Hancock Park
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Hancock Park, with tar pits and LACMA.
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | 5800 block of Wilshire Blvd, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′49″N 118°21′24″W / 34.0636°N 118.3568°WCoordinates: 34°03′49″N 118°21′24″W / 34.0636°N 118.3568°W |
| Operated by | Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks |
| Official name | Hancock Park La Brea |
| Reference no. | 170 |
Hancock Park is a city park in the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire district, Los Angeles, California.
The park's destinations include: the La Brea Tar Pits; the adjacent George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, which displays the fossils of Ice Age prehistoric mammals from the tar pits, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art−LACMA complex. They are among the most popular tourist attractions in Los Angeles.
Hancock Park was created in 1924 when George Allan Hancock donated 23 acres of the Hancock Ranch to Los Angeles County with the stipulation that the park be preserved, and its fossils properly exhibited. Today those fossils can be seen at L.A. County museums, including the George C. Page Museum in the park, and the affiliated Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County located in Exposition Park near USC.
The park is not within the Hancock Park neighborhood, which is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northeast.
The park has urban open spaces and landscaped areas for walking, picnicking, and other recreation. Located on Wilshire Boulevard just east of Fairfax Avenue, it extends across a large city block and around two museums. The landmark Park La Brea complex is across 6th Street on the north.
Hancock Park is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries overseen by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) campus of buildings and sculpture gardens.
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