Last updated: 4/2/2011
Oakland, California
Street Address
552 Bellevue Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
Mailing Address
552 Bellevue Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
Hours
Daily 10-5
Admissions
free
Museum Type(s)
Staff
Richard Kaufmann, Director
phone: 510-238-3739
Description

Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge is America's oldest. Founded in 1870, it was turned over to the City of Oakland in the 1950s. The Rotary Nature Center was built in 1953.

Artifact Collections

amphibians, animals, anthropology, archaeology, birds, botany, ethnic & tribal arts, ethnology, historic site, history, mammology, mineralogy, ornithology, painting, paleontology, photography, reptiles, zoology

Educational Programs

exhibitions, children's classes, hands-on workshops, research, guided tours, outreach to schools

ADA

parking, wheelchair access, re

free parking on weekdays, Sa &

Parking

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