California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences is located in San Francisco County
California Academy of Sciences
Location within San Francisco County
California Academy of Sciences is located in California
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences (California)
California Academy of Sciences is located in the United States
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences (the United States)
Established1853 (1853)
LocationGolden Gate Park
San Francisco, California, United States
Coordinates37°46′12″N 122°27′59″W / 37.7701°N 122.466407°W / 37.7701; -122.466407
TypeNatural history
AccreditationAAM
ASTC
Visitors1.34 million (2016)[1]
DirectorScott D. Sampson (2020)[2]
ArchitectRenzo Piano
Employees504 (May 2020)[2]
Public transit access
Websitewww.calacademy.org Edit this at Wikidata
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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, including the 44, 5, and 7 lines.[6]

  1. ^ "Largest Bay Area Museums". San Francisco Business Times. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AcademyAbout was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wollan2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Getting Here". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

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