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Visitor tip
Visit during special events like the Museum Open House & Student Research Symposium (May 9, 2026) or Discovery Day Events to access fossil labs, meet student researchers, and see the latest paleontology discoveries up close.
Visitor tip
For young dinosaur enthusiasts, this museum is highly interactive with touchable displays and hands-on exhibits downstairs. It's perfect for elementary-aged children who love paleontology, though displays have small text so plan to read information aloud to very young children.
About Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Famed museum with huge fossil collection. Notable paleontology museum offering a vast selection of fossils & specimens, plus history exhibits.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum
- Location
- The Webb Schools campus, Claremont, California
- Main Exhibits
- Hall of Life, Hall of Footprints
- Hours
- Wed-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm
- Special Access
- Virtual tours and behind-the-exhibits experiences available
What visitors say
Pretty cool little museum. It is on the campus of a high school. The students collected everything in the museum, and some research paleontology. Don't ask me about costs to attend the school: I have no idea. General admission to the…
Great experience for younger children or those who loves dinosaurs, plenty of information and great for a short visit (about an hour). I would say it was a wonderful experience for my girls and so interactive. Worth a small visit!
My son found this place and we took my granddaughters, my little one has been fascinated with dinosaurs 🦖🦕 since a baby so we all went on an exploration and this place fit the bill...plz make sure to bring your driver's license 🪪 or…
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Did You Know?
- The museum's fossil collection was entirely gathered and curated by high school students who also conduct paleontology research on-site
- The museum conducts active paleontological research at multiple dig sites including the Hell Creek Formation, Miocene asphalt seeps in Midway, and locations in Barstow
- The museum features a Hall of Footprints with trackways and fossilized footprints from extinct camels and elephants, housed on the lower floor of the circular rock-walled building
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