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55 Music Concourse San Francisco, CA 94188

415-379-8000

http://www.calacademy.org

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

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Fragile Planet

Daily

Float through the roof of the Academy's building, zoom through the atmosphere, and gain an astronaut's view of Earth in this Planetarium feature na...
Animal Attraction

Daily

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

Daily

Treat your senses to seismic overload in this exhibit that includes a walk-in Earth model illustrating plate tectonics, a recreation of a Victorian...
Built for Speed

Daily until September 29

Take a look at the fastest fish and marine animals, including models of a sailfish, mako shark, yellowfin tuna, and Humboldt squid, plus a 45-foot-...
Penguin Feeding

10:30 a.m. daily | 3:00 p.m. daily

Watch as the Academy's flightless friends are offered their breakfast and lunch.

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Drool School

By Emilie Mutert | Wed, April 10, 2013

Best-selling gross-out science writer Mary Roach, whose popular nonfiction books Spook and Stiff covered ideas about the afterlife and the physical process of postmor-tem decay, has a new book out. In Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, the... More »
Big Fish Stories

By Emilie Mutert | Wed, March 27, 2013

Does your sleeping life bore you? Are you less than satisfied with how weird your dreams are? You might get some much-needed inspiration if you attend the weekly NightLife event at the California Academy of Sciences. For this week's theme, "Reel... More »
Video of the Day: The Ultimate How-To Nightlife Event

By Bryan Banducci | Thu, January 10, 2013

If you haven't been to a Cal Academy NightLife event, tonight should be one of your New Year's resolutions. Featuring half price admission, plentiful cocktails, interesting bites to eat, and live musi... More »
Just Do It

By Bryan Banducci | Wed, January 02, 2013

If you haven’t been to a Cal Academy NightLife event, make tonight’s one of your New Year’s resolutions. Featuring half-price admission, plentiful cocktails, interesting bites to eat, and live music, in addition to all the fascinating exhibitions... More »
The Real Apocalyptic Threat: Death by Space

By Brandon R. Reynolds | Mon, December 03, 2012

With all the talk of climate change, unchecked nanotech, and over-fished oceans, it's kind of a shame that people forget about the old-school catastrophic scenarios -- volcanoes, man, plagues of thing... More »
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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 »

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California Academy of Sciences

55 Music Concourse San Francisco, CA 94188

415-379-8000

Description

Fragile Planet

Daily

Animal Attraction

Daily

Earthquake

Daily

Built for Speed

Daily until September 29

Penguin Feeding

10:30 a.m. daily | 3:00 p.m. daily

Drool School

By Emilie Mutert | Wed, April 10, 2013

Big Fish Stories

By Emilie Mutert | Wed, March 27, 2013

Video of the Day: The Ultimate How-To Nightlife Event

By Bryan Banducci | Thu, January 10, 2013

Just Do It

By Bryan Banducci | Wed, January 02, 2013

The Real Apocalyptic Threat: Death by Space

By Brandon R. Reynolds | Mon, December 03, 2012

2010 | Best Place for a First Date

2009 | Best New Museum

2002 | Best Museum

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