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Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

2/1/1974 - 7/31/1976

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)

The Ranco La Brea Project: A Science-Education Project

FAIN: GM-10271-73

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057)
Theodore Downs (Project Director: February 1974 to present)

To develop a Visitors Center and related educational programs at the site of the excavation of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Interpretive exhibitions, some using a dual audio system (English-Spanish), written materials for distribution to schools and to the public as well as films related to the excavation are planned.