I'm a sucker for museums, natural history museums in
particular.
So it's no surprise that one of the places I wanted to see on my next trip to the Monterey Peninsula was the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum.
So it's no surprise that one of the places I wanted to see on my next trip to the Monterey Peninsula was the Pacific Grove Natural History Museum.
Pacific Grove, aka "Butterfly Town USA," is the little city (population 15,500 or so) where
Monarch butterflies gather en masse
during their annual winter migration down south. Like by the millions.
It was the wrong time of year to see them, but that’s
okay. Two places I’d had on a “To See” bucket list were the Point Pinos
Lighthouse and the Pacific Gove Natural History Museum. I finally got a chance
to see them last month.
Built in 1883, the museum is about the same size as
the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. Most of its display area consists of
birds, more than 400 specimens are displayed, including the formidable-looking California
condor, and an extinct passenger pigeon.
‘Nuff talk. It’s time for photographs, a few of the
many I took.
The Back Yard
It’s also got a back yard with more than 100 plants
native to Monterey County, and a huge piece of jade:
Cross this one off my bucket list!
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