Lindsay Wildlife Museum, located at 1931 First Ave near downtown Walnut Creek is a small museum that houses live wild animals and also offers various educational exhibits. From their website:
Lindsay Wildlife Museum is a unique natural history and environmental education center where live, wild animals are just inches away. Visitors can listen to the cry of a red tailed hawk, go eye-to-eye with a gray fox and watch a bald eagle eat lunch. More than 50 species of live, non-releasable, native California animals are on exhibit.
Tens of thousands of children learn about the environment in their classrooms through our traveling education programs and on-site tours of the museum. Nature and science-oriented classes and trips are offered for adults and children. More than 600 volunteers help feed and care for wild animals, teach children and adults about nature, and support the museums mission in many other ways.
They are open year-round, and tickets are a reasonable $7 for adults and $5 for children, free for children under 2. I’ve visited more times than I can count and my children always have a fun time there. Anyone ever volunteer there? What’s it like behind the scenes?
