Arts and Entertainment
July 3, 2024
From: San Diego Natural History MuseumThe Nature Trail is Now Open!
Get a look during the upcoming Garden Fair.
If you've been to the Museum in the last couple of weeks you may have noticed the construction fencing is now down around our garden! Get up close and personal with beautiful native plants on June 29 from 10 AM-2 PM at our Garden Fair.
During this FREE event, you can meet community partners, learn more about planting native, pick up seeds to jumpstart your own garden, play nature-inspired games, enter raffles, and more!
Once you've explored outside, come on in to see the premiere of our new film, T. REX. This new film shares the discovery of a rare juvenile T. rex specimen by three young boys and is narrated by the one and only, Sam Neill. Films are included with paid admission the Museum.
Whale Hey There!
The blue whales are making their way here.
The gentle giants of our oceans are headed to San Diego and you can watch them as they feed along our coast.
Starting this weekend, take a ride with City Cruises for a whale-watching adventure. Museum whalers and naturalists will join in on the fun to help you spot wildlife and share fun facts about what you might see!
Say Hello to Some New Faces.
Meet our newest board members.
We’re thrilled to welcome four new professionals to our Board of Directors. Sarah Aghassi, Edmond Lay, Chikako Okada Tyler, and Victor Vilaplana bring significant legal, financial, and public policy expertise while also representing the family and young professional audiences we are serving.
Will you Bee at the Nat Talk on Thursday?
You still have time to RSVP!
What's the buzz about native bees? Join us on June 20 at 7 PM to learn all about it. Patricia Simpson and Jess Mullins will share about San Diego's native bees and the plants they love!
He Never Met a Rattlesnake He Didn't Like.
And he met more than 12,000 of them.
Born in San Diego in 1883, Laurence Klauber was a prominent businessman with many hobbies. But nothing fascinated him more than reptiles—rattlesnakes in particular.