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.

Today, September 15, 2024

E.g., 2024-09-15
10:00 am

The Academy is open for members only every Tuesday from 8:30-9:30 am and Sunday from 10-11 am.

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Member Event
Jerry Hume Sunday Member Hour
Entrance
10:15 am

Celebrate Claude's hatchday with a live reading of "Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator" by the author!

 Cover of childrens book Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator by Emma Bland Smith
Claude's Hatchday Storytime
Science Today Station
10:30 am

Learn about our African penguin colony from an Academy biologist during this member program. Sundays, 10:30 am.

 Three African Penguins
Member Event
Penguin Feeding
African Hall

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

 Artist rendering of the Orion Nebula
Member Event
Passport to the Universe
Planetarium
11:00 am

The Academy opens at 11 am today.

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Museum Opens
11:00 am

Journey upriver with a salmon puppet and learn their role in the health of ecosystems. Daily, 11 am.

 A Chinook salmon puppet with a river image background
Children's Puppet Theater: Song of the Salmon
Science Today Station
11:15 am

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

 Sea Otters in 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

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

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Spark: The Universe in Us
Planetarium
12:30 pm

Help Dr. Otter diagnose and restore the health of the California kelp forest: Saturday & Sunday, 12:30 pm.

 Presenter dressed as an otter holding plush sea star
Dr. Otter's Kelp Clinic
Piazza
12:45 pm

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

 Sea Otters in ocean
Habitat Earth
Planetarium
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.

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Spark: The Universe in Us
Planetarium
2:00 pm

Become an ocean chemistry expert in this exploration of the connection between sea, sky, and you. Daily, 2 pm.

 Presenter in orange vest sanding with chemistry set in front and picture of coral behind
Ocean Action: The Power of pH!
Science Today Station
2:15 pm

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

 Sea Otters in 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

Claude the albino alligator turns 29 on Sept. 15! Wish him a happy hatchday at this very special live program.

 Claude the albino alligator with his mouth open wearing a birthday hat digitally added to the photo
Swamp Talk: Claude's Hatchday Edition
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 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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