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The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, which opened in 1883, is one of the first natural history museums in the country. The museum is located in Pacific Grove, close to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and showcases the natural treasures of California’s central coast as well as its plants, birds, wildlife, geology, and cultural diversity. Since its establishment, the museum has spearheaded the national tradition of nature preservation and hands-on science education. The museum's collection of birds native to Monterey County has a display with more than 400 specimens, and it includes the California condor and the now extinct passenger pigeon. The museum is also the largest public site for monarch butterflies, which stop in Pacific Grove on their annual migration south.
165 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, Phone: 831-648-5716
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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