AT THE MUSEUM
For all At the Museum programs, $3 additional per person includes a screening of the Museum's current 3-D film.

Gallery Investigations

Self-guided Visits
Available all year
Conduct your own self-guided visit and enjoy the Museum's exhibitions and films in the giant-screen theater. Curriculum materials are available for most exhibitions. Teachers may arrange to preview exhibitions by calling 619.255.0210.

Days: Daily from 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
Fee: $4/$7 per student (an additional $3 per person includes a screening of the Museum’s current 3D-film)
Group size: 10 students minimum; one adult per eight students is required and admitted at no charge. Additional adults $6/$9 each.

Meet the Curator—Darwin Lecture for School Groups
Get the inside details on Darwin: Evolution | Revolution from one of the two local curators of the exhibition. Why is this exhibition significant and what is the “evolution revolution”? The lecture will either by given by Bradford Hollingsworth, Ph.D., curator of the San Diego Natural History Museum’s Department of Herpetology, or Mark Wheeler, Ph.D., professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University.

Grades: 5–12
Days: Mondays
Available: November–February
Fee: $14 each for students and chaperones (Includes Museum admission. Grades 5–8 require one adult chaperone per eight students; grades 9–2 require one adult chaperone per 12 students.)
Times: 10 AM lecture; 11 AM exhibition admission

Darwin–Biology Today
Available November–February
Inspire your students with real-world science! Come hear a guest researcher from University of California, San Diego’s Biological Sciences Department discuss the exhibition and the research that they do back in their labs. This lecture will provide insight into the exhibition, Darwin: Evolution | Revolution and the exciting world of a career in biological science research.
California State Standards

Grades: 5–12
Days: Mondays
Fee: $14 each for students and chaperones (Includes Museum admission. Grades 5–8 require one adult chaperone per eight students and grades 9–12 require one adult chaperone per 12 students.)
Times: 10 AM talk; 11 AM exhibition admission

Habitats of San Diego
Available October–May
Visit our Discovery Center. Docents will lead small groups on a journey through unique San Diego County environments from the seashore to the desert.
California State Standards

Explore Fossil Mysteries
Available October–May
Travel through time with Docent guides in the Museum’s permanent exhibition, Fossil Mysteries. Discover extraordinary San Diego and Baja California through this spectacular collection of regional fossils, interactives, and to-scale reproductions of ancient species.
California State Standards

Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Fee: $6 per student (includes General Admission to the Museum)
Times: 10 AM or 11 AM
Group size: 32 students maximum per session

AT YOUR SCHOOL SITE

Museum on Wheels

Fossil Tales of San Diego
Available October–May
Did you know that dinosaurs lived in San Diego 75 million years ago? Take a look at fossil clues that tell the story of dinosaurs, saber-tooth cats, walruses, mammoths, and more!
California State Standards

Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
Fee: $155 per school visit for two one-hour sessions; same day, same room, same topic, limit three sessions per day
Times: 9:30 and 10:45 AM
Group size: 20 students maximum per session

Creeping Things
Available October–June
Our herpetology expert will bring live and mounted specimens to your school for an up-close science experience with reptiles and amphibians
California State Standards

Days: Weekdays
Fee: $225 for a one-hour session; $325 for two one-hour sessions
Times: Flexible
Group size: 60 students maximum per session

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