| The San Diego Natural History Museum has
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| | If you think back to October 2003 and the
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| an impressive range in its collection. As
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| | gigantic fire we had here in San Diego,
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| of this writing, there's the fossil
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| | you'll find the section on that fire
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| section, a section on the big fire in San
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| | quite interesting. Brings back a lot of
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| Diego in 2003, rocks and minerals and a
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| | memories, even though my home was not
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| variety of educational programs.
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| | threatened at that time.
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| We watched a movie in their movie
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| | In the basement level there is currently
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| theater. The current one is on Vikings,
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| | an exhibit called "Dinosaurs: Reel and
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| but of course the selection changes
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| | Robotic". The kids loved this part. No
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| regularly, so don't count on this being
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| | pictures are allowed, so I can't share
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| current information for long. The theater
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| | anything like that with you. It's a great
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| is large and comfortable - almost stadium
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| | exhibit, though. The basement exhibit
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| seating with how the seats are tiered,
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| | changes at least once or twice a year.
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| but the chairs are not so high backed as
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| | Last year it was robotic bugs. However,
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| in other movie theaters. The entire
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| | the times I have been there it has always
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| family enjoyed the movie.
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| | been something really interesting for the
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| The second floor is where the fossils
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| | kids.
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| are, and this was the area we spent the
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| | The outside of the building is quite
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| most time on. There's a cave for the kids
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| | interesting. They've made changes to the
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| to play in, and it was hard to get my
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| | building through the years, so one side
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| daughter to leave that area.
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| | is very old fashioned with lots of
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| The kids will also enjoy joining magnetic
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| | accents while the other side is quite
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| parts to make various animals. Depending
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| | modern. The building is just huge, but
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| on age, it can be a bit tricky for them
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| | quite a bit of it is not open to the
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| to figure out which part goes where, but
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| | public.
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| since there are only about 5 or 6 parts
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| | The museum is free for San Diego city and
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| per animal, it's not too tough.
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| | county residents and active duty military
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| My kids weren't all that impressed by the
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| | the first Tuesday of each month. ID is
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| microscopic fossils that could be
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| | required. If there are exhibits that
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| examined. A quick look, then they were
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| | require separate admission, those will
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| bored. I found those quite interesting,
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| | still require admission.
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| however, and older children may as well.
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