Daily Calendar

9:30 am	The Museum opens at 9:30 am today. Museum Opens Entrance
10:15 am	Grab a seat for a cozy morning story time featuring exciting, space-themed stories. Monday-Friday, 10:15 am. Interstellar Story Time Science Today Station
10:30 am	Learn the difference between day & night, what can be seen in the night sky, and how stars and planets move. School Groups Only Sun, Moon, and Stars Planetarium
11:30 am	Watch as a diver plunges into the world's deepest living indoor coral reef exhibit. 11:30 am and 2:30 pm daily. Coral Reef Dive Philippine Coral Reef Discover your place in the cosmos in the Academy's exhilarating new planetarium show. Multiple showtimes daily. Passport to the Universe Planetarium
12:30 pm	Come take a seat and join us for a seasonally themed puppet show that's fun for the whole family! Children's Puppet Theater: My First Winter Science Today Station Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation. Expedition Reef Planetarium
1:00 pm	Meet some of the Academy’s live snakes in-person at 1pm daily! Ssssnake Encounter Science Today Station
1:30 pm	Discover your place in the cosmos in the Academy's exhilarating new planetarium show. Multiple showtimes daily. Passport to the Universe Planetarium
1:40 pm	Explore the Solar System with a Morrison Planetarium presenter! Solar System Safari Hohfeld Hall
2:15 pm	Become an ocean chemistry expert in this interactive exploration of the connection between sea, sky, and humans. Ocean Action: The Power of pH! Nature Now
2:30 pm	Watch as a diver plunges into the world's deepest living indoor coral reef exhibit. 11:30 am and 2:30 pm daily. Coral Reef Dive Philippine Coral Reef Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation. Expedition Reef Planetarium
3:30 pm	Meet Claude—our albino American alligator—and learn why his southeastern habitat is so unique. 3:30 pm daily. Swamp Talk The Swamp Discover your place in the cosmos in the Academy's exhilarating new planetarium show. Multiple showtimes daily. Passport to the Universe Planetarium
4:30 pm	Learn about planets and moons near and far in a live tour of our Solar System. Tour of the Solar System Planetarium
5:00 pm	The museum closes at 5 pm today. Museum Closes Entrance

9:30 am

The Museum opens at 9:30 am today.

Museum Opens

Entrance

10:15 am

Grab a seat for a cozy morning story time featuring exciting, space-themed stories. Monday-Friday, 10:15 am.

Interstellar Story Time

Science Today Station

10:30 am

Learn the difference between day & night, what can be seen in the night sky, and how stars and planets move.

School Groups Only

Sun, Moon, and Stars

Planetarium

11:30 am

Watch as a diver plunges into the world's deepest living indoor coral reef exhibit. 11:30 am and 2:30 pm daily.

Coral Reef Dive

Philippine Coral Reef

Discover your place in the cosmos in the Academy's exhilarating new planetarium show. Multiple showtimes daily.

Passport to the Universe

Planetarium

12:30 pm

Come take a seat and join us for a seasonally themed puppet show that's fun for the whole family!

Children's Puppet Theater: My First Winter

Science Today Station

Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation.

Expedition Reef

Planetarium

1:00 pm

Meet some of the Academy’s live snakes in-person at 1pm daily!

Ssssnake Encounter

Science Today Station

1:30 pm

Discover your place in the cosmos in the Academy's exhilarating new planetarium show. Multiple showtimes daily.

Passport to the Universe

Planetarium

1:40 pm

Explore the Solar System with a Morrison Planetarium presenter!

Solar System Safari

Hohfeld Hall

2:15 pm

Become an ocean chemistry expert in this interactive exploration of the connection between sea, sky, and humans.

Ocean Action: The Power of pH!

Nature Now

2:30 pm

Watch as a diver plunges into the world's deepest living indoor coral reef exhibit. 11:30 am and 2:30 pm daily.

Coral Reef Dive

Philippine Coral Reef

Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation.

Expedition Reef

Planetarium

3:30 pm

Meet Claude—our albino American alligator—and learn why his southeastern habitat is so unique. 3:30 pm daily.

Swamp Talk

The Swamp

Discover your place in the cosmos in the Academy's exhilarating new planetarium show. Multiple showtimes daily.

Passport to the Universe

Planetarium

4:30 pm

Learn about planets and moons near and far in a live tour of our Solar System.

Tour of the Solar System

Planetarium

5:00 pm

The museum closes at 5 pm today.

Museum Closes

Entrance

Special Exhibit Hours

Please note that some exhibits have slightly modified opening and closing times:

Curiosity Grove
Monday–Saturday: 10 am–4:30 pm
Sunday: 11 am–4:30 pm

Naturalist Center
Monday–Thursday: 12 pm–4:45 pm
Friday–Sunday: 11 am–4:45 pm

Osher Rainforest
Monday–Saturday: 10 am–4:45 pm
Sunday: 11 am–4:45 pm

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