Exhibits

Dive into fun and engaging exhibits at the California Science Center! Through hands-on experiences in our galleries, you'll learn about human inventions and innovations, the life processes of living things and more. The Science Center also features fantastic special exhibitions that change all the time, so visit often to find out what's new!

Special Exhibitions

North American Premiere

Amazônia

Photography by Sebastião Salgado

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Landscape of an igapó, a type of forest frequently flooded by river water, with jauari palm trees.
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Sebastião Salgado
Beat COVID-19 with science!

All in This Together

Join the fight
A masked parent holds their kid, who is also wearing a mask
How did we get to this point?

The makings of a pandemic

Explore the early days
Aerial view of empty freeway streets in downtown Los Angeles after the COVID-19 stay-at-home order went into effect in March 2020
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Hyperlapse Media / Shutterstock.com
All in This Together

Virgin Orbit Bridge Ventilator

See how it works
Virgin Orbit bridge ventilator
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Virgin Orbit
On display in the Samuel Oschin Pavilion

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Launch and learn
Visitors surround Endeavour inside the Samuel Oschin Pavilion
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NASA/Bill Ingalls
Air & Space

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Launch and learn!
A diverse family group enjoys the space shuttle Endeavour display in the Samuel Oschin Pavilion.
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Tracie Spence Photography
External Tank

ET-94

The world's last remaining ET that was built for flight

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A huge orange external tank lies horizontally on a trailer in front of a large building with a NASA logo on the side.
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NASA/MAF
Endeavour's latest mission

Mission 26: The Big Endeavour

Be inspired!
Endeavour on a Los Angeles street, with workers in lifts to get a better look at the scene
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NASA/Bill Ingalls

Permanent Exhibits

Explore beneath the waves

Kelp Forest

Dive in!
Diver giving thumbs up inside Ecosystems Kelp Tank
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Leroy Hamilton
Ecosystems: Extreme Zone

Rocky Shore

Hold on tight!
A family reaches out to touch a large sea star held by an aquarist
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Tracie Spence Photography
Ecosystems: Extreme Zone

Desert

Heat up
The Desert gallery in the Ecosystems Extreme Zone, with a modeled desert landscape
Ecosystems: Extreme Zone

Poles

Chill out
Family touching ice wall inside Ecosystems Poles gallery
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Tracie Spence Photography
Get away from it all

Island Zone

Adapt and evolve!
Families interact with exhibits in Ecosystems' Island Zone, featuring a tropical fish tank and island imagery
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Robert Canfield Photography
Ecology in our urban habitat

L.A. Zone

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Guests interact with exhibits in Ecosystems' LA Zone
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Robert Canfield Photography
Currents, climate change and connections

Global Zone

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Kids observing Earth display inside Global Zone
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Pete Eckert
The sky is no limit

Air & Space

Reach new heights
One Mercury, one Gemini, and one Apollo space capsule, each on display in its own glass case
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Devin Waller
Take to the skies!

Air & Aircraft

Take off!
F/A-18 jets practice a maneuver in the sky
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US Navy/Benjamin Crossley
Air & Aircraft

A-12 Blackbird

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Lockheed A-12 Blackbird trainer aircraft in flight
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US Air Force
Air & Aircraft

F-20 Tigershark

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Two F-20 Tigersharks fly in formation
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US Air Force
Air & Aircraft

Northrop T-38 Talon

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A T-38 Talon jet flies upside down
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US Air Force/Bobbi C. Zapka
Air & Aircraft

F/A-18A Hornet

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Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet flying low, showing vortices over its wings
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US Navy
Air & Aircraft

Velie Monocoupe

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Velie Monocoupe in flight
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Gilles Auliard
Shoot for the Stars

Humans in Space

Ready for launch!
An astronaut in a spacesuit floats untethered above Earth.
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NASA
Humans in Space

Apollo-Soyuz command module

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artist's concept illustrating an Apollo spacecraft (left) about to dock with a Soyuz spacecraft
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NASA/Robert McCall
Humans in Space

Gemini 11 capsule

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Conrad (left) and Gordon (center) are inserted into their couches aboard Gemini XI on launch morning. A sign reads 'This is absolutely your last chance. CM3 & CM4 are next.'
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NASA
Humans in Space

Mercury-Redstone 2

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Recovery personnel aboard the USS Donner remove Ham, a 37-pound chimpanzee, from the Mercury-Redstone 2 spacecraft
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NASA
Meet our cosmic neighbors

Mission to the Planets

Explore the solar system
Artist's rendering of the Cassini space probe over Saturn's rings
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NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mission to the Planets

Cassini-Huygens

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Artist's rendering of the Cassini space probe over Saturn's rings
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NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mission to the Planets

Viking Lander

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Viking's first picture of the surface of Mars
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NASA/JPL
Peer out in space and back in time

Stars & Telescopes

Expand your view
The Hubble space telescope orbits above Earth.
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NASA/STScI
Roy A. Anderson

Blackbird Exhibit and Garden

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A-12 on display in the Roy A. Anderson Blackbird Exhibit and Garden
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Leroy Hamilton
Fun for the littlest learners

Discovery Rooms

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Guest Services facilitator sits on floor with puppet in hand and plays with young children in the Ecosystem Discovery Room reading area
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Tracie Spence Photography

Give & Join

Become a Member or support the California Science Center in a variety of ways.

Explore giving options
Young kids wait in line to fly their kites near a large fan while at Hands-On Science Camp
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Nathan Alexander