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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

1305 East Cliff Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95062 United States Get Directions
8314206115
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Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s […]
Free

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: Nature Club

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Neary Lagoon in the autumn is full of life! Migratory birds seek food and shelter in large numbers and provide excellent opportunities to study them up close. The Museum will provide binoculars for each participant. Saturday, November 11th | 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location: Neary Lagoon Ages: 6th-8th grade $10 Non-Members |$ 5 Members […]
$5 – $10

Museum of the Macabre 2023

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Museum of the Macabre 2023 $15 Members | $25 General | $30 at the door. Space is limited. 21+ | Admission includes one free drink. Online presale discounts end October 27. Come in costume and imbibe cauldron-concocted cocktails while exploring the chasms of the world beneath our feet. The seventh annual Museum of the Macabre […]
$15 – $25

Family Fun with Fossils!

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Dig into the fascinating world of fossils during this month’s Family Fun day at the Museum! We’ll explore ancient whales from millions of years ago and dig for fossil shark teeth, while practicing being paleontologists. All ages welcome, but this is especially relevant for kiddos ages 7-10. Saturday, October 7, 2023 10-11 a.m. Free | Donations Appreciated Limited space available. […]
Free

First Friday After Hours | Underground

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
October’s First Friday celebrates the opening of the new exhibit Underground: Unearthing Unseen Worlds. Dig into the mysterious creatures, caverns, and curiosities of the underground that sometimes inspire fear, but are essential to life as we know it. The event will feature natural pigment making from soil, geology and paleontology experts with specimen displays, worm composting […]
Free

Coastal Cleanup Day at Seabright Beach

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Join us for the largest volunteer event in the country! California Coastal Cleanup Day welcomes more than 60,000 volunteers who will pick up hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash and recyclables from beaches, lakes, and waterways each year. Help preserve wildlife by taking trash out of the environment. Volunteer alongside your families, friends, coworkers, scout […]

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History garden learning center, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us. Saturday, September […]
Free

Free Family Fun: Birds, Birds, and More Birds

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
For this month’s Family Fun event, we will be birding on East Cliff Drive along the San Lorenzo River! Museum Staff will provide binoculars for each participant and share helpful tips for identifying birds during this walk. Saturday, September 9, 2023 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Location: Lower Seabright | San Lorenzo River Free Please […]
Free

Super Summer Saturday | 118th Museum Birthday Bash!

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Enjoy FREE family-friendly pop-ups in the Park all summer long. Featuring nature activities, community groups, food vendors, and more! Plus enjoy free admission to the Museum all day. August’s event celebrates the Museum’s 118th birthday. Saturday, August 19, 2023 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Activities Fossils with Wayne […]
Free

Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History garden learning center, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us. Saturday, August […]
Free

CZU and You | Naturalist Night: Reintroducing Fire

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Fire is a natural part of the California landscape and plays an integral role in our local ecology. For millennia, Indigenous communities have stewarded the land with fire, but centuries of fire suppression, periods of extreme drought, and an expanding populace into the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) have led to increasingly intense fires that threaten communities. […]
Free – $4

First Friday After Hours | Fire

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
August’s First Friday explores the hot topic of fire in Santa Cruz County as part of our CZU and You series. Reflect on the three years since the CZU Lightning Complex Fires with local community groups that steward our open spaces, artists who are inspired by our local forests, and experts who can share their hot […]
Free

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