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Don't miss this weekend's FREE Canyoneer hike!

Join us on this Saturday on an easy hike to Tijuana Estuary, November 21, 1 - 2:30 PM.

Night at the Museum: Art Inspired by Darwin

Book reading and signing with Bette Blaydes Pegas with live music by The Galapagos Mountain Boys. Tuesday, November 17; 6:30 PM. Sign up today!

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PERMANENT EXHIBITION
Fossil Mysteries

    CURRENT EXHIBITION
    DARWIN:
    Evolution | Revolution
    November 7, 2009–
    February 28, 2010
    GIANT-SCREEN THEATER
    Charmaine & Maurice
    Kaplan Theater
    Featuring the NEW
    Downing 3D Experience
    Opening October 8!
    CURRENT EXHIBITION
    Water:
    A California Story
    Opened July 19, 2008
    CURRENT EXHIBITION
    Aerial Portraits
    of the American West
    Photographs by John Shelton
    May 11–Indefinite
    CURRENT EXHIBITION
    Baja California
    September 19, 2009–
    January 3, 2010

CHARMAINE & MAURICE
KAPLAN THEATER
Dinosaurs Alive! 3D

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