1. Planetarium Extreme Mammals Hours Membership
Entrance on Level 1 Level 2 Monday–Saturday 9:30 am–5:00 pm Become an Academy member
Welcome to the Fly to the farthest reaches of the
Universe inside the world’s largest
Featuring some of your most
intriguing relatives, from the speedy
Sunday 11:00 am–5:00 pm
The Academy is closed on
and enjoy free admission each time
you visit! Apply your tickets to a
California Academy all-digital planetarium. Witness the
dramatic lives of stars and much
to the sloth-like, the towering to the
tiny, even the venomous and the
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
During holidays and peak seasons,
the Academy may extend its hours.
membership purchase on the day
of your visit. For more information,
speak with a Guest Services staff
of Sciences, the more. Planetarium shows are
recommended for ages 7 and over.
armor-clad, this exhibit explores the
often extraordinary world of extinct
Check the website for details. member, call 800.794.7576 or visit
Visitor Map
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Show passes are available at the and living mammals. Timed entry
only place on the
Shopping and Dining membership.
Planetarium entrance on a passes are available at the exhibit The Academy Store and The
first-come, first-served basis. entrance on Level 2. Academy Cafe are open daily Volunteer
planet where you can during standard museum hours.
The Moss Room, a full-service
The Academy offers a wide variety
of unique volunteer opportunities
explore an aquarium,
restaurant that features local, that range from snake handling and
seasonal ingredients, serves lunch reef diving to specimen preparation
daily from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm and and bone classification. For more
planetarium, and
Rainforests of the World Philippine Coral Reef
Entrance on Level 1 Lower Level dinner on Wednesday through information, call 415.379.5111.
Sunday from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
Step inside a living rainforest, where During your visit to the world’s
natural history
Donations
dripping water sets the beat for a deepest living coral reef tank, find
Academy Tours Your tax-deductible gift helps
symphony of frogs and birds. Peer Nemo—and 2,000 other reef Go behind the scenes for the the Academy maintain its world-
museum under into one of Borneo’s bat caves, meet
chameleons from Madagascar, and
fish—darting through a brightly
colored forest of coral, watch garden
ultimate Academy experience: take
a guided Platinum Tour. Offered
renowned education and research
programs. If you are interested in
find free-flying butterflies in the eels emerge from their underwater daily. Visit the ticket window or becoming a Friend of the Academy,
one living roof. Your
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treetops of Costa Rica. Wind up in burrows, and get a whole new www.calacademy.org/visit/tours. please call 415.379.5405.
the Flooded Amazon, where fish perspective on the most diverse
visit supports the and turtles swim overhead. aquatic ecosystem on the planet. NightLife
Every Thursday night from 6:00 pm
to 10:00 pm, visitors ages 21 and older
Facility Rentals
The Academy’s one-of-a-kind
locations provide inspired backdrops
Academy’s mission can enjoy music, science, cocktails,
and entertainment while experiencing
for your next private or corporate
event. For information about group
to explore, explain, Islands of Evolution
Level 1
Swamp
Level 1
the Academy’s world-class exhibits
and having fun with friends.
Find details and purchase tickets at
rentals, please call 415.379.5497 or
email spevents@calacademy.org.
and protect the Visit the remote islands of
Madagascar and the Galapagos,
Peer over the bronze railing of
the American swamp tank if you
www.calacademy.org/nightlife. Thank you for following all posted
warnings against photography at
natural world. and discover why islands function dare—an albino alligator rules the Contact the Academy selected exhibits. These rules help
as laboratories for evolution. water below. With his startling California Academy of Sciences us to maintain the health of our
Golden Gate Park animals. Extreme
Examine Darwin’s famous finches, white skin, the gator may steal flotation!
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learn how scientists search for the lion’s share of the attention, The nautilus uses
San Francisco, CA 94118 Due to capacity restrictions, not all
new species, and put your new but keep an eye out for the alligator air-filled chambers
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415.379.8000 exhibits may be accessible during
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knowledge into practice by netting snapping turtles that share this info@calacademy.org your visit. We apologize for any within its shell to
virtual insects. fresh water tank. www.calacademy.org inconvenience. adjust its buoyancy.
Discover examples
of Extreme Life
throughout the
Academy.
Living Roof African Hall
Entrance on Level 3 Level 1
Stop and smell the wildflowers Lions, cheetahs, and zebras, oh my!
during a visit to the Academy’s Take a virtual safari through Africa,
This map is reusable.
living roof, a 2.5-acre expanse of and encounter dozens of the Please consider returning your map to any of the information
native California plants that provides continent’s most iconic animals kiosks located throughout the building so that another visitor
superior insulation, prevents storm inside intricately crafted dioramas. can use it. This helps the Academy conserve resources.
water runoff, reduces the urban Don’t be surprised if something
heat island effect, and creates a moves—several dioramas feature
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Extreme Mammals is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org), in
new habitat for bees, birds, live animals, including a colony of collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa,
butterflies, and other local wildlife. African penguins.
California Academy of Sciences
Canada; and Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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2. California Academy of Sciences
u Observation
deck
Living Roof
Planetarium
exit
Level 3
Classroom t Naturalist
Center
The world’s
greenest museum
Designed by award-winning
architect Renzo Piano, the
California Academy of Sciences
sets a new standard for
sustainable architecture.
Supported by recycled steel,
insulated with recycled blue
jeans, powered in part by solar
panels, and topped with a living
roof, the building is the epitome
of energy-efficient design. Learn
s Extreme Mammals more by visiting the rooftop
Level 2 observation deck.
Staff
Entrance
h
Early
Explorers
Cove
l Swamp
Store
Aquarium
stairs
i Planetarium r Aviary
q East entrance n Climate
Garden Change q West
Garden
f Islands of
Evolution m Rainforests
Piazza of the
World
g Science (Exits in
in Action j Reef Aquarium)
Lagoon
p Moss Room
Restaurant
Information
k African Hall
o Academy Cafe
Store
Entrance
Level 1
Daily Programming
All restrooms, water fountains The Academy offers a
and exhibit areas in the number of presentations
Swamp
California Academy of Sciences and demonstrations by
are wheelchair accessible, and trained naturalists to bring
a limited number of wheelchairs Store our exhibits and mission to
are available upon request. life. Highlights include
Attendants are available to Penguin Feedings, Swamp
arrange wheelchair access to Talks, and Coral Reef Dives.
the Planetarium. For more Level 1 stairs Check the information kiosks
information and additional in the lobby for a daily
services, please visit the schedule.
Information desk in the lobby.
A Philippine
Coral Reef
b Water c Northern e Amazon
Planet California Flooded
Coast Forest
d Discovery
Tidepool
Lower Level
(Aquarium)
Lower Level d Discovery Tidepool
Touch sea stars, hermit crabs, and
other residents of the rocky coast
h Early Explorers Cove
A special exhibit for preschoolers
and their caregivers that includes
l Swamp
An albino alligator, alligator
snapping turtles, snakes and
p Moss Room Restaurant
A full-service restaurant led by
chef Loretta Keller, The Moss
Level 2
a Philippine Coral Reef s Extreme Mammals
Thousands of colorful reef fish while learning all about them from nature-themed play spaces, amphibians simulate a swamp Room serves dishes inspired by This special exhibit explores
and corals populate the world’s Academy docents. costumes, and games. habitat of the southeastern the bounty of the Bay Area. the surprising and often
deepest living coral display. United States. extraordinary world of extinct
e Amazon Flooded Forest i Planetarium q Academy Gardens
Walk through this tunnel into the Fly through the Universe in m Rainforests of the World Planted with native species, and living mammals. Pick up
b Water Planet timed entry passes at the
More than 100 tanks filled with flooded Amazon Basin, where the world’s largest all-digital The rainforest habitats of Borneo, the gardens include two art
hundreds of fish cruise overhead, planetarium. Pick up show Madagascar, Costa Rica and the installations by Maya Lin, exhibit entrance.
fish, reptiles, amphibians, and
invertebrates from habitats including catfish, arowanas, and passes at the Planetarium flooded Amazon fill this 90-foot- Bufano sculptures, and tables
around the world demonstrate
the necessity of water to all life
spotted peacock bass. entrance. Recommended for
ages 7+.
diameter dome.
n Climate Change
for outdoor dining.
r Aviary
Level 3
on the Earth.
c Northern California Coast
Level 1 j Reef Lagoon
Follow a boardwalk through a
Track the potential impacts of
climate change in California and
Home to rescued birds of prey
unable to survive in the wild,
t Naturalist Center
Learn about the natural world
f Islands of Evolution mangrove lagoon, where sharks around the world, and learn what including hawks, owls and from the Academy’s expert
Discover the amazing diversity Visit the remote islands of staff through books, interactive
of life in the waters off the and stingrays cruise beneath you can do to help. vultures.
Madagascar and the Galapagos, your feet. activities, and specimens.
California Coast, including and discover why islands function o Academy Cafe
rockfish, leopard sharks, eels
and a giant sea bass.
as laboratories for evolution.
g Science in Action
k African Hall
Journey across the African
continent. Several of the
Run by renowned chef Charles
Phan, the Academy Café offers
healthy, kid-friendly, multicultural
Roof
A multimedia experience that u Living Roof: Observation deck
dioramas include live animals— food.
showcases the latest science An observation deck provides
don’t miss the colony of African
breakthroughs, featuring the views of the Academy’s 2.5-acre
penguins at the end of the hall.
work of Academy scientists. expanse of native California
plants.
Illustration: reineckandreineck.com, San Francisco