Get ready for the most fun you’ve had in 75 million years! Discover the San Diego’s rich fossil history and abundant biodiversity at the San Diego Natural History Museum in beautiful Balboa Park.

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Full description
It’s summer in San Diego! Come visit the oldest museum in San Diego, and a flagship institution in Balboa Park, featuring the regional natural history and unique biodiversity of Southern California and Baja California! The Museum has FIVE floors of exhibition space, rooftop views on weekends, a giant-screen theater, and San Diego’s only Foucault pendulum! Plus, you can stay late on Friday nights!

With permanent exhibitions, rotating films, a robust calendar of events and activities, and the opportunity to see scientists at work, the Museum will expose you to fascinating stories about the natural world, fostering a lifelong love of learning and engaging you in a worldwide scientific dialogue.

Current exhibits include, but are not limited to:
Amazement in the Basement
Our newest experience offers a rare “backstage” glimpse into the Museum’s collections and research work, inviting people to marvel in the diversity of nature, think like a scientist, and peek into the brand-new, state-of-the-art Paleontology Center.

Coast to Cactus in Southern California
This exhibition will take you on an immersive walk through the major regions of southern California’s coast, inland valleys, mountains, and deserts and celebrate the abundant variety of life found here.

Fossil Mysteries
From dinosaurs to megalodons to mastodons, travel through 75 million years and dig into the rich fossil history of southern California and Baja California.

Giant-Screen Theater
The Giant Screen Experience is one-of-a-kind. Settle into the 300-seat, stadium-style theater and enjoy films on the massive screen, included with admission!

Showing Daily: Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope, Wild San Diego, and Animal Kingdom; Friday evening films may vary. See website for today’s schedule.

Unshelved: Cool Stuff from Storage
This exhibition gives visitors a rare look into the Museum’s storage areas. Different specimens offer the opportunity to revel in the natural world in all its beauty and peculiarity. Stop by one of our art tables to draw a specimen that has inspired you and hang it in the ever-changing guest gallery!

Living Lab
Meet more than 20 of your not-so-cuddly neighbors, from stinging scorpions to elusive nocturnal lizards.

Extraordinary Ideas from Ordinary People: A History of Citizen Science
This exhibition explores the past, present and future of citizen science through rare books, art, photographs, and historical documents.
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Highlights
Journey through 75 million years of natural history at The Nat in Balboa Park!
See science in practice in our brand-new, state-of-the-art Paleontology Center!
Dig into Southern California’s rich fossil history: from dinosaurs to mastodons.
Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope is showing daily in our giant-screen theater.
Have something tasty at The Craft Taco or buy a unique nature gift at Gold Leaf!

Includes
General admission to the San Diego Natural History Museum
Access to all exhibitions and films

 

 

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