Western Center for Archaelogy and Paleontology

The Western Center for Archaelogy and Paleontology

A funny thing happened 10 years ago when the Metropolitan Water District started drilling 270-feet below the earth's surface to build Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, Caliornia to generate electricity. They found incredible mastodon bones and artifacts dating back more than 230,000 years. Now that's what you call a find!

Construction immediately stopped as an awed group of scientists rushed to the site to uncover and preserve these extremely rare Ice Age treasures before the lakebed was permanently flooded. Some of their unbelievable findings (more than 1 million fossils and artifacts) are showcased in the new Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology. (Excerpted from website)

In the museum they have an Upside Down Room. This is looking at a lake from the bottom of the lake....

And, lots of information on the area's history and building of the dams.