Daily Calendar

8:30 am	Museum opens early for members on Tuesday. Member Event Member Hours Entrance
9:30 am	The Museum opens at 9:30 am today. Museum Opens Entrance
9:40 am	In this interactive program, explore how shadows change throughout the day and make your own interesting shadows Shine and Seek Hohfeld Hall
10:15 am	Join us for an all-ages exploration of animal movement from scaly critters to feathery flyers. Mon-Fri, 10:15am. Animal Moves! Science Today Station
10:30 am	Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. 10:30 am and 3 pm daily. Penguin Feeding African Hall Motions of the Solar System for grades 3-5 School Groups Only Motions of the Solar System 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	Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation. Expedition Reef Planetarium A puppet show about a unique animal that has a lot in common with a duck, snake, and kangaroo. Daily, 12:30 pm. Where Do I Belong?: Children's Puppet Theater Science Today Station
1:00 pm	Meet some of the Academy’s live snakes in-person at 1pm daily! Ssssnake Encounter Science Today Station
1:30 pm	Learn about the fascinating adaptations of rays and other ocean cruisers. Lagoon Feeding Reef Lagoon 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	Discover the relationships between patterns, science and our understanding of the world around us! Patterns In Nature 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
3:00 pm	Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. 10:30 am and 3 pm daily. Penguin Feeding African Hall
3:30 pm	Meet Claude, our albino American alligator, and hear 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

8:30 am

Museum opens early for members on Tuesday.

Member Event

Member Hours

Entrance

9:30 am

The Museum opens at 9:30 am today.

Museum Opens

Entrance

9:40 am

In this interactive program, explore how shadows change throughout the day and make your own interesting shadows

Shine and Seek

Hohfeld Hall

10:15 am

Join us for an all-ages exploration of animal movement from scaly critters to feathery flyers. Mon-Fri, 10:15am.

Animal Moves!

Science Today Station

10:30 am

Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. 10:30 am and 3 pm daily.

Penguin Feeding

African Hall

Motions of the Solar System for grades 3-5

School Groups Only

Motions of the Solar System

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

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

Expedition Reef

Planetarium

A puppet show about a unique animal that has a lot in common with a duck, snake, and kangaroo. Daily, 12:30 pm.

Where Do I Belong?: Children's Puppet Theater

Science Today Station

1:00 pm

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

Ssssnake Encounter

Science Today Station

1:30 pm

Learn about the fascinating adaptations of rays and other ocean cruisers.

Lagoon Feeding

Reef Lagoon

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

Discover the relationships between patterns, science and our understanding of the world around us!

Patterns In Nature

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

3:00 pm

Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist. 10:30 am and 3 pm daily.

Penguin Feeding

African Hall

3:30 pm

Meet Claude, our albino American alligator, and hear 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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