Explore Nearby Museums
 Updated: 4/2/2011 
Rotary Nature Center/Lake Merritt Wildlife Refuge
Oakland, California
Description

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.

Artifact Collections

amphibians, animals, anthropology, archaeology, birds, botany, ethnic & tribal arts, ethnology, historic site, history, mammology, mineralogy, ornithology, painting, paleontology, photography, reptiles, zoology

Programs

exhibitions, children's classes, hands-on workshops, research, guided tours, outreach to schools

Address
552 Bellevue Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
phone: 510-238-3739
e-mail: sbenavidez@oaklandnet.com
home page: www.oaklandnet.com/parks/facilities/rnc.asp
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Hours of Operation

Daily 10-5

Admission
Museum Type(s)
Nature Centers
Park
Staff
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