Noah's Ark
Ongoing | One-hour time slots available
Plan Your Visit
Advance reservations are recommended. If you’d like to walk up, please note the Noah’s Ark schedule.
One-hour time slots offered:
Thu–Fri, 12:00 and 3:00 pm
Sat–Sun, 10:00 am, 1:00, and 3:00 pm
Download Our App
Download our FREE mobile app, An Ark for All, to preview your visit and plan your activities. The app is developed for families with developmental disabilities and young children. Available in the App Store and on Google Play.
Admission
- $12 General
- $9 Seniors, Full-Time Students with ID, and Children over 12*
- $7 Children 2–12
- FREE to Members and Children under 2
- FREE to all on Thursdays
- Reservations recommended
- Includes general admission
*TeenTix LA Passholders get in for $5 with code 99930 (max of 2 tickets per order)
Masking Policy
Please bring a non-cloth mask to wear while indoors (ages 2+).
About Noah's Ark
"Extraordinary … A celebration of play, inspiring fascination, reviving wonder."—New York Times
Visit us aboard Noah’s Ark at the Skirball! This award-winning children's and family destination invites visitors of all generations to play, climb, build, explore, make-believe, and make friends—all while exploring an eight-thousand-square-foot wooden ark, filled to the rafters with whimsical animals and new storm clouds that will spark your senses. Share in a timeless story—and together envision a better world.
Imagine yourself immersed in a favorite childhood tale, which has parallels in cultures all over the world. Conduct a storm, help construct the Ark, and bask in the glow of a beautiful rainbow. Mingle with hundreds of fancifully handcrafted animals—from cuddly companions to life-sized puppets—all crafted from recycled materials and everyday objects, including baseball mitts, mop heads, and rearview mirrors.
Explore Outdoors
After your hour aboard the Ark, spend time enjoying the Skirball’s outdoor spaces. During your visit, you can:
- Hear a Noah’s Ark educator retell a flood story in the amphitheater
- Get creative by adding to an art installation and making a take-home art project
- Look for replicas of artifacts at the Archaeology Dig (on select days)
Let’s Stay Safe
The Skirball Cultural Center uses CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations to guide our policies and consulted with a specialist at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health on how to operate Noah’s Ark in the safest way possible. When you return, you'll notice fewer visitors in the gallery, bins to place toys after use, sanitizing wipes throughout the galleries, upgraded air filtration, and closures between daily sessions for cleaning.
Bring the magic of Noah’s Ark home with you!
- Watch award-winning videos and download lesson plans that engage young learners in storytelling and mindfulness activities inspired by the messages of Noah’s Ark at the Skirball.
- Shop Audrey’s Museum Store and its satellite Noah’s Ark Store, which carries children’s books, puppets, toys, and games that celebrate the natural world and its wondrous, wild, wooly, scaly, and leafy inhabitants!
More to Explore
Welcome to Noah’s Ark at the Skirball™
Mindful Moment: Storm
Noah's Ark at the Skirball
Image Gallery
A floor-to-ceiling wooden ark, filled to the rafters with fancifully handcrafted animals, awaits visitors aboard Noah’s Ark at the Skirball.
Photo by Grant Mudford
Family fun begins as children and grown-ups gather for the journey and begin to immerse themselves in the ancient flood tale.
Photo by Peter Turman
Three stunning animal sculptures preside over the entrance to the galleries. The Asian elephant’s trunk is crafted from vegetable steamers from Laos, the deer sports shoehorns as ears, and the zebras’ bodies are fabricated from wind turbines and keyboards.
Photo by Grant Mudford
A storm is brewing! At the multi-sensory, interactive “conduct-a-storm” wall, families team up to simulate thunder, rain, wind, and lightning using low-tech, mechanical sound devices. Tugging on a pulley makes the coyote howl, while even young kids can swivel the giraffe’s spectacular neck.
Photo by Grant Mudford
A young visitor pumps air to make leaves whirl while his parents fill a water tank to create waves. Hands-on participation is at the heart of Noah’s Ark at the Skirball.
Photo by Peter Turman
Noah's Ark Brochures
The Story of Noah's Ark at the Skirball
Read more about the making and mission of the Skirball's children's and family destination.
Noah’s Ark from Head to Tail
Explore Noah's Ark “from head to tail.”
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