1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
Hours: Daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission: adults $9; seniors (65+) $7; active military, youth (13–17), students with ID $6; child (3–12) $4; children 2 and under free.
Info: 619 232-3281, www.sdnhm.org
Saber-tooth cats, mammoths, sea cows, giant sharks, and dinosaurs (of course!) are just some of the many critters that roamed our region’s hillsides and coastal waters over the past 75 million years. An $8 million permanent exhibition titled “Fossil Mysteries” (opened in 2006) at the San Diego Natural History Museum brings them all to life through life-sized, fully fleshed-out recreations.
Founded in 1874, the San Diego Natural History Museum occupies a 1930s era building in Balboa Park that doubled in size in 2001. The new wing features a state-of-the-art, 300-seat movie theater/lecture hall and the atrium-level Dinosaur Café, which is ably managed by the Cohn Restaurant Group.
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