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  • Ended January 5, 2020 Holiday Piñata Pavilion Stroll through the festive space to get into the holiday spirit.
  • Ended January 5, 2020 Kachō-e: Impressions of Natural History in Japanese Prints Exhibit features special collection of antique Japanese woodblock prints.
  • Ended September 2, 2019 Butterflies Alive! (2019) Walk through a beautiful garden while nearly 1,000 live butterflies flutter freely around you.
  • Ended September 2, 2019 Strange Science Strange Science reveals the degree to which early science was radically speculative.
  • Ended May 5, 2019 Great Naturalists Lives of early naturalists who collected, described, and classified living things
  • Ended April 28, 2019 Fairy Village Fairy homes are popping up all over our pavilion! Imagine what it’s like to live in the heart of nature as you explore
  • Ended January 20, 2019 American Indian Basketry Nearly two hundred historic and contemporary Native American baskets.
  • Ended January 6, 2019 Holiday Pavilion The Sprague Butterfly Pavilion has transformed into the Holiday Pavilion -- full of festive decorations.
  • Ended January 2, 2019 The Kingdom of California: Mapping the Pacific Coast in the Age of Exploration Antique Maps of California
  • Ended October 14, 2018 Butterflies Alive! (2018) The exhibit features 1,000 butterflies fluttering freely in the new Pavilion.
  • Ended September 3, 2018 50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic 50 Greatest Photographs showcases many of the most compelling imagery published in the history of the magazine.
  • Ended September 3, 2018 The Art of Natural History Rare Treasures from our Antique Print Collection
  • Ended June 3, 2018 Wild Things Audubon's North American Mammals
  • Ended September 10, 2017 Bugs...Outside the Box This exhibition has ended.
  • Ended September 4, 2017 Insecta Antique Works on Paper in the Maximus Gallery
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