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55 Music Concourse (at Martin Luther King Jr., in Golden Gate Park) San Francisco, CA 94188

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9:30am-5pm Mon-Sat and 11am-5pm Sunday

Bugs!

Daily

This 25-minute 3-D film was shot on location in the creepy-crawly tropical forests of Borneo. Every hour on the hour.
Raptors at the Academy

Daily

Visit the new barn owl, Swainson’s hawk, and turkey vulture, as conditions present.
Discover Africa's Secrets

Daily

Pick up clues in the Naturalist Center.
Life: A Cosmic Story

Daily from January 2 until June 30

We once knew an astronomy professor who'd say to his students, “You all were once inside stars.” And he wasn't lying. He explained that the univers...
“Animal Attraction”

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In ancient Rome, the god of fertility was honored in February, with ceremonial love lotteries and mock-floggings with a bloody goatskin. Even those...

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2010 | Best Place for a First Date

If you're trying to show that hottie that you're a smartie, but you don't want to get too far from the nearest liquor bottle, try scheduling your first rendezvous at NightLife. Held every Thursday night from 6 to 10 at the Academy of Sciences, NightLife eliminates those pesky kids by excluding anyone under the age of 21. Better yet, admission is just $12 for nonmembers (compared to the regular price of $24.95). With a DJ spinning while you throw back a few mixed drinks, you can demonstrate... More »
2009 | Best New Museum

There are so many awesome things about the Cal Academy of Sciences. The jaw-dropping building, with its grassy hillocks on the roof. The multistory rainforest display, which allows you to stroll from roots to treetop. The African penguins, fed twice a day to the delight of squealing tots. The all-digital planetarium, with a 75-foot projectionscreen that makes you feel like you're flying. But there is one not-so-good thing: the $24.95 adult general admission. Thankfully, the academy has... More »
2002 | Best Museum

The well-curated SFMOMA and the wondrous Exploratorium were stiff competition, but the choice for best museum in San Francisco goes to the underrated California Academy of Sciences -- actually three museums in one: the Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium, and Morrison Planetarium. Like MOMA's, the academy's creative and lucid exhibits can be visually stunning (for example, the current "Skulls" show, a room filled with thousands of skulls, from elephant to shrew; the vivid palettes of... More »

Commencing Countdown

By Paul M. Davis | Wed, April 04, 2012

Ground control to all wannabe Major Toms: It’s been 51 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first human to breach the atmosphere and reach the expansive void of space. It’s a milestone that may make the graying space-watchers who remember the Russi... More »
The Crush of Simplicity

By Keith Bowers | Wed, January 11, 2012

A science museum can be intimidating. “I don't know anything about science,” you might say, “and I don't know where to start.” But that's the point of a science museum. It tells you where to start, and it shows you incredibly complex things in ast... More »
The Universe in a Snowman

By Chantal Jolagh | Wed, December 14, 2011

How many people do you think can fit inside of a snowman? About 20 to 30, if you’re at the California Academy of Sciences’ Planetary Exploration. As part of ’Tis the Season for Science, the museum put up an inflatable mini-planetarium in the piazz... More »
Sustainable Eats, Local Beers, and Pumpkin Painting at Cal Academy!

By Laura Beck | Thu, October 20, 2011

What: October's Local Bites at Cal Academy Where: California Academy of Sciences When: Sun., October 23, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $19.95 (non-members), $14.95 (members and their guests), $9.95 youth, 3 and ... More »
The Nail on the Head

By Keith Bowers | Wed, October 05, 2011

A sculptor friend of ours created a work called Migraine. She painted a cosmetologist’s dummy head like a human head, but on the left side she added a black-and-white explosion that resembles visual static on a video monitor. She drove in two six-... More »
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