San Diego Natural History Museum
Natural history museum · San Diego ·
Museum with exhibits on fossils, local wildlife, and habitats
Museum with exhibits on fossils, local wildlife, and habitats
"A cultural campus offering kid-oriented institutions such as the Natural History Museum and the Fleet Science Center, which together provide hands-on exhibits, science demonstrations, and child-friendly programming adjacent to green spaces and gardens." - Elizabeth Preske Elizabeth Preske Elizabeth Preske is an associate editor at TripSavvy and a former associate digital editor at Travel + Leisure. She writes and edits content about destinations around the world, covering everything from travel-related news and tips to stories about quirky destinations. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"I watched scientists at work in the Demonstration Lab at the San Diego Natural History Museum and explored the Living Lab's rattlesnakes, arachnids, frogs, and centipedes, while younger children can play in The Backyard designed for kids five and under." - Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty is a writer who specializes in covering destinations, resorts, and cruises for Travel + Leisure and other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"As part of one of the world’s 35 biodiversity hot spots, San Diego and its environs are home to more species than many regions of similar size. To learn more, head to the Natural History Museum’s permanent Coast to Cactus in Southern California exhibition, where you can immerse yourself in large, 3-D models of the area’s unique habitats, like mountain forests and coastal sage zones. You can even climb into a multimedia-equipped Airstream trailer that comes alive with the sounds of desert critters at night, or crawl through a mudflat to see the animals that call it home. While at the museum, be sure to also check out the Cerutti Mastodon exhibit, which tells the story of the paleontologists who, in the 1990s, excavated fossils from a site in San Diego that suggest humans were in North America 115,000 years earlier than previously imagined. The show includes evidence like a mastodon tusk and rocks that scientists believe were once used to break bones."
"Hosting Chew The Scene in Balboa Park, the San Diego Natural History Museum will serve as the official launch party for the San Diego Asian Film Festival on Tuesday, October 9; the event will feature 16 local restaurants cooking their takes on Asian American cuisine, and general admission tickets ($60) include unlimited food tastings, complimentary beer and wine, plus a special cocktail featuring Malahat Spirits or Ming River baijiu." - Candice Woo
"At the San Diego Natural History Museum I watched Pacific Arts Movement host a screening of the documentary Ulam: Main Dish as part of the 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival, and it felt like the future of Filipino food on full display; the film—cited as the first feature about Filipino cuisine—highlights Filipino and Filipino-American chefs and restaurant owners who are currently making headlines in national food media." - Candice Woo
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