammoth walking forward.
4. (H) Mammoth head facing right.

Machines 1, 2, 3 & 4 are Retired.

Retired 1 design: 1) 'George C. Page Museum California', Saber Tooth Cat logo/ Rear- Sabretooth Cat image.
Retired 2 (retired 1/2018) designs all with 'George C. Page Museum Los Angeles California': 1) Saber Tooth Cat skull 2) Stylized Sabretooth Cat museum logo 3) Harlans Sloth 4) Columbian Mammoth
Retired 3 (Originally placed 2014) designs all with 'George C. Page Museum La Brea Tar Pits': 1) Stylized Sabertooth cat logo on a hard hat with 'Pit 91 Excavation' 2) Sabertooth cat walking in tar with 'Sabretooth Cat' 3) Dire Wolf walking through trees with 'Dire Wolf' 4) Mammoth stuck in tar
Retired 4 designs all with 'PennyCollector.com Page Museum': 1) Mammoth skeleton with 'columbian mammoth Mammuthus Columbi 2) Dire wolf skeleton with 'dire wolf Canis Dirus' 3) Bear skeleton with 'short-faced bear Arctodus Simus' 4) Sabertooth tiger skeleton with 'saber-tooth tiger Smilodon'

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N34° 3' 49.6398" Longitude: W118° 21' 20.1528"
Google Maps coordinates: 3J7V+GR Los Angeles, California,

1/18: Machine 2 is Retired and returned to PC. GSY

4/1/24 Both machins had out of order signs on them, but I tried Machine 6 anyway. It rolls perfectly fine.