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.
amphibians, animals, anthropology, archaeology, birds, botany, ethnic & tribal arts, ethnology, historic site, history, mammology, mineralogy, ornithology, painting, paleontology, photography, reptiles, zoology
exhibitions, children's classes, hands-on workshops, research, guided tours, outreach to schools
Daily 10-5