more than just warthogs - View this location on map no trip to bakersfield would be complete without a stop to the buena vista museum of natural history (661-324-6350), an odd repository of prehistoric artifacts. it's in a 1950's storefront that looks like it might have housed a bank or an insurance office, but instead of actuaries, there is taxidermy everywhere you turn -- lions, tigers, bears, warthogs, even elephants. old glass-enclosed booths hold shark teeth, dinosaur bones, pottery from the yokuts tribe and beautiful rocks and minerals mined locally. the guides are also archaeologists, so an informal walking tour becomes a rich history lesson about the region's geological origins. New York Times 2018 chester avenue, Bakersfield, CA Kids, Cultural, Historical

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