875 Howard Street, the temporary home of the California Academy of Sciences, closed today for the "Great Migration," which will relocate all the museum's innumerable treasures to its new home in Golden Gate Park, scheduled to open in October. 20 million scientific specimens and 38,000 live animals will be moving across town along with a colony of African penguins, a 1,350-pound quartz cluster and the last California grizzly bear no name but a few. The new Academy will combine innovative green architecture and inventive exhibitions of Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, and Kimball Natural History Museum.
A living planted roof will feature undulating hills that echo the landscape around the Academy. Inside, visitors will explore a dramatic four-story Rainforests of the World exhibit, the world's deepest living coral reef, and live animals displayed throughout the museum.
Photo by Emma Krasov: Grizzly bear from the Academy of Sciences' collection.
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