San Diego: Nighttime at the San Diego Natural History Museum
ID: GYG624438-1041631
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Country: United States
Duration:
1 days
Description
Enjoy half-off admission when you visit the San Diego Natural History Museum after 5 PM this summer! Get access to all exhibitions, plus check out the great views of Balboa Park from our rooftop deck!
Visit the San Diego Natural History Museum, the oldest museum in San Diego and a flagship institution in Balboa Park, at night this summer! Nat at Night, featuring four floors of exhibition space, our rooftop deck, and San Diego’s only Foucault pendulum, runs from 5 PM to 10 PM every Friday through Labor Day.
With permanent exhibitions, rotating films, and a robust calendar of events and activities like trivia, learn stories about the natural world and engage in a worldwide scientific dialogue.
Come celebrate our 150th anniversary with us!
Current exhibits and films include:
Action from the Archives: The Nat at 150 (opens May 24, 2024)
Our anniversary exhibition features regional conservation success stories—both historic and contemporary—as told through photographs and objects from our archives.
Expedition Baja
The Baja California Peninsula: our neighbor in nature. Explore towing mountains, desert flats, and isolated islands, and follow along with researchers working to conserve the peninsula's wild beauty.
Living Lab
Meet more than 20 of your not-so-cuddly neighbors, from stinging scorpions to elusive nocturnal lizards.
The Backyard
Learn and explore the natural world through play. The Nat's youngest visitors (ages 0-5) can play under a shade tree, search for hidden secrets along a wooden fence, or read their favorite book in a cozy potting shed.
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.
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This exhibition explores the past, present and future of citizen science through rare books, art, photographs, and historical documents.
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 Subaru Giant Screen Experience is one-of-a-kind. Settle into the 300-seat, stadium-style theater and enjoy films on the massive screen.
Showing Daily until June 27, 2024: Shark Kingdom, FUNGI: The Web of Life, and Ocean Oasis
Showing Daily beginning June 28, 2024: T. rex and Ocean Oasis
Highlights
- Journey through 75 million years of natural history at The Nat in Balboa Park!
- Enjoy adult & family programs, including interactive exhibits, films, & trivia!
- Go on a scavenger hunt to find our b-day party animals—from dinosaurs to birds!
- Discover the natural history and unique biodiversity of Southern California!
- Buy a treat in the Flying Squirrel Café or a cocktail on our rooftop deck!
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• This ticket gives you general access to the exhibits and films at the museum. It does not include entrance to ticketed public programs, like lectures, or special events.
• This ticket is only good at 5 PM or later for the date selected.
Enter through the North (fig tree) entrance or the South (fountain) entrance. The ADA and stroller entrance is on the north side of the building.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
