Mark Dion’s installation Excavations at La Brea Tar Pits resembles a behind-the-scenes museum space, blending new works with early museum elements like murals and dioramas of Ice Age mammals. During his residency, Dion engaged with the museum’s excavations, taxidermy, collections, and staff. His centerpiece sculpture is a 10-foot-long fossilized pack rat skeleton atop natural and cultural debris from the site, mixing art and history.​

Source: Mark Dion: Excavations