Archive for Hancock Park
March 9, 2013 at 2:40 pm · Filed under Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Page Museum Terrace, Party, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Tar Pits, Wedding
A sunset ceremony on the terrace and cocktails overlooking the a lush atrium, who wouldn’t find the La Brea Tar Pits the perfect place for a wedding?
A beautiful fall day provided set the scene for Becca and Ben’s wedding at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. And, as always, local street musician Charlie Cox was at his usual post serenading the guys with his catalogue of music!
Inside the museum the open air atrium was a great place for the couple to have a first look and make use of the tropical setting for some amazing photos!
Once tended by George C Page himself, the atrium is the center of the Page Museum. This popular exhibit is a quiet spot to stop, take a breather and enjoy the nature.
Becca and Ben chose to have their ceremony on the Page Museum Terrace overlooking the atrium and has sweeping views of the La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park and the Hollywood Hills. Their 120 guests easily fit in the space and everyone had a great view!
The arbor full of local flowers as well as flowers from Ben’s native Australia provided a stunning backdrop for the couple during the ceremony.
After cocktails on the terrace, guests moved into the Page Museum for dinner with an ice age theme.
Each table was labeled with an ice age mammal and actual fossils stood guard over the terrariums and tiny ice age mammal figurines.
After dinner everyone passed under the tusks of the Columbian Mammoth on their way to the dance floor!
A big thank you to April and her team at at April Smith & Co. Photography for letting us post these fantastic photos! If you would like see more of her work please head over to www.aprilsmithphotography.com or check her out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aprilsmithphotography. Of course you can always pick up the phone and give her a call at 909-957-5795.
Thinking about having your next event at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles? Give us a call at 213-763-3221 or send us an email at specialevents@nhm.org and see how we can help make your next event a memorable one!
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November 30, 2011 at 1:28 pm · Filed under Vendors, Photographers, Page Museum, Hancock Park, Festival, Party, Miracle Mile, Tar Pits, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Thank You, Children, Non-Profit, Dance, Page Museum Terrace
Once again, Hancock Park and the La Brea Tar Pits were the backdrop for Brazil Day in LA!
Each year this event brings out the crowds! Vendors selling everything from churrasco and coxinha to jewelry and clothes surrounded Hancock Park’s grand circle.
Entertainment included bands, drummers, Capoeira demonstrations and a very colorful Carnival Parade! For a list of the performers please visit http://braziliandayla.org/main/performers/.
And it just wouldn’t be a Brazilian Festival without dancing, dancing and more DANCING!!
To learn more about Brazil Day in LA please visit their website at http://braziliandayla.org/main/ And a big thank you to our friends at the Brazilian Consulate for a wonderful day!
The photos are all from the works of Liza Lemsatef Cunningham. To see more of her work, please visit http://photography.ellelens.com/ or contact her at Liza@ellelens.com.
For more information on holding your festival or outdoor event in Hancock Park, please call 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org.
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May 24, 2011 at 2:33 pm · Filed under Bridal Show, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Page Museum Terrace, Party, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Tar Pits, Thank You, Vendors, Wedding
On Thursday May 12, we were happy to partner with Get Married and Wish Wonder Dream Wedding Coordination at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits! This event brought together wedding professionals from all over Southern California to sip, taste and experience some of the best wedding vendors in Southern California!
The Main Gallery of the museum was strewn with cocktail tables on the west side where guests were served drinks underneath a Columbian Mammoth! The east side of the museum had delicious finger foods from Truly Yours Catering.
DJFX Entertainment set up their music and a dance area in the timeline section of the museum, a popular place for the dance floor!
Please enjoy these photos from inside the main gallery:
We also got this opportunity to show off the upper terrace of the museum. The terrace is open-aired and looks down in the museum’s atrium where cocktails were being served.
While the terrace is exceptionally beautiful in daylight…
…nighttime brought out a whole new attitude!
And who could forget the goodies?
Thank you to the evening’s sponsors:
Whitney Wing Drake and her team at Wish Wonder Dream
Jessica Williams at Get Married Magazine
The Page Museum
Classic Party Rentals Culver City / Designer 8
La Belles Floral Couture and Curios
The French Florist
Honedew Flavors and Floral Designs
The Swing Kings
Todd Elliot Entertainment
Night and Day Productions
DJFX Entertainment/DJFX Photobooths
Truly Yours Catering
Baked It Myself
Gotta Have S’More
Korbel Champagne
KTB Weddings
Visioneer Media
Want to see more photos?
Check out Whitney’s blog post here: http://www.thebridespot.com/the-blog/2011/5/19/a-toast-to-southern-california-co-hosted-by-get-married-maga.html
Caitlin Wing Photography also has some amazing shots on her blog at :http://caitlinwingphotography.blogspot.com/2011/05/get-married-magazine-wish-wonder-dream.html
For more information on hosting you wedding or any kind of event at the La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park, please call the Special Events Information Line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org.
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May 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm · Filed under African Mammal Hall, Dinosaurs, Hancock Park, Miracle Mile, Non-Profit, Photographers, Rotunda, Southern California, T-Rex, Vendors, Wedding
The Rotunda served as a dramatic backdrop for the wedding of Jill and Erez here at NHM back in January! This couple was determined to show their guests a good time and they did not disappoint!
After the ceremony, cocktails were served in the Grand Foyer where the guests drank martinis from the trunk of an ice-sculpted mammoth as they waited for dinner in the African Mammal Hall to be served. Our dueling dinos have been the centerpiece of many a cocktail hour here at the museum and seldom fail to impress!
As guests took their seats for an amazing dinner provided by John Kinderman and his team at About Thyme Catering (http://aboutthymela.com/), they were greeted by wooden jungle animals that the couple purchased from our own museum gift shop. They even had special gift tags ordered with the couple’s name and wedding date!
This was such a beautiful wedding- no detail was overlooked. Everything from the flowers to the food was simply stunning, it was almost hard to believe that this was our African mammal hall!
These amazing photos were taken by Joel Eckman Maus at EMP Studio Photographer (http://www.studioemp.com/), rentals were provided by Town and Country Rentals(www.townandcountryeventrentals.com), Ixora Floral Studio (www.ixoraflorist.com) designed the gorgeous floral arrangements and the chuppa that was used in the ceremony was provided by Dina at I Love Chuppas (www.ilovechuppas.com). To check out the favors or other gift from our museum gift shop, please visit www.enssc.com/default.aspx?store=301 or stop by the museum!
Congratulations Jill and Erez! Thank you for choosing to spend your special day with us here amongst the dinos and mammals! We hope to see you both around the museum!
For more information on holding your wedding here at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, please call the Special Events Information Line at 213-763-3221, email us at specialevents@nhm.org or visit http://www.nhm.org/site/about-our-museums/event-rentals-filming/event-types/weddings.
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December 8, 2010 at 5:17 pm · Filed under Dance, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Invitations, Page Museum, Page Museum Terrace, Party, Rancho La Brea, Save The Date, Southern California, Tar Pits, Wedding
Check out the invitation and save the date cards from Kevin and Elizabeth’s 10-10-10 wedding at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits! They were designed and created by the couple themselves.
The Invitation:
The Save the Date card:
For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Page museum, the save the date card is based on our wall of dire wolf skulls:
To check out some more of the happy couple’s design work, please visit Kevin’s blog at http://www.kevindart.com/ and Elizabeth’s blog at www.kikutowne.com.
For more information on hosting you wedding or any kind of event at the La Brea Tar Pits, Hancock Park, please call the Special Events Information Line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org.
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November 9, 2010 at 2:54 pm · Filed under Dance, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Party, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Tar Pits, Vendors, Wedding
On 10.10.10 we had not one, but TWO weddings! Both the Natural History Museum and the George C Page museum at the La Brea Tar Pits were home to two very special weddings!
Kevin and Elizabeth exchanged vows on the upper terrace of the Page Museum. The terrace is an open air level one flight up from the main museum and overlooks the Grand Circle in Hancock Park and the atrium inside the museum. In addition, the terrace offers sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills and Wilshire Boulevard.
The party then moved indoors where guests ate, drank and danced amongst the ice age mammals including mammoths, dire wolf skulls, giant sloths and saber-tooth cats.
Guests were served wine, beer, soft drinks and the couple’s signature vodka drink “Prehistoric Punch.”
When renting the Page Museum for an after-hours event, the entire floor of the museum becomes your event space. We also keep the center atrium open for viewing.
As the museum is fully carpeted, we do recommend renting a dance floor! For this wedding, they decided to hold the dancing over by the timeline in the southeast corner of the museum.
Kevin and Elizabeth opted to keep the audio animatronics mammoth on for the reception, and guests were treated to his “responses” all during the best man’s speech. If you prefer, we will be happy to silence him or let him roar during your event.
All the above photos are courtesy of Dan Cole. You can see more of his amazing work at www.gritbox.com.
If you would like more information on holding your event at the George C. Page Museum or in the surrounding Hancock Park, please call our special events line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org .
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May 28, 2010 at 11:44 am · Filed under AAM, Hancock Park, Ice Age, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Party, Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Staff, Tar Pits, Vendors
This year Los Angeles was home to the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting & Museum Expo. In conjunction with the California Science Center and the California African-American Museum, the Natural History Museum was part of the Exposition Block Party on May 24.
On May 26 we were at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits for An Evening of Art, Culture and Mammoths, along with the Craft Art and Folk Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Guests were dropped off by bus once again and were invited to stroll through Hancock Park as they enjoyed three of Wilshire Boulevard’s most interesting museums!
AAM attendees stopped by the Page Museum to check out our Ice Age fossils while munching on some delectable treats from About Thyme Catering (www.aboutthymela.com/) and enjoying the music provided by DJ Tim Martinez (www.goodsounddj.com).
Our education staff was on hand to answer questions about our collections and programs and the staff of our fishbowl lab worked diligently at excavating “Zed” the Columbian mammoth to the delight of the guests.
Our open air atrium stayed open for the evening as well. With the lush foliage, koi pond and dozens of wandering turtles, this makes for a relaxing and serene respite from the hustle and bustle of nearby Wilshire Boulevard!
The Page Museum has a seating capacity of 250 guests and a standing capacity of 500. The impressive collection of fossils found on site in the Tar Pits serve as a backdrop to one of the most unique events that your guests will most likely have the pleasure of attending!
For more information on holding events at the George C Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits or in Hancock Park, please call the Special Events Info Line at 213-763-3221 or email us at specialevents@nhm.org.
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February 2, 2010 at 11:14 pm · Filed under Hancock Park, Miracle Mile, Natural History Museum, Non-Profit, Page Museum, Photographers, Rancho La Brea, Save The Date, Southern California, Tar Pits, Wedding
I just had to share this HILARIOUS save the date card with everyone. Jen and Ryan are getting married at the Natural History Museum in March. They decided to get silly for their Save the Date photo taken over at our own George C Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits!
For more information on holding an event at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles or the George C. Page Museum at the world-famous La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park, please call 213-763-3221 or visit http://www.nhm.org/site/about-our-museums/event-rentals-filming.
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December 9, 2009 at 12:13 am · Filed under Festival, Hancock Park, Miracle Mile, Page Museum, Party, Rancho La Brea, Tar Pits
Absolutely!
Spend a fun-filled evening surrounded by mammoths, saber-tooth cats, ground sloths and dire wolves at the George C Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits!
The Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles and is part of the Natural History Museum family of museums. Rancho La Brea is one of the world’s most famous fossil localities, recognized for having the largest and most diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plants and animals in the world.
The Musuem itself is a unique venue that has a standing party capacity of 400 and seated capacity is 250.
88 Drummers Festival in Hancock Park
Also for rent is the surrounding Hancock Park, home to the world-famous La Brea Tar Pits! A popular place for festivals and gatherings, Hancock Park is quickly becoming the go-to spot for outdoor events!
For more information on renting the George C. Page Museum or Hancock Park, please call the special events information line at 213-763-3221.
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