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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Through 02/09/2010
Montane Diversity and the Impact of Climate Change
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $10-$12 Description: San Diego Natural History Museum presents the lecture: Montane Diversity and the Impact of Climate Change
Learn about the evolutionary history of unique montane diversity in California and the tropical rainforests of Australia, and explore the evidence that climate change over the past century already has affected species ranges.
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Through 02/09/2010
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Through 02/18/2010
ArtStop: Oceanic Art
San Diego Museum of Art Location: Balboa Park Price: Free after Museum admission Description: A 15-minute tour of one to three works of art at The San Diego Museum of Art.
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Through 02/24/2010
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Through 02/27/2010
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Through 02/28/2010
San Diego Museum Month: Half-Off Admission
San Diego Museum Council Location: Mission Valley Price: Admission prices vary. Description: Enjoy San Diego's exquisite museums at half-price during this museum month.
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Through 02/28/2010
Darwin: Evolution|Revolution (San Diego Natural History Museum)
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $10-$16 (museum members are free) Description: Explore the life and work of Charles Darwin, the biologist whose revolutionary theories on natural selection and evolution changed the face of science forever. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publishing of On the Origin of Species.
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Through 02/28/2010
Tara Donovan
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown Location: Downtown Price: Free to $10 Description: MacArthur genius honoree Tara Donovan is one of the most innovative and important young artists of our time. MCASD is the only West Coast venue for the first museum retrospective of this provocative artist, which showcases the artist’s sculptures and installations that transform everyday materials—such as drinking straws and plastic cups—to dazzling effect.
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Through 03/19/2010
Discoveries in Dystopia: Greg Brotherton
Oceanside Museum of Art Price: $8, $5 for seniors, free for students and military Description: Greg Brotherton displays his work in the Parker Gallery at Oceanside Museum of Art.
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Through 03/26/2010
Wild Ocean, 3D
San Diego Natural History Museum Location: Balboa Park Price: $10 - $16 Description: San Diego Natural History Museum 3D theater.
Wild Ocean, 3D is in an uplifting, giant screen cinema experience capturing one of nature's greatest migration spectacles.
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The San Diego Natural History Museum will present an enlightening new exhibition, Darwin: Evolution|Revolution, November 7, 2009 – February 28, 2010. The exhibit will explore the life and work of Charles Darwin, whose evolutionary theories on natural selection and evolution changed the face of science. Darwin’s personal manuscripts, notebooks and artworks will be on display, as well as fossils, taxidermy mounts and living specimens like Galapagos turtles, green iguanas and intricate orchids that Darwin used when developing his revolutionary theories.
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