Miracle Mile Tour: Museums and History

Discover LA’s hidden past with giant sloths, woolly mammoths, and iconic museums. Join our tour for a unique adventure through time and culture.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La Brea Tar Pits and Museum - Explore these ancient tar pits where natural asphalt has emerged from the earth for thousands of years! These pits have captured and preserved an extraordinary array of Ice Age fossils, including saber-toothed cats, mammoths, dire wolves, and numerous other creatures.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA…
What's Included
  • Guided tour of outdoor museum areas
  • English-speaking tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Parking
  • Museum Admission Tickets (optional)
  • Guide Gratuities (appreciated but not expected)
Additional Information

Explore the fascinating tales of Wilshire Boulevard’s Miracle Mile on this captivating tour featuring four extraordinary museums. An expert guide will accompany you through their outdoor areas, uncovering the intriguing links between automobiles, art, cinema, and natural history in Los Angeles.
The journey starts at the La Brea Tar Pits, where visitors…

Location
Wilshire / Curson
Meet in front of La Brea Tar Pits Sign at corner of Wilshire and S Curson
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Q8873petimm
Dec 7, 2025
First step in exploring Museum Row. - Very informative and a great value. Gave us an oversight of the nearby museums and helped us focus on which ones we wanted to explore further. Our guide Angelica was very knowledgeable, professional and personable. We enjoyed our time together.
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Debbie_p
Aug 5, 2025
Expections - Mostly get an historical over view of the museums. Quick Look at the car museum & a little more time at the Academy of Museum of Motion Pictures
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Ajipon_n
Jul 27, 2025
Great Tour with a Fantastic Guide! - "Our guide was very knowledgeable, friendly, and engaging. The tour was fun and informative. Highly recommended!"
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Lynn_b
Jun 15, 2025
A beautiful extensive day visiting and learning, natural and art history! - Our tour guide Paul was very professional and knowledgeable, especially about the La Brea tar pits better known as asphalt. After a good hour at the tar pit, we headed over to Lacma/Broad museums, which Paul gave us the rundown on some of the outdoor art. The tour does not include visiting inside of the museum. I would totally recommend buying a ticket or becoming a member to explore the three floors of diversified art, including South American, primitive art, Buddhist artifacts,Picasso‘s Andy Warhol and Lichtenstein. There is a wonderful German art exhibition. We then headed over to the car museum on the first floor. You’ll have to buy a ticket to go into the rest of the museum, but it was spectacular. A wonderful café to eat lunch. The next stop was at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. If you’re a fan of movies and Academy Awards, it was very interesting and nostalgic. The tour includes this museum ticket and you could spend half a day watching and reading all about the different ways movies are made. We finished at the top of the sphere where you can look out over LA and the tar pits. We had a fabulous day exploring all the museums.
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Georgiasb1975en
May 9, 2025
Great introduction to the history of LA - Chris was an awesome guide! The walking tour was a great introduction to the city and its history. We walked around the public outdoor exhibits of the LACMA/Peterson Automotive/La Brea Tar Pits, as well as inside the Academy Museum (ticket for that one is included with the tour). Even after the tour ended, I think the visits to the museums' exhibits were much more enriching because of the knowledge we went in with. also 10/10 title thanks Chris
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Klsloan
May 1, 2025
A must tour for all! - Such valuable and interesting info about each of these stops.. I’m a native CA. and I couldn’t believe the unique info Chris presented . You should not miss this!
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Greg_p
May 1, 2025
Outstanding Tour - Outstanding tour. Our tour guide Chris provided a fascinating overview of the local area. Although we lived in the Los Angeles area a number of years ago and moved away we returned for a visit and decided to sign up for this tour to learn more about the area. The tour was very well organized, and Chris provided a lot of fascinating information. We highly recommend this tour and are looking forward to trying others.
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Kimberly_r
Apr 15, 2025
From our 10 year old: The... - From our 10 year old: The tour was so much fun! Chris taught us so much stuff and saved us from tar! We highly recommend going on this tour when you visit Los Angeles!
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Koteswara_g
Jan 3, 2025
Hollywood Paparazzi style tour - The amount of information shared and learned to make outdoor tour activity was interesting We felt like paparazzi photos being taken by our guide.. Best guide!
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Artie_r
Nov 6, 2024
Tour guide makes the tour even better! - Chris was so excited to share information on the tour. That makes the difference when the tour guide is engaged and NOT just going thru the motions. Eager to show and guide you thru the tour.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).