San Diego Museum of Natural History

San Diego Natural History Museum

www.sdnhm.org
Tripadvisor (461) · History museum in San Diego, United States
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Features fascinating exhibitions and a giant-screen theater showing films with a focus on the natural world. The Museum’s award-winning exhibit …

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Jun 16, 2024
I have been a member for years❤️! A GREAT museum.❤️!! It has been awhile since I have come here in person. BETTER than ever! The movie presentations & programs….EVERYTHING. Where else can you fi… Full review by bevb316
Dec 16, 2023
This was an expensive museum to visit but seemed to display just a limited number of exhibits. The Living Lab held display cases with spiders, snakes and other smaller animals that were popular wi… Full review by wireless_in_CA
Sep 10, 2023
Long ago you could wander the museum and spend hours looking thru the glass cases of creatures. Now you follow a painted pathway, with few interesting objects, and you're out on an hour . Total wa… Full review by Rebekah T
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Third Oldest Scientific Institution
The San Diego Natural History Museum was founded in 1874 as the San Diego Society of Natural History. The present location of the m…
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The San Diego Natural History Museum is the second oldest scientific institution in California. A bi-national museum, its mission is to interpr…
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The San Diego Natural History Museum got its start in 1874. In those days, it was called the Society of Natural History. It is located in Balb…
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The oldest known scientific institution in southern California is the San Diego Natural History Museum, fondly known as ‘theNat’. Th…
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What's the average time it takes to get through the museum?
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It depends how old your kids are or what your goals are or if you attend a special exhibit or watch a movie in addition to seeing the general collection. Whew!! Those are a lot of …
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It depends how old your kids are or what your goals are or if you attend a special exhibit or watch a movie in addition to seeing the general collection. Whew!! Those are a lot of conditions!! I’d say 2 hours or so. Balboa Park has so many fun things to see, beautiful places ro walk, other kid-base museums as well as more adult art galleries... you can spend a long day at the park or a short one. I’d just recommend coming as early as possible for parking purposes.
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Is self parking available at the museum?
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Yes. Plus you can get there by the San Diego Trolley tour shuttle, which has various pick-ups throughout the city.
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What were the early signs that indicated the Cerutti Mastodon site was different from a typical paleontological site?
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There were many anomalies scientists noticed right away:
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