Natural History Museum Mummies exhibit
- The Natural History Museum’s Mummies exhibition is on view this week, featuring bundle mummies, amulets, and other ancient artifacts. - Complementary programming includes screenings of Mummies 3D: Secrets of the Pharaohs in the museum IMAX and family-friendly activities this weekend. - Exhibit and IMAX screening info at timeout.com
Los Angeles visitors can see more than 30 mummified people and animals this week at the California Science Center, where *Mummies of the World* runs daily through September 7. (timeout.com) The exhibition is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at 700 Exposition Park Drive, and Time Out lists general admission at $26 to $28. Its artifact list includes two Peruvian bundle mummies on West Coast debut, Egyptian amulets and organ jars, an Egyptian cat mummy and a preserved sloth head. (timeout.com) The companion film is *Mummies 3D: Secrets of the Pharaohs*, a 40-minute IMAX screening that the venue pairs with the exhibition through a combo-ticket discount. Discover Los Angeles says the film follows explorers and scientists using archaeological and genetic evidence to study Egyptian mummies. (timeout.com; discoverlosangeles.com) “Mummy” covers both deliberate preservation, like ancient Egyptian embalming, and natural preservation, when cold, heat or dry conditions keep a body intact. Time Out says this show mixes examples from Egypt, Peru, Germany, Hungary and a modern research project at the University of Maryland. (timeout.com) That range is one reason the exhibition has kept touring since its 2010 debut in Los Angeles. Time Out says the 2026 return is its final tour stop before artifacts go back to their lending museums, with some specimens never previously shown in Los Angeles. (timeout.com) Families should know the tone shifts as the galleries progress. Time Out says later rooms include mummified organs and babies, and advises adults to prepare children before visiting. (timeout.com) The exhibition sits in Exposition Park, next to the Natural History Museum, which is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and charges $18 for adults, $14 for seniors and students, and $7 for children ages 3 to 12. The museum’s family-programs page says it offers year-round activities for visitors with children. (nhm.org; nhm.org) Time Out included the mummies show in its April 20, 2026 roundup of the best things to do in Los Angeles this week, putting a centuries-old preservation practice back into the city’s weekend rotation. (timeout.com)
