Western Science Center
Museum in Hemet, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Western Science Center (WSC), formerly the Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology,[1] is a museum located near Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, California. The WSC is home to a large collection of Native American artifacts and Ice Age fossils that were unearthed at Diamond Valley Lake, including "Max", the largest mastodon found in the western United States, and "Xena", a Columbian mammoth, as well as dinosaur fossils recovered from New Mexico.
Former name | Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology |
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Established | 2006 |
Location | 2345 Searl Parkway Hemet, CA 92543 |
Coordinates | 33°42′19″N 116°59′35″W |
Director | Alton Dooley |
Website | http://www.westerncentermuseum.org/ |
Opening hours | Tuesday - Sunday, 10am – 5pm |
Opened in 2006, the museum has been designed to provide world-class facilities for the research, curation, and presentation of the nearly one million specimens discovered during the development of Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet.[2]