894 West Belmont Avenue

Fresno, California 93728

559-498-2671

Hours:  Open daily 9 am to 4 pm

Admission Charged

A Word from the Director:  "Each of us was born into a world of incredible diversity of animal and plant life. Throughout our lives most of us marvel at the diversity and uniqueness of life. We visit zoos and watch nature programs on television and are astounded by the strangeness of the creatures we see.  I believe that future generations will judge us not by what we have created for them, but by what we have saved for them.”

Downing Planetarium

5320 N. Maple Ave. M/S DP132
California State University, Fresno
Fresno, CA 93740

559-278-4121

Hours: Call for performance schedule

Admission Charged

The Downing Planetarium has a 74-seat star theater with a 30-foot dome. The planetarium shows are run with a Minolta MS-8 star projector, two video projectors, and 29 slide projectors; all controlled by a computer program.

Fresno Metropolitan Museum

1515 Van Ness Avenue
Fresno, CA 93721

559-441-1444

Hours: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm, Dollar Nights - Thursday 5pm – 8pm

The Fresno Metropolitan Museum features art, history and science. This is a perfect place to take children or explore on your own.

Madera Wine Trail

800-733-8068

Hours: Call for additional information

Admission Free

It's the Valley's best kept secret - working wineries just a few minutes drive from downtown Madera and just across the river from Fresno.

Meux Home Museum

1007 R Street

Fresno, CA 93710

559-233-8007

Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon – 3:30pm

The Meux Home Museum recaptures the flavor of Victorian Fresno by presenting a middle-class residence -- furnished in the period, as a representative house museum. A costumed docent leads a one hour tour of this restored urban dwelling of the 1890's. By modern standards elaborate, the Meux Home was nonetheless a middle-class residence, built for $12,000 from a carpenter's catalog.