Every day is a good day to visit the California Academy of Sciences. In addition to more than 20 active exhibits, each day there's a wide range of activities, shows, events, and tours.

The Academy is open every day of the year.

Today, September 21st, 2017

E.g., 2017-09-21
9:30 am
Museum Opens
Entrance
10:00 am

Become a scientist for a day by checking out a field science backpack full of tools and activities.
Junior Scientist Adventure
Coat Check

Come dive into storytime with an ancient twist.
Storytelling Through Time
Science Today Station
10:15 am

Put on your thinking caps and check out live science experiments in action.
Junior Scientist Adventure: Live Science Experience
Front Lobby
10:30 am

Meet our African penguin colony and get your questions answered by one of our Academy biologists.
Penguin Feeding
African Hall

Motions of the Solar System for grades 3-5
School Groups Only
Motions of the Solar System
Planetarium
11:00 am

Can you dance like a pterosaur? Lend us your moves for this fun theatrical skit all about pterosaurs.
The True Pterosaur!
Piazza
11:15 am

Join us atop the Academy’s Living Roof for a fascinating peek into the lives of the local pollinators.
Pollinator Power (weather dependent)
Living Roof
11:30 am

Watch as a diver plunges into one of the world's deepest living coral reef tanks.
Coral Reef Dive
Philippine Coral Reef

What are earthquakes, what causes them, and how have they influenced human history?
Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet
Planetarium
12:30 pm

Join us for a fun, experiment-based program as we explore the ocean and its special chemistry.
Ocean Action: The Power of pH!
Project Lab

Explore two of today's greatest cosmic mysteries—dark matter and dark energy. Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Dark Universe
Planetarium
12:40 pm

The death of the dinosaurs wasn't the only great extinction in Earth's history.
Impacts and Extinctions
Hohfeld Hall
1:30 pm

Learn about the fascinating adaptations of rays, sharks, and other ocean cruisers.
Sea Cruisers: Rays and Their Relatives
Shark Lagoon

What are earthquakes, what causes them, and how have they influenced human history?
Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet
Planetarium

Join us in the East Garden for an interactive puppet show.
Children's Puppet Theater
East Garden

Join us for an interactive puppet show exploring one caterpillar’s small journey through a big change. All Ages.
Children's Puppet Theater
Science Today Station
2:30 pm

Watch as a diver plunges into one of the world's deepest living coral reef tanks.
Coral Reef Dive
Philippine Coral Reef

Explore two of today's greatest cosmic mysteries—dark matter and dark energy. Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Dark Universe
Planetarium
3:00 pm

Meet our African penguin colony and get your questions answered by one of our Academy biologists.
Penguin Feeding
African Hall
3:30 pm

Learn all about Claude, our albino American alligator, and other swamp inhabitants.
Swamp Talk
The Swamp

What are earthquakes, what causes them, and how have they influenced human history?
Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet
Planetarium
4:30 pm

Explore the immense scale of the known Universe in this live presentation that leaves Earth far behind.
Tour of the Universe
Planetarium
5:00 pm

The museum closes at 5 pm today.
Museum Closes
Entrance
6:00 pm

Hit the open bar with your friends before heading on a behind-the-scenes tour. You'll be a VIP the entire night.
NightLife VIP Tour
6:30 pm

Take a tour of the Universe with a sprinkling of the hottest news stories from astronomy and the space sciences!
NightLife Event
Universe Update (*passes limited)
Planetarium
7:30 pm

Explore two of today’s greatest cosmic mysteries—dark matter and dark energy!
NightLife Event
Dark Universe (*passes limited)
Planetarium
8:30 pm

Explore two of today’s greatest cosmic mysteries—dark matter and dark energy!
NightLife Event
Dark Universe (*passes limited)
Planetarium

Fall 2017 membership offer fine print

*Special Offer Details

Purchase or renew your Academy membership by October 31, 2017, and receive up to three complimentary general admission tickets to the California Academy of Sciences. Offer available for Individual, Individual Plus, Community Value and Senior levels (1 ticket), Family and Family Plus levels (2 tickets), and Associate level (3 tickets). Complimentary tickets are valid for one year from date of purchase of new or renewing membership and have no cash value. Offer is not retroactive and may not be combined with other offers. Offer not valid for Explorers, Friends, or other donor levels, gift voucher redemptions, or employees and partners of the California Academy of Sciences.