Animal Night

Shenzhen Safari Park is holding the Animal Night event (59.9 yuan) on weekend nights throughout this summer. Visitors can see how animals, like tigers, kangaroos, leopards, fennec foxes and flamingos, behave at night and understand them more through staffers’ introduction. At 7:45 p.m., an actress will play a mermaid in a shark pool for eight minutes.

Hours: 6:30-9 p.m., weekends

Booking: WeChat account “szzoo0928”

Venue: Shenzhen Safari Park, Nanshan District (南山区深圳野生动物园)

Metro: Line 7 to Xili Lake Station (西丽湖站), Exit B

Pets Rock

Sculptures, toys and installations of Pets Rock’s characters are on display until Oct. 7. The characters are a group of anthropomorphic cats, dogs and guinea pigs dressed as timeless human icons in pop culture, so you will see a graceful cat dressed like Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” a feline Marilyn Monroe in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and a guinea pig dressed like Queen Elizabeth II.

Venue: AVIC City Dreams-On Mall, Futian District (福田区中航城君尚购物中心)

Metro: Line 1 to Huaqiang Road Station (华强路站), Exit B

Shenzhen Museum

The “Horizons: The Evolution of Astronomical Observations” exhibition running until Sept. 12 tells the story of the development of humans observing the sky. Visitors can admire the 100-gram lunar soil, more than 40 antique telescopes, reproductions of armillary spheres, as well as items from modern space exploration. Meanwhile, botanical scientific illustrations and herbariums from the Tianjin Natural History Museum are also on display until Nov. 7. And old photos and letters recording Shenzhen’s development in the past four decades are on display until Oct. 10.

Booking: WeChat account “iszbwg”

Venue: Shenzhen Museum (of History and Folk Culture), Futian District (福田区深圳博物馆历史民俗馆)

Metro: Line 2 or 4 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B

Discounts

Lifelike models of prehistoric animals are on display until Aug. 31 at an indoor park near the Ferris wheel in OH Bay. The interactive exhibition tells the story of history from the Big Bang to the extinction of dinosaurs and the origin of humans. A package ticket is available for the prehistoric animal fun park and the Ferris wheel for 148 yuan (children) or 198 yuan (adults).

Booking: WeChat account “OCT-OH-BAY”

Venue: OH Bay, Bao’an District (宝安区欢乐港湾)

Metro: Line 5 to Linhai Station (临海站), Exit B2(SD News)