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