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 11/07/2009
Exploring Ethics Lecture: "Sound & Fury"
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Location: Balboa Park Price: The program is free but registration is required. Description: In conjunction with the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center welcomes guests to encounter science from an ethical viewpoint. Held on the first Wednesday of each month, this ongoing series brings together community leaders of various backgrounds to examine current scientific issues from diverse perspectives. Bring your own questions and join in the discussion!
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Through 11/07/2009
Rock Art Symposium
San Diego Museum of Man Location: Downtown Price: $50 for the general public; $40 for members Description: The 34th Annual Rock Art Symposium is to be held on Nov. 7th at the Otto center in the San Diego Zoo. Share or learn about rock art research that has been done world-wide.
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Through 11/15/2009
SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist Exhibition
SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist Price: Requested Gallery Donation: Adults $3. Senior Citizens, Military and Students $2. Children under 12 admitted free. Description: Featured Artists Judy Parenio and Betty Hock
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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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The New Children’s Museum in downtown San Diego will be closed September 10 – October 10, 2009 in preparation for its new exhibition, Animal Art. Opening October 11, 2009, this original exhibition that is designed for children and families will creatively display the bond between human and animals through photography, sculpture, painting, installation and digital art, while addressing issues such as animal rights and conservation.
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