Outside in Mid-Wilshire

Twenty-three acres of lawn wrapped around asphalt seeps that are still bubbling, with the Lake Pit and its life-size mammoth models at the Wilshire edge. The excavation pits are fenced but visible and people are often working in them. The museum building closed in July 2026 for a two-year rebuild, and the grounds, the Pleistocene Garden and the playground stayed open and free.

Park grounds daily 6am to 10pm. The museum building is closed for renovation until 2028

Twenty-eight acres on the site of the old Pan-Pacific Auditorium, which burned down in 1989 and left the park behind it. Grass, a walking path, a playground and a recreation center, sunk below street level so the traffic on Beverly disappears. The Holocaust Museum LA sits on the north edge of the same lawn.

Recreation center Mon 9am to 7:30pm, Tue to Fri 9am to 9pm, Sat 9am to 6pm, closed Sunday. Park grounds keep longer daylight hours