Mummies exhibition at Natural History Museum

Los Angeles museumgoers can see more than 30 human and animal mummies at the California Science Center through September 7, with a companion IMAX film running alongside the show. (californiasciencecenter.org) The exhibition, “Mummies of the World,” opened April 19 at the Science Center in Exposition Park, 700 Exposition Park Drive, and Time Out lists it at $26 to $28, with the IMAX add-on priced at $14 to $15. (timeout.com) The California Science Center says this is the final stop on the exhibition’s international tour, and it includes specimens never before shown in Los Angeles. The museum says general admission to the Science Center is included with the special-exhibition ticket. (californiasciencecenter.org) The show is broader than ancient Egypt alone. Time Out says the galleries include remains from Egypt, Germany, Hungary and Peru, plus burial objects such as amulets and organ jars and two Peruvian “bundle” mummies making their West Coast debut. (timeout.com) The Science Center frames the exhibition as a science story as much as an archaeology display. Its exhibit page says visitors can follow what CT scans, or computed tomography imaging, reveal about full-body mummies and the lives of the people and animals preserved inside the wrappings. (californiasciencecenter.org) The companion film, “Mummies 3D: Secrets of the Pharaohs,” runs 40 minutes on the museum’s IMAX screen and focuses on royal tombs, ancient Egyptian society and modern scientific analysis of mummies. Discover Los Angeles says the theater uses a seven-story screen. (discoverlosangeles.com) Parents planning a weekend visit may want to read the content warning before they go. Time Out says some rooms include mummified organs and babies, and recommends making sure children know what they are about to see. (timeout.com) This Los Angeles run also closes a long loop for the exhibition. The Science Center says “Mummies of the World” premiered there in 2010, has since been seen by more than 2.4 million visitors worldwide, and returns this year for one last local engagement. (californiasciencecenter.org) For visitors choosing between Exposition Park museums this week, the Natural History Museum next door is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the mummies exhibition itself is at the California Science Center, not the Natural History Museum. (nhm.org)