SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (THE NAT) NATURE IS THE BIGGEST EXHIBITION OF ALL. While best known as a favorite spot to see new exhibits, the San Diego Natural History Museum (nicknamed The Nat) is much more than a museum. The roots of this organization trace back to 1874 when to a group of naturalists came together to study the unique flora and fauna of our region. They didn’t open the first exhibits until nearly 40 years later. Today, The Nat is abuzz with activity—serving as a popular destination for museumgoers, a trusted source for outdoor educational programs, and a research institution working to protect our regional biodiversity. Its newest exhibition, Caught on Camera, brings it all together under one roof. The show features beautiful wildlife photography taken with motion- activated cameras by local scientists, professional photographers, and curious members of the San Diego community. 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
sdnat.org | 619.232.3821 HOURS: Daily, 10 a.m.– 5p.m.; open until 10 p.m. on Fridays this summer
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SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE
SAN DIEGO JUNIOR THEATRE is the oldest youth theatre in the nation, currently celebrating 75 years of offering affordable camps, classes, and outreach programs for children ages 3-17, as well as six main stage productions each season. Students gain confidence, learn leadership, practice teamwork, and build a skill set—not only for a theatre stage but for the larger stage of the real world. Junior Theatre is committed to promoting inclusion on its stages, in its classrooms and in its audience and strives to provide high-quality educational curricula and theatre productions that are accessible to all children so that it can be a place where everyone feels safe, welcomed, and represented regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability. 1650 El Prado, Casa del Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 juniortheatre.com | 619-239-1311 HOURS: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
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