Looking for the purr-fect way to spend your Friday night? You otter swing by to celebrate Safari September!
The Museum is thrilled to partner with the Cheetah Conservation Fund and Sea Otter Savvy to showcase these marvelous mammals all month long.
Join us for a hare-raising adventure as wildlife photographers display their images of endangered species and paleo-mammalogists share their cutting-edge discoveries. We will also launch the next installment of our newest Naturalist Night lecture series, which will feature everything from sea otters and surfers, to the extinct North American cheetah. But the safari doesn’t stop there! As a special treat, we’re not kitten when we tell you that the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter is bringing baby animals for adoption, or just to snuggle. We will also have special seasonal items in the Museum store, free access to the summer redwoods exhibit, Treasured Trees, an open bar for guests 21+, and food trucks.
This First Friday we’re partnering with:
- Cheetah Conservation Fund
- Sea Otter Savvy
- UCSC Genomics Institute
- Kara Capaldo – Author of the Sea Otter Storybook
- Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Foundation
- Land Trust of Santa Cruz
- Pathways for Wildlife
- Mountain Lion Foundation
- Snow Leopard Conservancy
- Nature Photographers: Kevin Lohman, Sarah Killingsworth, and Jacqueline Deely
- Conservation Artists; Michelle McCune & Megan Gnekow
- And so many more!
- Drop-by anytime 5-8 p.m. to join the festivities!
- Admission to the Museum is free all day, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Follow the latest guidelines for health and safety.
- Restrooms and water fountains are available inside the Museum.
- Booths, art displays, and activities will be indoors and outdoors.
- This series is sponsored by the Cheetah Conservation Fund
