That's right, all this and more at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. I visited when I was a kid but hadn't been back since. It was really interesting and I learned a lot.
For example, La Brea has produced more ice age fossils (dating from 38,000 to 8,000 BCE) than any other site in the world with three million bones representing over 600 species. In fact, many fossils at museums the world over come from our very own tar pits.
If you live in the LA area or are thinking about visiting, I highly recommend devoting an afternoon to exploring the hundreds of fossil skeletons on display dating from the last ice age as well as an active tar pit excavation site. There are also four other neat museums within three miles (hence the name, museum row).
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