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Buena Vista Museum of Natural History & Science
Buena Vista Museum of Natural History & Science is a museum in Bakersfield, CA, part of the Southern San Joaquin Valley guide. Cost: under $25.
2018 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301 · Bakersfield, CA
Why you should go…
The Buena Vista Museum of Natural History & Science, founded in 1995, sits in downtown Bakersfield's Arts District and covers geology, anthropology, and paleontology. Its collection is centered on the Bob and Mary Ernst Collection of Miocene fossils from Shark Tooth Hill, alongside African, Asian, and North American animal mounts, dinosaurs, Native American artifacts, and petrified wood. The museum includes the Oh! Zone interactive discovery center for children and a working Paleo Lab.
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