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(October 2009) Important Note to LAMS members and other meeting attendees: Due to a major remodeling project at the Museum, the Staff parking lot off Menlo Avenue adjacent to the northwest corner of the Museum that we have used for the past two years will be closed until further notice.  As detailed below, we will be using a different parking lot across Menlo from the Museum.  People who are unfamiliar with the area should be aware that the short stretch of Menlo Ave. near the museum and Exposition Park has now been renamed Bill Robertson Lane, and street signs have been changed accordingly.

General Meetings:
From the Harbor Freeway, I-110, EXIT at Exposition Blvd.  There is a stoplight at the bottom of the offramp.  CROSS Figueroa Boulevard at an angle and go WEST on Exposition Boulevard past the Museum of Science and Industry.  As of October 2009, there is major construction activity in the median of Exposition Blvd.  After about 3 blocks you will reach Watt Way where there is a stoplight, just past a bronze sculpture of two dinosaurs on the south side of Exposition Blvd.  Immediately following Watt Way the next opening in the median divider is Menlo Avenue (now Bill Robertson Lane).

Make a LEFT turn at Menlo Avenue (Bill Robertson Lane) and go SOUTH. For at least the next year parking will be in a lot quite nearby, designated "public parking" on the map below.  It is on Menlo Avenue directly west of the museum, and contrary to the map the location of the lot's entrance is slightly past the museum building.  Meeting attendees should know that there is a small sign on a tall post at the lot’s entrance which is marked "Event Parking."  They should be aware that at the lot’s exit there are signs marked "Wrong Way. Severe Tire Damage" and “Exit Only.”  The "Event Parking" lot is well lighted during meetings, but will not be under surveillance, and it would therefore be wise NOT to leave valuables in parked vehicles.

The staff entrance on the north side of the building previously used by LAMS meeting attendees is now CLOSED, and entry to the building is now through the door to the museum's Delacour Auditorium on Menlo Avenue. The auditorium door is on the southwest corner of the building, and faces the south lawn of the museum. There is a large "museum entrance" sign on a fence next to the door.

Attendees should park in the Event Parking lot, and walk directly across Menlo Avenue, which is lightly traveled, to the southwest corner of the Museum building. To reach the Times Mirror Room (TMR), first check in at the security desk in the Delacour Auditorium lobby where you will receive a museum visitor badge, and then descend a short flight of stairs at the right rear side of the room which leads to the TMR Annex. This is a much shorter, more direct route to the meeting room than in the past.

As before, there will be signs with arrows directing you to the Times Mirror Room.

A vicinity map of the Natural History Museum is here.

Forays

The directions for forays are accessed from the calendar and are included on the page describing the foray if there is one.