Western Science Center

The Western Science Center, home of the Pacific Mastodon, is the natural history museum of Southern California's #InlandEmpire!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

PaleoCon is almost here! This event will feature paleontologists from across the country showing off their work. Join us on August 26th for a fun day full of science, hands-on activities, & the opening of a new exhibit, for the price of regular museum admission! #PaleoCon2023

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

The museum will be closed tomorrow, Sunday 10/22/23 for a private event, we apologize for any inconvenience.

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s #ScienceUndertheStars! Our annual fundraiser was a major success thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, donors, & attendees. Thanks for your support of your local natural history museum, & we’ll see you again next year!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Happy #FossilFriday! Our team helped our friends @JDFossilBedsNPS and made 3D printed specimens to go back on display at the visitor center!

[John Day Fossil Beds @JDFossilBedsNPS]

Our friends from the @WesternCenter brought up 9 3D prints of @ucmpberkeley specimens on display in the visitor center! Photogrammetry (making 3D models from photo) is safer for the fossils than traditional molding methods! #FossilFriday

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The Western Science Center will be closed to the public on Tuesday, 7/4, in observation of the 4th of July holiday. We will resume normal business hours on Wednesday, 7/5 at 10AM.

[Dr. Alton Dooley 🇺🇦 @AltonDooley]

Tiny horse! @bdooley72, educator @WesternCenter, holds a cast upper jaw of the Miocene horse Calippus regulus. Brett found the original specimen in VA in 2001 while volunteering for @VMNH. This cast will be in a new exhibit @WesternCenter opening this August. #FossilFriday

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Congrats to the new @jerseymikes opening TOMORROW in San Jacinto, and thank you for choosing to support the Western Science Center! Redeem a coupon between 6/14 & 6/19 and Jersey Mike’s will donate $2 to the museum!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

There’s a new @jerseymikes coming to San Jacinto on 6/14, and they’ve chosen to support WSC and donate $2 to the museum for every coupon redeemed from June 14th - June 19th!

Grab a coupon below and check out the New Jersey Mike’s during their grand opening this Wednesday!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Happy #FossilFriday! This week we got a special delivery of dinosaur and turtle bones found by our field team in the Menefee Formation in New Mexico! Stay tuned as we start the long process of preparing, cataloging, and getting these fossils ready for research! 🦖🐢

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

@JonesSnagged Whoops! @MaxMastodon’s autocorrect sometimes gets confused with the @cityofmenifee near the museum! 😉

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Field season in New Mexico has begun! Curator Dr. Andrew McDonald and WSC staff and volunteers are back in the Menifee Formation digging up dinosaurs, turtles, and other amazing fossils from over 80 million years ago. We can’t wait to see what they find!

#fossils #science

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Ready, set, science - our annual summer exhibit The Exploration Lab returns on June 3rd! Learn about the shapes, sights, and sounds all around us with this interactive exhibit that has activities for scientists of all ages, but especially kids!

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Hey @ComicConRvltn! Stop by Booth #1033 to check out our Mobile Museum, shop for replica fossils, and more!

#comiconrevolution #comiccon #ontario

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We celebrated all of our volunteers at yesterday’s Volunteer Appreciation, but we had to give special recognition to our longtime volunteer John De Leon for 17 years of volunteer service (John has been volunteering since the museum first opened in 2006!). Thank you John!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Join us TOMRROW for the last SciSat before summer! Look for clues & solve mysteries as you learn all about the Science of Sleuthing!

SciSats are held in partnership w/ @HUSDParents. HUSD friends and family can make it a day w/free admission into the museum on SciSat days!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

The Inland Empire Science Festival is NOW OPEN! Stop by to see science exhibitors from across Southern California, all for the price of your regular museum admission - and thanks to @HUSDParents, HUSD families get in FREE!

[Hemet USD Wellness and Community Outreach Center @HUSDParents]

JOIN US! Inland Empire Science Festival, Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10AM-4PM, Western Science Center. HUSD families enjoy free admission!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Happy #FossilFriday! What’s in all those boxes? A lot of dinosaur and turtle bones from the Menifee Formation in New Mexico! WSC paleontologists headed up to @nhmu to bring this material to the museum, & we’re excited to go through all the boxes and see what’s inside.

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Congrats to our educator Reggie Sauls, who just presented for the 1st time on his undergrad research @CSUSBNews! His works features sand dollars from our friends @alfpaleo, where he was also an ACCESS So Cal Paleo alum!

[Western Science Center @WesternCenter]

Summer Camp Registration is NOW OPEN at the Western Science Center! ☀️🔭🔬

Available day camps this year include Fossil Fun!, Art & Nature, and more.

Space is limited and the first camp session starts on June 19th; register your child today!

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