Saturday, October 24, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

It’s a SuperNatural Halloween!

Tricks, treats, and… tentacled snakes? Celebrate spooky season at SuperNatural, and party with the creepy, crawly, and lovably quirky residents of Cal Academy. Boo-gie down at a silent disco, feed your sweet tooth (or fang) at trick-or-treat stations, and see what slithers at live animal demonstrations.

The scariest part? It’s selling out quick.

Now playing daily

Dive Deep into California’s past 

Featuring herds of migrating mammoths, ancient flying dinosaurs, and giant marine reptiles, our all-new planetarium film Timescapes takes you on a time-hopping trip through the state that you won’t soon forget.

Journey through California’s ancient past, biodiverse present, and hypothetical future, and discover what lurked in the Golden State a million years ago. Plus, enjoy narration by Bay Area native actress Aisha Tyler.

Thursday, October 29, 6 to 10 p.m.

Fright NightLife

Adults 21+

Someone wickedly fierce is roaming the museum…it’s Peaches Christ, San Francisco’s queen of scream! Catch her headlining performance at our annual 21+ Halloween haunt, featuring roaming ghouls and frightful thrills around every corner. Face your fears, embrace the eerie, and explore the museum transformed for Halloween.

Vanishes Oct 19!

Trick or treat? Definitely treat. 

Meet the Cal Academy Crunch: a limited-time, flavor-packed, sustainably produced salad, brought to you in partnership with our neighbors at MIXT. Snag your snack AND a $5 off museum admission coupon when you purchase a Cal Academy Crunch using your MIXT account. (Hot tip! Cal Academy members enjoy 20% off at MIXT!)

The salad features MIXT greens, spicy pickled shimeji mushrooms, BAP 4-Star Certified tamari salmon, and much more. Available until October 18 at all Bay Area MIXT locations.

Oct 17 to Nov 1

Behind the Screams: The Halloween Tour 

Discover a hidden collection of spine-chilling animals, mystical protections against supernatural creatures, & wicked potion ingredients all held within the Academy’s research collection. Specimens include; wolfsbane, deadly nightshade, spiders, mosquitos, and snakes -o-plenty.

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