At the Academy, there's always something new to see—and as a member, there's always something just for you to see! Mark your calendars for these upcoming in-person events.

Looking for more member programs? Be on the lookout for upcoming virtual and in-person programs to register for in your Member Update emails!

Upcoming events

Members' Month

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Members' Month butterflies

October is Members' Month! Join us for an exciting array of members-only programs at the museum and online.

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Sun's Atmosphere

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A solar prominence compared to Earth.

A large eruption in the low solar atmosphere caught in the act by NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), a solar telescope orbiting Earth since 2013. Earth is shown for scale. When these types of events propagate into interplanetary space they can impact space nearby Earth, causing space weather.

October 7 at 7:30 pm

How does the Sun's magnetic field drive the heating of its 10,000-degree chromosphere and million-degree corona?

SuperNatural

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Banner image for SuperNatural Halloween at Cal Academy showing Claude the alligator and T. rex skeleton in funny costumes
October 26 at 5:00 pm

On October 26, join us for a fright at the museum at the Academy's annual Halloween extravaganza!

Weekly Member Hour favorites

California Critters Storytime

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3 story books with a bee, raccoon, and robin puppet
June 28 at 10:15 am
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Read a story about an animal with a deep connection to California, with the help of a puppet companion! Daily

Penguin Feeding

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Three African Penguins
February 6 at 10:30 am
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February 20 at 10:30 am
February 27 at 10:30 am
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Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, 10:30 am.

Passport to the Universe

Artist rendering of the Orion Nebula
June 30 at 10:30 am
July 7 at 10:30 am
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January 5 at 10:30 am

Discover your place in the cosmos in an exhilarating planetarium show.

Missed it? We recorded it!

Member Talk: Secret Lives of Snakes

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Western Patch Nosed snake image: Chad Lane
June 3 at 3:00 pm
June 4 at 3:00 pm

Watch the recording of this Member Talk and learn all about the Secret Lives of Snakes!

Member Talk: The Galápagos Islands

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Galapagos Islands image
March 20 at 3:00 pm
March 21 at 3:00 pm

Watch the recording of this Member Talk to learn about the Academy's long history in The Galápagos Islands!

Happening at the museum now!

BigPicture: Natural World Photography

BigPicture grand prize winner is The Forest of the Monarchs by Jaime Rojo, showing monarch butterflies completely covering trees in a sun-dappled forest in Mexico.

Grand Prize winner: The Forest of the Monarchs by Jaime Rojo

Embark on a visual odyssey of the year's best nature, wildlife, and conservation photography—now open daily.

California: State of Nature

Coyote specimen with amber eyes on exhibit in California: State of Nature at Cal Academy. Photo by Gayle Laird

A colorful new exhibition reveals the surprising ways people, places, and species are connected in California.

Habitat Earth

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Sea otters float on a calm ocean in a scene from the new planetarium show Habitat Earth

Explore the ever-expanding web of life—and our place in it—in our original planetarium show. Now playing daily.

Member Hours

Academy members enjoy exclusive access to the museum every Tuesday (8:30-9:30 am) and Sunday (10-11 am). Guests are welcome—please purchase additional tickets as necessary.

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