From the Beginning

Interactive Multimedia stations to learn about the Earth from the Beginning

Fossils and bones from creatures who once lived in California

Room sized painted mural details the Earth's timeline

Watch Recorded programs all about the Earth and the changes over its timeline

Above is a fossil bone of a Baleen Whale from the Miocene Age. Approximately 12,000,000 Years old.

From the Ralph Bishop Family Collection

 

Natural Asphaltum containing animal bones-this is a large piece from a "Tar Pit" found in California.

Tar pits trapped and drowned animals including

Saber Tooth Cats, Mammoths, Dire Wolves, Horses, Camels, and Giant Teradon Haws.