Page Museum - Ice Age Encounters

See an Ice Age Encounter Stage Show at the Page!

Ice Age Encounters transports you to the Los Angeles of the Late Pleistocene. While on this journey, you’ll meet the extinct creatures that lived in prehistoric L.A., and witness the natural processes that preserved their remains for thousands of years. You’ll even survive a close encounter with a Saber-toothed Cat — and meet the scientists who study its fossils at the Page Museum!

Shows:
Wednesdays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, and 1:30 pm
Saturdays at 11 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:45 pm

FREE with Museum admission, but due to limited capacity, separate tickets must be obtained from ticketing desk on a first-come, first-served basis. Presentations depict a realistic prehistoric animal and may be frightening for very young children.  

How the Cat Came to Life

More than 2,500 saber-toothed cats have been excavated from the La Brea Tar Pits and studied at the Page Museum. To bring the cat to life, NHM and Page staff collaborated with the innovators at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, whose film and TV credits include the Muppets and Where the Wild Things Are. The Page Museum’s Chief Curator Dr. John M. Harris, Collections Manager Emeritus Chris Shaw, and Assistant Lab Supervisor Trevor Valle, as well as NHM Curator of Terrestrial Mammals Dr. Xiaoming Wang, consulted on the project.

Want to Know More?

Meet Nibbles, the Saber-toothed Cat's baby, and the cool Performing Arts team that puts on these shows!