Riverside
World Museum of Natural History contains outstanding systematic displays of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles. Specimens prepared by sculpture and freeze-dry taxidermy are displayed in a lifelike manner. Also on display is one of the world’s largest and finest collections of mineral spheres. Rounding out the displays are gems and minerals, fluorescent minerals, meteorites and tektites, petrified wood, shells, American Indian artifacts, and contemplative stones (Suiseki).
World Museum of Natural History
4500 Riverwalk Pkwy
Riverside, CA 92515
Hours:
Open to the public every Saturday from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Also open by appointment at other times for group tours.
Phone:
(951) 785-2209
Website:
https://www.lasierra.edu/centers/wmnh/
