The Academy is open 365 days a year! See what's on the day of your visit, or plan ahead. Unless otherwise noted, all events and programs below are included with admission.

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Today, December 23, 2024

E.g., 2024-12-23
9:30 am

The Museum opens at 9:30 am today.

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Museum Opens
Entrance
10:00 am

Brrr! Explore cold-weather creatures through crafts, experiments, and demonstrations. Daily, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

 Woman and young girl enjoy making reindeer crafts at the Academy
Ice Lab
10:15 am

An interactive storytime about how humans are connected to each other and the natural world. Daily, 10:15 a.m.

 image of globe and three story books
We Are All Connected Storytime
Science Today Station
10:30 am

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

 Three African Penguins
Penguin Feeding
African Hall

Where did the building blocks of life come from? Journey across space & time to explore how elements are made.

 YouTube video poster image
Spark: The Universe in Us
Planetarium

Special delivery! See a pair of super-cute baby Tibetan yaks in the East Garden. Daily, through Jan. 5.

 Cute black and white baby Tibetan yak lies down in straw in its outdoor enclosure at Cal Academy
Baby Animals in the East Garden
'Tis the Season for Science
11:00 am

An Academy favorite! Learn about penguins around the world in this interactive puppet show. Daily, 11 a.m.

 presenter on stage with 2 penguin puppets
Children's Puppet Theater: P Is for Penguin
Piazza
11:15 am

Discover the beauty, variety, and vast complexity of our connections to the network of life that surrounds us.

 Sea otters in the ocean
Habitat Earth
Planetarium
11:30 am

Watch as a diver plunges into one of the world's deepest living coral reef tanks. Daily, 11:30 am and 1:30 pm.

 Academy Diver in Philippine Coral Reef Tank
Coral Reef Dive
Philippine Coral Reef
12:00 pm

'Tis the season for music and magic! Enjoy live shows at 12 and 2 p.m. in the Piazza on select days this winter.

 Main in reindeer antler headband plays in a brass holiday band in the Academy Piazza
Piazza Performances
Piazza

Where did the building blocks of life come from? Journey across space & time to explore how elements are made.

 YouTube video poster image
Spark: The Universe in Us
Planetarium
12:45 pm

Discover the beauty, variety, and vast complexity of our connections to the network of life that surrounds us.

 Sea otters in the ocean
Habitat Earth
Planetarium
1:00 pm

Learn about the winter survival strategies of polar bears and penguins in this fun trivia contest. Daily, 1 p.m.

 Presenter next to large game wheel and map of the arctic and antarctic
Wild Winter Trivia
Piazza
1:30 pm

Watch as a diver plunges into the world's deepest living indoor coral reef exhibit. Daily, 11:30 am and 1:30 pm.

 Academy Diver in Philippine Coral Reef Tank
Coral Reef Dive
Philippine Coral Reef

Where did the building blocks of life come from? Journey across space & time to explore how elements are made.

 YouTube video poster image
Spark: The Universe in Us
Planetarium
2:00 pm

'Tis the season for music and magic! Enjoy live shows at 12 and 2 p.m. in the Piazza on select days this winter.

 Main in reindeer antler headband plays in a brass holiday band in the Academy Piazza
Piazza Performances
Piazza
2:15 pm

Discover the beauty, variety, and vast complexity of our connections to the network of life that surrounds us.

 Sea otters in the ocean
Habitat Earth
Planetarium
3:00 pm

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

 3 African Penguins on exhibit at the Academy of sciences
Penguin Feeding
African Hall

Where did the building blocks of life come from? Journey across space & time to explore how elements are made.

 YouTube video poster image
Spark: The Universe in Us
Planetarium
3:30 pm

Meet Claude, our alligator with albinism, and learn why his southeastern habitat is so unique. Daily, 3:30 pm.

 Claude, the Academy
Swamp Talk
The Swamp
3:45 pm

Discover the beauty, variety, and vast complexity of our connections to the network of life that surrounds us.

 Sea otters in the ocean
Habitat Earth
Planetarium
4:30 pm

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

 Artist rendering of the Orion Nebula
Passport to the Universe
Planetarium
5:00 pm

The museum closes at 5 pm today.

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Museum Closes
Entrance
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