What to Know<\/p>\n
A Monarch spied hovering near a bright flower or a Mourning Cloak alighting atop a fence post is a sight to be enjoyed in the moment, for neither insect is going to hang around for too long.<\/p>\n
The same thing might be said, of course, for the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park. It’s true that the airy enclosure does boast a pretty presence outside the science institution over several months, starting in the spring, but, eventually, way must be made for new tenants.<\/p>\n
A colorful caboodle of eight-legged visitors is on wonderful web-spinning approach: It’s Spider Pavilion<\/a>, the fall-themed follow-up to the butterfly-centered splendor.<\/p>\n You do have a little more time to “(c)ount up to 30 different species” in the Butterfly Pavilion<\/a>, which will remain open through Aug. 23, 2026.<\/p>\n But starting a month or so later, on Sept. 20, hundreds of busy orbweavers will be in fascinating focus. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n And if you’re a museum member? You’ll get a chance to behold the Bold Jumping Spider, Green Lynx Spider, and Spinybacked orbweaver on Sept. 18 and 19.<\/p>\n An adult ticket to Spider Pavilion is $10 and do keep in mind that you’ll need to purchase museum admission, too.<\/p>\n Once you’ve roamed the snug and spider-packed space, make your way to the spider den for a closer look at some spider habitats; tarantulas have been past stars of this part of the pavilion, and a docent or staff member is always on hand to answer questions.<\/p>\n Spider Pavilion will be spinning through Dec. 6, 2026, so if your Halloween commitments are multiplying, look to the week of Thanksgiving, when relatives will be visiting. <\/p>\n Shouldn’t you show family members something memorable, full of mystery, and highly hairy but not scary?<\/p>\n It’s a trip they’ll talk about for years. <\/p>\n Do note that Thanksgiving Day is closed at the pavilion, but tickets are available on Halloween, which is a Saturday. The full calendar<\/a>, with a few other closed dates and details, can be viewed by following the Buy Tickets<\/a> link.<\/p>\n As for the number of spiders due to be on view at Spider Pavilion? Talk about inspiring a shiver of delight: Visitors can expect “approximately 300 spiders” to hold web-creating court inside the educational attraction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to Know Spider Pavilion 2026 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Sept. 20-Dec. 6, 2026; Sept.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1007036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,8160,1759],"class_list":["post-1007035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-museums","tag-nature"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117112343591226598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1007036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}