Based in Bakersfield, California, the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History is administered by a volunteer organization, and dedicated to promoting public education by preserving and displaying local and world-wide natural history objects.
Incorporated in 1995, the museum began its operations, with a side display at the California Living Museum, Bakersfield's Zoo.
In November 2000, the museum moved to its present site, which is a 10,000-square-foot facility, with displays, specimen storage, fossil preparation areas, and a room for meetings and classes.
The museum is a repository of Bob and Mary Ernst collection of Kern County fossil collections including sharks, ancestral sea lions, dolphins, whales, dugongs, turtles, crocodiles, and seabirds. Miocene invertebrate fauna such as clams and gastropods are also featured in the paleontology collection.
In addition, items related to Anthropology, Archeology, Biology, and Geology are part of the collection. Native American artifacts from the local Yokuts tribe, form the core of the anthropology exhibits.
The Geology section has on display an outstanding collection of rock and mineral items. Further, the museum presents special exhibits ranging from astrogeology and dinosaurs.
The museum also provides tours, lectures, classroom presentations, and off-site displays at public events.
A wide range of items including coloring books, reference books, and toys of dinosaurs and marine mammals, can be purchased at the museum store.
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