Animal Discovery Room

Crested Gecko
Come to the Animal Discovery Room (ADR) and:
  • hold and touch gentle animals
  • come face to face with exotic species
  • play with self-guided activities and specimen models
  • discover more about yourself and other organisms.
Visitors of all ages can experience something new every time they visit the Animal Discovery Room. During the hours the ADR is open, LHS staff members are available to answer your questions.

School Year Hours:  1:30-4:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.  Open on the following holidays: Labor Day, Veterans Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Day.  Open for Winter break: Dec. 19-23, and Dec. 26, 2009-Jan 3, 2010.  Closed Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas.


Not all animals are on public view every day.

Exhibits

  • Facing Mars:  Would you survive the journey?

    Facing Mars

    What if you could travel to Mars? Would you be prepared for a long space journey and an inhospitable landscape? Goodbye, Earth … Hello, Mars
  • Kids Lab

    KidsLab

    Visitors in kindergarten and younger have this multi sensory play area all to themselves.

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  • San Diego Science Festival

    San Diego Science Festival

    Many parents also see nanotechnology as a future career field for their children.

  • Nano Gecko

    Lights, Camera, Geckos!

    The episode is one of several on nanotechnology produced in collaboration with leading science museums across the country.

Open Daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  //  Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA, 94720-5200  //  510-642-5132  //  Email Us  //  UC Berkeley