California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in , California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: natural history museum in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “Academy of Sciences”, “Cal Academy”, “calacademy.org”, “CAS”, “CASC”, “Kalifornská akademie věd”, “The California Academy of Sciences”, “Viện Khoa học California”, and “カルフォルニア自然史博物館”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: California Academy of Sciences building and Steinhart Aquarium.

Museum
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is a museum.

Public aquarium
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is a public aquarium.

Park
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The is an open-air plaza within in . Flanking the oval-shaped concourse are the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum and the California Academy of Sciences.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richmond District and Cole Valley.

Suburb
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The is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of , on the West Side of the city. Developed initially in the late 19th century, the district is bordered by on the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Lincoln Park, and the to the north, bisected by the Presidio Greenbelt.

Neighborhood
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is a small neighborhood in San Francisco, . It borders to the north, to the northeast, the Castro to the east, and Twin Peaks to the south.

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The is a district of running along Street and the famous center of San Francisco's hippie community, with a multitude of eclectic stores, coffee shops, and art that reflects this fact.

California Academy of Sciences

Latitude
37.76993° or 37° 46′ 12″ north
Longitude
-122.4658° or 122° 27′ 57″ west
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
849VQG9M+XM
Geo­Names ID
5332729
Wiki­data ID
Q965731
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“California Academy of Sciences” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكاديمية كاليفورنيا للعلوم”
  • Armenian: “Կալիֆոռնիայի գիտությունների ակադեմիա”
  • Asturian: “Academia de Ciencies de California”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia de les Ciències de Califòrnia”
  • Chinese: “加利福尼亚州科学院”
  • Chinese: “自然科学馆”
  • Croatian: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Czech: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Dutch: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Esperanto: “Kalifornia Akademio de Sciencoj”
  • French: “Académie des sciences de Californie”
  • Galician: “Academia de Ciencias de California”
  • Georgian: “კალიფორნიის მეცნიერებათა აკადემია”
  • German: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Hebrew: “האקדמיה למדעים של קליפורניה”
  • Hungarian: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Irish: “Acadamh Eolaíochtaí California”
  • Italian: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Japanese: “カリフォルニア科学アカデミー”
  • Korean: “캘리포니아 과학 아카데미”
  • Latin: “Academia Californiensis Scientiarum”
  • Luxembourgish: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Persian: “فرهنگستان علوم کالیفرنیا”
  • Polish: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Portuguese: “Academia de Ciências da Califórnia”
  • Portuguese: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Russian: “Калифорнийская академия наук”
  • Serbian: “Kalifornijska akademija nauka”
  • Serbian: “Калифорнијска академија наука”
  • Slovak: “Budova California Academy of Sciences”
  • Slovak: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Slovenian: “Kalifornijska akademija znanosti”
  • Spanish: “Academia de Ciencias de California”
  • Swedish: “California Academy of Sciences”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภํณฑ์วิทยาศาสตร์”
  • Ukrainian: “Каліфорнійська академія наук”
  • Uzbek: “Kaliforniya Fanlar akademiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Học viện Khoa học California”

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