The San Diego Natural History Museum celebrated its 150 year anniversary today with a big “block party” in Balboa Park!
Shortly after 9:30, presentations were made on the museum steps by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, California’s Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, and Judy Gradwohl, President and CEO of the San Diego Natural History Museum. Not to mention a friendly dinosaur! Then everyone watching enjoyed free morning admission to the museum!
Those who ventured into the San Diego Natural History Museum could experience fascinating exhibits and enjoy live entertainment. By heading down into the building’s basement, visitors could see the museum’s amazing new Paleo Center. I did just that, and posted photos of it here!
The big outdoor block party attracted visitors to numerous canopies situated on either side of the museum, which sheltered environmental and educational organizations from throughout San Diego County.
Scientists from the Fleet Science Center were happy to be asked anything! I asked two daunting questions. What is existence? What is consciousness?The San Diego Air and Space Museum showed kids how to make straw gliders and paper helicopters!The Coronado Public Library was showing how to made a newspaper pot for plants!A smile from the Earth Discovery Institute! They are helping with natural habitat restoration and conservation.A kid uses a stamp to print an image using red ink from ground up cochineal, at the Balboa Art Conservation Center table!I correctly answered Balboa Park Facts for 500 at the Forever Balboa Park table and won a cool pin!Inside the San Diego Natural History Museum during their 150 year celebration block party!Great live music inside the museum.Back outside, on the north side of the museum, on the lawn near the Moreton Bay Fig and the Natural History Museum’s new nature trail.The Friends of Famosa Slough in Point Loma were showing award-winning photographs. I need to return to the slough for another bird watching walk.All sorts of great information was available concerning Mission Trails Regional Park.Cans4Books recycles cans and bottles and uses the proceeds to provide books for kids!Reef the Whale is a fun sculpture on a trailer used by Cans4Books to collect recyclables!A wood plaque shows that Reef the Whale was born in Point Loma this summer!So many organizations were present for The NAT’s big block party.Amazing sculpture of a California Red-legged Frog made of unrecyclable plastic collected at the museum. A cool creation of local nonprofit Endangered Concepts.San Diego Botanic Garden had lots of plants to check out.A big, wonderful smile!I learned construction of the San Diego River Park Foundation’s new nature center in Mission Valley is making good progress!Thank you for helping to maintain our beautiful San Diego River!
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