The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest museums of natural history in the World. Remodeled in 2008, it is also one of the newest in the United States. It is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. The Academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavours in the 20th century. The Academy's primary build...
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The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest museums of natural history in the World. Remodeled in 2008, it is also one of the newest in the United States. It is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. The Academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research, with exhibits and education becoming significant endeavours in the 20th century. The Academy's primary buildings in Golden Gate Park reopened on September 27, 2008.
Prior to being replaced the old Academy building attracted around half a million visitors each year. As has been the case from the start, the main thrust of the exhibits is natural history. As such, the public areas of the Academy are divided into three general areas.
The Academy conducts research in a number of fields, largely but not exclusively branches of biology: anthropology, marine biology, botany, entomology, herpetology, ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, mammalogy and...
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