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Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1572 Columbia St, San Diego, CA 92101
The city’s oldest firehouse today functions as a museum. Inside you’ll find all sorts of firefighting equipment and ephemera, from fire engines and water trucks to helmets and photographs.
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1492 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
The Maritime Museum is home to one world's most impressive collections of historic ships. The Star of India (1863) is the oldest active ship in the world. The Berkeley is an 1898 steam ferryboat. The tall ship Californian was built for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and was subsequently named the official state tall ship. Medea is a...
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Located in the historic California Quadrangle at Balboa Park, this museum focuses primarily on the cultures of the ancient Americas. Permanent exhibit topics include the Maya, the Kumeyaay Indians, and human evolution. Changing special exhibits have featured subjects such as Haitian Voodoo, American Indian rock art, and the art of Abenaki,...
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1649 El Prado, Casa de Balboa - Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Maintained by San Diego's Historical Society, this museum uses permanent and changing exhibits to retrace the great city's development from the inception of California's statehood in 1850 to the present. Special exhibits have included local architecture, and the history of San Diego as a film location. Permanent collections include fine and folk...
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1875 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Five galleries with interactive exhibits. The motion simulator ride is a favorite, as is "About Face," in which you capture your image on freeze-frame video. The museum also includes a planetarium and OMNIMAX theater. "Please touch" is their motto, and they offer over 100 "hands-on" exhibits to prove it. Outstanding gift shop that warrants a trip...
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Comprehensive overview of the history of flight from early balloon ascents to space travel. Several galleries showcase such aviation topics as the Wright brothers, the Golden Age of flight, World Wars I and II, and the Jet Age. Special sections feature women in flight and an International Aerospace Hall of Fame. Over 50 aircraft hang from the...
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 2080 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Like most of the buildings in Balboa Park, the one that houses the San Diego Automotive Museum was originally constructed for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition. The permanent collection includes a 1948 Tucker Torpedo, a unique 1966 Bizzarini, 1924 Ford Model T Speedster (AKA the Tin Lizzie), a 1955 Thunderbird, a 1981 DeLorean,...
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Even folks who don’t consider themselves railroad buffs enjoy this museum. The 27,000 square-foot space features four railroads of the southwestern US, recreated to scale by model railroad clubs throughout Southern California: Cabrillo Southwestern (O-Scale), San Diego and Arizona Eastern (HO-Scale), Tehachapi Pass (HO-Scale), and Pacific Desert...
San Diego Natural History Museum
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Live snakes, insects, lizards and frogs are featured in some of the exhibits at this museum, which also has extensive fossil and skeletal collections of regional flora and fauna. Regional geology and geography are also explored in-depth. A massive Foucault pendulum hangs suspended in the lobby, demonstrating the earth's rotation. Special programs...
Category: Science & History Museums - San Diego Attractions & Activities
Address: 2727 Presidio Dr, Presidio Park, San Diego, CA 92110
Perched tall on a hill in Presidio Park, the Serra Museum is one of San Diego’s most recognized landmarks. The museum exhibits artifacts from Spanish missionaries, Native Americans and Mexican residents, from the late 1700s onward. Standing at the original site of Mission San Diego de Alcalá (which was moved in the 1770s to a more hospitable...
