Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

06/13/2026

How can drones help scientists? Next week’s Moment of Time speaker, Brittney Stoneburg, not only uses drones for paleontology field work, but she has also used them to help study glaciers in the Arctic with the Polar Steam Team!

Learn more about Brittney’s really cool work with drones for science next Wednesday, June 17th for Moments of Time!

Doors open at 6:30p, presentation at 7:30p.
$9 tickets. Buy tickets online or at the door.

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06/13/2026

It’s a from the field! The annual summer has begun and our high school paleontologists are off to Wyoming to look for fossils! Led by Dr. Andy Farke, Dr. Mairin Balisi and our staff, the Peccary Trip is a time-honored tradition of the Alf Museum and where students can get first-hand experience collecting fossils and learning about the science of paleontology.

Stay tuned for more updates from this year’s Peccary Trip coming soon!

All specimens collected under permit from the US Bureau of Land Management.

06/08/2026

Moments of Time returns to the Alf Museum this summer! Join us for some incredible stories about or inspired by the history of life on Earth!

Tickets are $9.00
Purchase online: https://alfmuseum.myshopify.com/

Doors open at 6:30pm
Talks begin at 7:30pm

Presentations:
June 17 - Brittney Stoneburg shares how paleontologists and other scientists use drones for research!

July 18 - A special screening of the short film "Rajasaur" with writer, producer, and director, Sreejith Nair.

August 5 - Dr. Austin Lawrence shares how the evolution of hips were important in the story of humans!

Current Hours: Wednesday – Friday | 11 am – 5 pm, Saturday | 10 am – 5 pm (4:30 pm last entry) The Alf Museum will closed on May 29 – 30 for graduation ceremonies.

05/27/2026

The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology invites qualified researchers and specialists to participate in a short‑term, project‑based initiative focused on the identification and research potential of fossil plant collections housed at the museum.

The Alf Museum houses over 170,000 fossil specimens, many collected with the involvement of high school students from The Webb Schools, and representing key intervals from the last 100 million years of life in western North America. While the museum’s vertebrate collections are well studied, associated fossil plant collections remain largely unidentified and underutilized.

This is a paid, short-term science residency at the Alf Museum. Visiting specialists will contribute to specimen identification, documentation, and recommendations for future research. Engagements are structured around defined deliverables and timelines, not ongoing duties.

Please visit us online for more information on the project and on how to apply. https://www.alfmuseum.org/plantfossilproject2026/

05/27/2026

The Alf Museum will be closed May 29 - 30 for campus graduation ceremonies. We will reopen on Wednesday, June 3 for regular museum hours.

05/22/2026

Check out our high school students in action!

05/13/2026

Science class can a look a little different when there’s a museum on campus! Dr. Balisi’s Honors Paleontology students were learning how to measure fossils by practicing on our Brontothere skulls in the Hall of Life! Some students are also going to be working on surface scanning one of the skulls to create a 3D copy to share with other researchers! Good luck everyone!

05/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first Student Research Symposium and Open House! Our high school paleontologists did an incredible job sharing their research projects and it was great to see folks come by to support them! A special shoutout to Dr. Andy Farke and Dr. Mairin Balisi who lead the Advanced Studies in Paleontology program and mentor our wonderful students. Keep an eye out for updates on their research!

05/08/2026

Go behind-the-exhibits of the Alf during tomorrow’s Museum Open House event! Join us from 1pm - 4pm to visit the Alf collections room and prep lab and meet the paleontologists who keep them running! After, meet our high school paleontologists in the exhibits and learn about the latest discoveries at the Alf Museum.

$9 special admission during the open house event (1pm - 4pm). Free for all California teachers, school staff, and Museums for All members.