Join BVM contributor Tim Elam to learn about BVM's impressive amethyst "cathedral." You will also learn how amethyst and other "geodes" form as well as the history and significance of amethyst. Visit us online at buenavistamuseum.org

Join Executive Director Koral Hancharick for an overview of what you can see at the Buena Vista Museum. Visit us online at buenavistamuseum.org

Join Dr. Robert Yohe, Professor of Anthropology at CSUB, for an exploration of BVM's Native American Lifeways exhibit. Learn about how artifacts, like those in BVM's extensive collection, can teach us what life was like for the Yokuts, some of Kern county's earliest residents.

Join John Stegall for an overview of BVM's dinosaur exhibit located on the museum's upper floor. This collection showcases hundreds of fossil specimens that tell the story of the development and evolution of life on Earth. ​ Throughout the exhibit you will find stunning models by artists Ed Herman as well as Walter Evans that give us a glimpse of how these fantastic creatures would have looked when alive. Visit us online at buenavistamuseum.org

15 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch, Bakersfield was covered by an ocean teaming with life. Join BVM Executive Director Koral Hancharick for this third installment about some of the animals like the allodesmus that flourished then.

15 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch, Bakersfield was covered by an ocean teaming with life. Join BVM Executive Director Koral Hancharick for this second installment about some of the semi-aquatic animals like the desmostylus and paleoparadoxia that flourished then.

15 million years ago, during the Miocene epoch, Bakersfield was covered by an ocean and home to the giant megalodon shark! Join BVM Executive Director Koral Hancharick for an introduction to our shark exhibit. Visit us online at buenavistamuseum.org

BVM Executive Director Koral Hancharick provides an overview of the North American Animals collection. North America has a rich variety of wildlife. Many of the species displayed in BVM's North American animals exhibit have natural habitats here in Kern county. Visit us online at buenavistamuseum.org

BVM Executive Director Koral Hancharick provides a video introduction to our African and Asian animal collection. Located on BVM's main floor, the African and Asian animal exhibit provides an up-close and personal view of over 50 animal specimens that showcase how both predator and prey have evolved diverse and specialized traits over millions of years that allow them to survive. Visit us online at buenavistamuseum.org