Lunch at the Natural History Museum, December 9th

While we eagerly await the holiday party, we have scheduled one more fantastic event to close out the year. I hope you will join us on December 9th at 11:30am, for a lunchtime overview presentation about the Natural History Museum and the Research Library by Chief Librarian Richard P. Hulser. A tour of the Research Library area may be possible, depending upon construction activities in progress that day.

Richard will be focusing on the past, present and future of the Research Library. A few of the rare and interesting items from the collection, including a first edition Edgar Allen Poe book on a topic you would never have guessed, are planned to be on display. After the meeting, a walking tour of the newly restored original 1913 building Rotunda with its dramatic stained glass ceiling, unique "What on Earth" exhibit, and original paintings of Charles R. Knight will be available along with a visit to the recently opened and fascinating Age of Mammals hall.

What do you want to learn about at the NHM Library or the Museum? Send your questions to Richard and he will address them during the tour. rhulser@nhm.org.

You may bring your own lunch, or order a Corner Bakery boxed lunch through Robin. The cost for the boxed lunch is $9.

To RSVP:
1. EMAIL ROBIN at rdodge@fidm.edu by December 7th. Regardless of lunch status, or facebook status for that matter, you will not be RSVP'd to this event unless you email Robin.

2. If purchasing a boxed lunch, please send your sandwich selection to Robin, and mail a check (payable to SLA-SCC) to: Robin Dodge, FIDM Library, 919 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA  90015, or simply bring your lunch money to the event.

Corner Bakery sandwich selections: Ham or Turkey Pretzel, Chicken Pesto, D.C. Chicken Salad, Poblano Fresco (Vegetarian, Chicken, Roast Beef) Tomato Mozzarella, Tuna Salad, Turkey Swiss, Mom's Roast Beef, Mom's Turkey, and Mom's Roasted Chicken.


Directions to the museum can be found at http://www.nhm.org/site/plan-your-visit/directions-parking.

Parking:
Museum guests can park in Exposition Park Lot 3, on the west side of Bill Robertson Lane (formerly Menlo Avenue), just north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and east of Vermont Avenue. The parking facility is located on West side of the museum as shown in the map below. Although we previously thought we could arrange for free parking, attendees will in fact have to pay the $8 parking fee. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.

Once parked, cross the street and enter the museum at the staff entrance which is partially obscured by fencing in the Southwest corner. The entrance denotes an auditorium.

Once inside, you will need to tell the security guard you are attending the meeting and sign in at the security guard desk. Someone will be there to point you to the Times-Mirror room which is a very short walk from the staff entrance area.

This just in! Public transit info from Metro Librarian Kenn Bicknell:
The Museum is also accessible by two different DASH lines as well as several Metro lines. You may wish to consider taking public transportation entirely, or find street parking somewhere and jump on a bus DASH, which is only 35 cents.

From downtown (7th & Flower), DASH F takes you right there in approximately 13 minutes.

Metro's Trip Planner will show all the best options (includes Metro as well as DASH).