Western Science Center
The Western Center Museum campus. | |
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 / 33.70528°N 116.99306°W |
| Director | Alton Dooley |
| Website | http://www.westerncentermuseum.org/ |
| Opening hours | Tuesday - Sunday, 10am – 5pm |
The Western Science Center (WSC), formerly the Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology, 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.
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.