First Fridays celebrates 20 years as Los Angeles’ premier museum after-hours experience, where exclusive nighttime access to NHM brings music, science, and culture together for an engaging evening of conversation and community. Throughout the night, guests are free to explore the museum at their own pace.

Enjoy the Museum after hours with live music from @arimaederra and @mynameisnomi, DJ sets from @midiriperton and @gracektown, 𝙋𝙇𝙐𝙎 Curiosity Crawl, Pop-Up Experiences from @amoebahollywood, @giantrobotstore, and @novacommunityarts, Local Artists, Community Partners, and more!

Dr. Yewande Pearse (@nyewro) moderates discussion, “Life at the Planetary Scale,” featuring guest speakers Austin Hendy (Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology) and Margaret McFall-Ngai (Faculty Associate, Caltech/Staff Researcher, Carnegie Science), co-presented by the Planetary Program at the @berggrueninst.

Media Sponsor @kcrw and Event Partner @inprogress.ing.