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San Diego Natural History Museum

• 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 | Directions
• 619-232-3821
• http://www.sdnhm.org/

Traditional and digital photographic works, ranging from landscape and wildlife images to abstract/impressionistic nature-based images, are included in "The Best of Nature Photography Show," continuing through Sunday, January 30, in the Ordover Gallery.

Visitors to "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition," on display through Sunday, September 9, receive a replica of an actual passenger’s boarding pass on R.M.S. Titanic. Galleries focus on the legendary Titanic’s compelling human stories, told through authentic artifacts recovered from the ocean floor and extensive room re-creations. Admission: $27.

The "Fossil Mysteries" permanent exhibition explores big themes — evolution, extinction, ecology, earth processes — with fossils, models, murals, dioramas. Current "giant-screen films" are Sea Rex 3D: : Journey to a Prehistoric World, Ocean Oasis, Sharks 3D.