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California Living Museum
California Living Museum Review
A combination zoo, botanical garden, and natural-history museum, the emphasis here is on the zoo. All animal and plant species displayed are native to the state. Within the reptile house lives every species of rattlesnake found in California. The landscaped grounds—in the hills about a 20-minute drive northeast of Bakersfield—also shelter captive bald eagles, tortoises, coyotes, black bears, and foxes.
- Address: 10500 Alfred Harrell Hwy., Hwy. 178 east to Harrell Hwy. north, Bakersfield, CA, 93306 | Map It
- Phone: 661/872-2256
- Cost: $9
- Hours: Mar.--Oct., daily 9--5; Nov.--Feb., daily 9--4
- Website: www.calmzoo.org
- Location: Bakersfield
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