The Page Museum is a museum dedicated to displaying the best fossils found at the La Brea Tar Pits. It is packed with tons of information about the living creatures that once lived on the grounds. The decision to attend this event was to see the Encounters show which showcases a sabber tooth cat puppet. The cat is life size as the scientists predict/know and it looked realistic with the features it has. Some of the features are the paws, face (moving mouth), and the eyes were very realistic. What this showed me was the understanding of a creature through examination of the bones/remains. The analysis/information found helps the puppeteer know how to move the creature and all the facial features (The walking is a little funny because a human cannot fully walk right like a four legged animal). I was unable to video the cat myself but I found a video of it online that I would like to show.
The museum is pretty small but there are a lot of interesting features integrated. This moving mastodon was realistic in features. I would not say it is the most accurate thing in the world but it serves a purpose to show how a mastodon would have looked and moved.
The fossil lab is a great way of showing how they clean the fossils found at the pits. I really liked that each person has a small whiteboard explaining what they are doing to the fossils. They were all working on different parts of a mammoth called Zed. This was a great interaction between the workers and visitors. I fond that when we I went to the Natural History Museum I did pass by their fossil exhibit as well but it was not as social as the Page's. This lab showed everything they were doing and all the tools and machines they used. I felt like I was right beside them while they were working even though there is a glass wall.
Another great feature was the small theater they had that explained how these creatures are found in the pits, how they perished there, and how they finally got extinct. They also showed us the layers of fossils that showed each living creatures life span and that is how they calculated in what time they were living. I found it quite educational for children and adults. "It's called a saber tooth cat not a saber tooth tiger" that was the last bit of the movie.
There was also another great moving piece of a saber tooth cat eating a ground sloth. I found it to be a little disturbing but that is how animals hunt and eat each other. A fun fact is that there are not dinosaurs at the page museum because they were already extinct by the time the pits came into play.
The museum is pretty small but there are a lot of interesting features integrated. This moving mastodon was realistic in features. I would not say it is the most accurate thing in the world but it serves a purpose to show how a mastodon would have looked and moved.
Another great feature was the small theater they had that explained how these creatures are found in the pits, how they perished there, and how they finally got extinct. They also showed us the layers of fossils that showed each living creatures life span and that is how they calculated in what time they were living. I found it quite educational for children and adults. "It's called a saber tooth cat not a saber tooth tiger" that was the last bit of the movie.
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