Lindsay野生动物体验中心（上）

Lindsay野生动物体验中心（上）

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杭州阿立

2025年5月4日

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https://blog.creaders.net/u/9681/202504/514435.html

2025年5月3日，星期六。

今天核桃溪市的Lindsay野生动物体验中心（Lindsay Wildlife Experience）庆祝70年活动。体验中心平时票价17刀，老人（65岁以上）/孩子（2刀17岁）/学生15刀。今天免费开放。

我们和小小阿立一起带阿立三世和小小公主去活动（小小阿立嫂已另有安排）。

Lindsay野生动物体验中心的历史原文在此（懒得翻译了）：

Lindsay History

More than 60 years ago, Alexander “Sandy” Lindsay shared his curiosity and passion for the natural world with the people of Walnut Creek, especially children. What started as a garage full of locally collected specimens, and the occasional wild animal, slowly developed into series of informal classes and neighborhood hikes. Lindsay quickly inspired like-minded individuals to cooperate with his education efforts, and in 1955 the Diablo Junior Museum Association officially formed, including a governing board of directors. That is the story of how the Lindsay Wildlife Experience began.

As the years have passed, our truly grassroots organization has continued to grow. Initially housed in an elementary school, the museum began by offering school age children summer classes and field trips focused on the natural world. In 1962, we changed the name to the Alexander Lindsay Junior Museum to honor the legacy of its late founder, who passed at age 44.

After nearly a decade of operation, it became apparent that a permanent, year-round site was necessary. In 1965, as the City of Walnut Creek was enlarging its park system, the museum moved into an unoccupied water pump house that was available in Larkey Park. With a new 5,000 square-foot home, the museum could now develop and display a permanent collection of live, non-releasable native wildlife and natural history objects.

People started coming to the museum for assistance with wild animals that had been injured or orphaned because of intense urban growth and the loss of native habitat. In response, we took a giant conservation leap forward in 1970 with the addition of our wildlife hospital, the first of its kind in the country and still among the largest.

The City of Walnut Creek assumed operation of the museum until 1986, when it became independently operated as a private, not-for-profit organization. Museum programming now catered to all age groups, and in 1987 the board of directors dropped “Junior” from the organization, shortening the name to The Lindsay Museum. In 1990, the museum was re-accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, validating the institution’s quality of programming and management practices. The museum received notice in 1984 that it would have to move. A capital campaign was launched, yielding $7 million, and the new 28,000-square-foot museum in Larkey Park opened in 1993. Finally, the name was changed to Lindsay Wildlife Experience in 2015 to better illustrate what the center means to the community and visitors.

The Lindsay Wildlife Experience is the country’s first wildlife hospital, a zoological organization, and an educational museum specializing in native California wildlife. Every year our veterinarians, husbandry experts, biologists, and teachers treat more than 5,000 wild animal patients, care for the 70 animal ambassadors that call Lindsay home, and educate approximately 100,000 people.

闲话休提，言归正传。

早上到小小阿立家集合，开一辆车去Lindsay野生动物体验中心。

路上小小阿立（大意）：“今天有很多阿立三世的幼儿园童鞋也会来。”

不亦乐乎！

到了野生动物园体验中心附近，沿街已经停满了车。我们开到对面的教堂去，运气还好，有个停车位。停车场就碰到几家阿立三世的童鞋，把他乐的。

穿过马路，到了Lindsay野生动物体验中心。

户外就有些展览：

管理区规划三国语言（英文，南美西班牙语，中文）：

动物世界小小百科知识：

还有些美食摊档，照片当时只拍了一处，回头再说。

娜娜熊迷你甜甜圈：

去Lindsay野生动物体验中心：

马达加斯加嘶嘶蟑螂：

入口处的小卖部：

猛禽-空中猎手：

独特的喙：

飞行专家（三维体验老鹰的飞行）：

继续参观：

岩石上的猛兽：

平衡岩（Balancing Rock）：

欲知后事如何，请听下回分解。

下集《Lindsay野生动物体验中心（下）》：