Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Paleontology
                                                                                
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TOUR THE VISITOR CENTER                   Presented by the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Paleontology Society
Tour the Visitor Center
Exhibits and Movies
Volunteers and Staff
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Magazine
While You Are Here
 
Tour the Visitor Center             

The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitors Center houses award winning exhibits on the paleontology, archaeology, geology and wildlife of this desert region.

Uniquely situated under a desert garden on the west end of Palm Canyon Drive

The Visitors Center will be open daily beginning February 22nd and summer hours will resume April 1st.

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 Exhibits

A natural history museum for the Park, geologic history and paleontology as well as cultural and natural history, are featured in the exhibits and movies.

See the skull of the most complete Mammoth meridionalis (Southern mammoth) found in North America. And find out how these fossils were found and recovered from the desert badlands.

Get an entirely new experience in our theater. Three new movies for the 2009-2010 season are now being shown:

Lifetime of Adventure
Outdoor activities for everyone 
Anza-Borrego: Behind the Scenes
Insiders look at the Visitors Center, Paleontology and Archaeology Labs
Anza-Borrego: A Year in the Desert
The seasons of the desert revealed

The exhibits and movies tell the many stories of this remarkable region.
     
 Volunteers and Staff

At the Visitors Center, volunteers and staff are available with advice, directions and information about the Park.

And at the bookstore, shop the wide selection of publications about the Park's natural and cultural resources.





     
 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Magazine

The magazine features everything you need to know to start your visit of ABDSP.

The ABDSP Magazine is available online at:

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Magazine.pdf
 
 While You are Here

Visit the Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce website for information about Borrego Springs - where to stay, to eat and to shop.
http://borregospringschamber.com

Visit the Anza-Borrego Foundation website for information about the Park, hikes, lectures and other events sponsored by the Anza-Borrego Institute.
www.theabf.org

Visit the Galleta Meadows website for information about the art and metal sculptures around town. Some of these sculptures depict mammoths, gomphotheres and other animals that once lived here.

New artworks have been added, so be sure to get the map from their website.
www.galletameadows.com
     
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