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| Established | 1853 |
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| Location | Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°46′12″N 122°27′59″W / 37.7701°N 122.466407°W |
| Type | Natural history |
| Accreditation | AAM ASTC |
| Visitors | 1.34 million (2016)[1] |
| Director | Scott D. Sampson (2020)[2] |
| Architect | Renzo Piano |
| Employees | 504 (May 2020)[2] |
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| Website | calacademy.org |
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens.[3] The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research.[4] The institution is located at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Completely rebuilt in 2008, the academy's primary building in Golden Gate Park covers 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2).[3][5] In early 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Academy of Sciences had around 500 employees and an annual revenue of about $33 million.[2]
The museum is accessible via public transit on the N Judah Metro line. The westbound 9th Avenue and Irving station is located about 0.5 miles from the Academy of Sciences.[6] Three Muni bus lines also serve the museum, the 44, 5, and 7 lines.[6]
- ^ "Largest Bay Area Museums". San Francisco Business Times. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ a b c DiFeliciantonio, Chase (2020-05-27). "California Academy of Sciences announces layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts affecting hundreds". SFChronicle.com. Archived from the original on 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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