Museums
San Diego's museums reflect the incredible variety and interests of the region. San Diego County is proud to showcase over 90 museums, representing a wide range of collections from fine arts to transportation, from classics to contemporary and from science to natural history. Over 25 facilities are represented by the San Diego Museum Council and 15 museums are located within Balboa Park, often referred to as "the Smithsonian of the West."
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Upcoming Events
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Through 11/21/2009
Five Dynasties of Chinese Pottery
San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum Price: $2; free for members & children under 12 Description: This exhibit traces Chinese pottery from its humble, utilitarian beginnings to its culmination as an elite art form. The exhibit features representative specimens from the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE).
The exhibit opening will be held in the extension building at 328 J Street on Saturday, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. A PowerPoint presentation will be given at 2:00 PM by our Education Coordinator, Alex Stewart. Refreshments will be served at the reception held in the Chinese garden at 404 Third Avenue. Admission is $2 and free for members and children under 12.
For more information, please visit our website at www.sdchm.org or call the museum at 619-338-9888.
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Through 11/21/2009
Hall of Fame Induction & Gala
San Diego Air & Space Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $275-$375 Description: Annually, the SDASM inducts selected individuals and groups into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame (IAHF). After careful consideration we have chosen eight individuals and groups that have made inspiring contributions to the aviation and space industry.
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Through 11/21/2009
“Block Busters!” Opening Day
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Location: Balboa Park Price: $8.00-$11.75 Description: Behold building blocks that foster the imagination and defy gravity. Visitors of all ages will discover the unique nature and unlimited possibilities of KEVA planks when they try their hand at engineering structures tall and wide at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center’s newest 2,300 sq foot interactive exhibition, “Block Busters!” opening November 21, 2009.
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Through 11/30/2009
Dinosaurs Alive 3D (San Diego Natural History Museum)
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $7-$13 Description: Dinosaurs Alive! is a global adventure of science and discovery featuring the entire age of dinosaurs—from the earliest creatures of the Triassic period to the monsters of the Jurassic and Cretaceous—as they are reawakened on the giant screen in the eye-popping 3D format.
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Through 12/31/2009
IMAX® Film: “Adventures in Wild California” at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Location: Balboa Park Price: Adults $14.50; Children (Age 3-12) $11.75 Description: The wilds of California are not so much a place as they are a state of mind - a free-spirited, nature-infused way of life that is viscerally captured in Adventures in Wild Callifornia, the latest IMAX® theatre adventure from MacGillivray Freeman Films and K2 Communications.
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Through 12/31/2009
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Through 12/31/2009
To The Moon: Snoopy Soars With NASA
San Diego Air & Space Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: Included with regular admission Description: Just before the first humans landed on the moon, Charlie Brown and Snoopy soared through space with NASA's Apollo 10 mission in May 1969. SDASM's new exhibition To the Moon: Snoopy Soars with NASA, opening September 12, examines the history of Apollo 10 and the Peanuts characters' role in that flight and in the NASA Manned Flight Awareness safety program.
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Through 01/03/2010
Baja California (San Diego Natural HIstory Museum)
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $7-$13 Description: Baja California features imagery by National Geographic photographer, author and expedition leader Ralph Lee Hopkins.
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Through 01/03/2010
The Da Vinci Experience
San Diego Air & Space Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $9.75 to $24.75 Description: Replicas and models of the mechanical devices designed and described by Leonardo da Vinci, along with reproductions of 12 of his most famous paintings, are featured in a new exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum now showing for a limited engagement. Machines for the popular Discovery Channel Show, Doing DaVinci have been added!
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Through 01/05/2010
Wacky Science Sundays
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: Free with Museum admission Description: Join us for live performances every Sunday at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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As a complement to the museum’s Calder exhibit, SDMA presents Picasso, Miró, Calder, August 15 – December 6, 2009, a tribute to three of the greatest 20th century working artists. The exhibit reintroduces a number of works by these artists, which are already part of the museum’s permanent collection, and brings them together into one grand exhibit.
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