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Join our Planetarium team to see the spacecrafts that could launch us, once again, beyond Earth.
Embark on a late-night science adventure: NightLife explores the mechanics of flight in the natural world.
Music by DJ Platurn
Science of Flight Showcase
Project Lab
All Evening
Learn about the evolution of flight in a wide range of creatures with specimens from our scientific collections, from fossils to terrestrial arthropods and virus-carrying mosquitoes.
VR Experience: A Drop in the Ocean*
Piazza
All Evening
Explore the ocean from a plankton's perspective in the Academy's brand new VR installation "Drop in the Ocean". *This experience is not included in the General Admission price.
Generously supported by United Airlines
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Join our Planetarium team to see the spacecrafts that could launch us, once again, beyond Earth.
Discover how life is connected in Habitat Earth, our latest original planetarium show.
Explore the immense scale of the known Universe in this live presentation that leaves Earth far behind.
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Attention Earthlings: our planet's calling & it's time to answer. Join us for a night of community & activism.
Feel the beat of connection through the power of musical instruments.
See what’s revealed once the sun goes down and explore the nocturnal side of the Academy.
Carnaval is taking over! Join the party and celebrate Latin American, Caribbean & Afrodiasporic cultures.
Why is California so special? Find out at the grand opening of our newest exhibit, California: State of Nature.
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