When last I had visited Rancho La Brea, I observed that the structure of the George C. Page Museum is built similarly to some temples or tombs, specifically a ziggurat, a form of stepped pyramid. It was believed that these structures connected heaven and earth, which in many regards is not beyond my suspicion the structure itself might be equally symbolic. Subtle cues in favor of this understanding is, is that it is a cite to commemorate and remember those things extinct and dead, that it is a barrow similarly for the interred and honored dead, is depicted with murals as part of its stone exterior, has a center open to the sky, and that it obviously bears a pyramid shape with horizontal steps of structure up effectively three terraces. Perhaps unconsciously the designers of the museum built it in this manner or perhaps not. As for myself? I prefer to interpret it that way.