Despite 11-month closure, Natural History Museum has been a beehive of activity since March
Like all of the museums in Balboa Park, the San Diego Natural History Museum has been locked down for most of the past year. The perpetually swinging Foucault pendulum in the lobby hangs still. Glass cases holding rare and antique books are draped with heavy cloths to protect their sensitive pages from light. And the fourth-floor administrative offices have been empty since the pandemic’s arrival last March. Precious literature is covered by blankets to preserve the pages from damaging light at the Natural History Museum on Monday, Feb. 22. (Jarrod Valliere / The San Diego Union-Tribune) B...
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