Films in the giant-screen theater are included with paid admission and also with Balboa Park Explorer Passes, GO San Diego Cards and for members of the San Diego Natural History Museum. Tickets are available at the Admissions Desks at the Museum.
The Subaru 3D Experience is the largest Dolby® 3D theater for a museum in California! Digital 3D technology delivers a premium viewing experience from anywhere in the 300-seat, stadium-style theater. Assistive Listening Devices for films and lectures in the Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan Theater are available. Please inquire with the theater attendant or with the Admission Desk.
Take a fascinating journey into two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds—Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert.
Travel through time to unravel the astonishing 320-million-year story of how flying animals first appeared, and then evolved into the huge variety of aeronauts that fill our skies today.
Visit remote islands in the Pacific where monster crabs prowl the land, radiant reefs swarm with sharks, and emerald jungles hide secret turquoise lagoons.
From the Permian through the Jurassic, journey to the south polar landscapes of Antarctica hundreds of millions of years ago. Join intrepid Antarctic scientists on a quest to understand the ice continent’s profound ecological story over eons—from a frozen desert to a lush dinosaur world and back again.
