California Academy of Sciences - Wikipedia
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 California Academy of Science's History
On an evening in 1853—just three years after California joined the United States—seven men assembled in a candle-lit room in San Francisco and founded the first scientific academy west of the Atlantic seaboard.
California Academy of Science - FoundSF
Interior of California Academy of Sciences at California and Dupont Streets between 1874-1890. Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library. Five of the seven founders bore the title “Dr.,” but only one of them was a practicing physician.
A Swingin' History: Cal Academy's Foucault Pendulum - KQED
Sep 19, 2008 · There are three iconic exhibits of the Academy that have been revived - the Alligator Swamp Tank, African Hall and the Foucault Pendulum. Each exhibit has its own special history and anecdotes but I quite like the science and Academy history of the Foucault Pendulum.
California Academy of Sciences - Encyclopedia Britannica
Dec 10, 2024 · California Academy of Sciences (CAS), in San Francisco, oldest scientific institution in the western United States (incorporated 1853). The academy is situated in Golden Gate Park. Since the building’s redesign (completed 2008) by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, it includes a number of museums.
The California Academy of Sciences - A Narrative History: 1853 …
A historical sketch of the first 50 years of the California Academy of Sciences, the oldest scientific society in the western U.S., was produced by Academy member Theodore H. Hittell, a noted attorney and writer, for presentation at the Semi-Centennial Meeting of the Academy in 1903.
A Brief and Incomplete History - California Academy of Sciences
Mar 16, 2023 · A look into the evolution of the California Academy of Sciences since it’s creation in the 1850s. Lot’s of great old photographs and anecdotes.
The Academy of Sciences in San Francisco: A Review - Fog City …
Longtime residents have fond memories of hours spent in the old San Francisco science museum, wandering through the wide variety of curiosities, in a spacious and quiet milieu.
This 1906 earthquake hero saved the specimens that rebuilt Cal Academy
On the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco’s Market Street was filled with collapsed buildings, and the inferno that would destroy half the city was on its way. Like many men in charge,...
Inside the hidden archive of San Francisco’s most iconic museum
Sep 15, 2023 · An ancient predator. A famous grizzly. Here's an interactive tour of rarely-seen artifacts from San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences.