Western Science Center

Western Science Center
	The Western Center Museum campus.
Former name	Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology
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,^[1] 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.^[2]

^ "New Name Spells Big Changes at Western Center" (PDF). Western Science Center. October 1, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
^ Ayala, Jamie. "Hemet museum honors region's past, seeks to protect planet's future". The Press Enterprise. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

[1] "New Name Spells Big Changes at Western Center" (PDF). Western Science Center. October 1, 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-18.

[2] Ayala, Jamie. "Hemet museum honors region's past, seeks to protect planet's future". The Press Enterprise. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

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