Please note: The Academy will close at 3 pm on Thursday, April 25, for the Big Bang Gala and Party After Dark.

The Academy is open 365 days a year, meaning every day is a good day to visit. In addition to more than 20 active exhibits, each day there's a wide range of activities, shows, events, and tours.

Today, April 23, 2019

E.g., 2019-04-23
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 live presentation we explore shapes of the Moon in the sky, then take off and visit the Moon!
Member Event
Moon Explorers
Hohfeld Hall
10:00 am

Check out a backpack with tools and activities! Now available in Traditional Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino.
Junior Scientist Adventure
Coat Check
10:15 am

Storytime with a prehistoric twist, featuring mysterious animals from 200 million years ago.
Storytelling Through Time
Nature Now
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

Put on your thinking caps and check out live science experiments in action.
Junior Scientist Adventure: Live Science Experience
Naturalist Center

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

Learn how fossils are formed in this interactive puppet show for all ages.
Children's Puppet Theater: How a Fossil is Made
East Garden
1:00 pm

Meet some of the Academy’s most spectacular residents and learn about their surprising survival adaptations.
Ssssnake Encounter
Piazza
1:30 pm

Learn about the fascinating adaptations of rays and other ocean cruisers.
Sea Cruisers: Rays and Their Relatives
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

Explore your burning questions about light, color, and spectroscopy with our planetarium presenters.
Learning from Light
Hohfeld Hall
2:00 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

Witness the explosive origins of Earth in this hard-hitting planetarium show narrated by George Takei.
Incoming!
Planetarium
5:00 pm

The museum closes at 5 pm today.
Museum Closes
Entrance

Special Offer 2/1-5/5/19 details

*Join or renew by May 5, 2019, and receive up to three complimentary general admission tickets to the California Academy of Sciences. Offer available for Individual, Individual Plus, Teacher, Community Value, and Senior levels (1 ticket), Family and Family Plus levels (2 tickets), and Associate level (3 tickets). Not valid on Explorer or higher levels. Complimentary tickets are valid for one year from date of purchase of new or renewing membership and have no cash value. Offer is not retroactive and may not be combined with other offers.