Art, Dinosaurs, Amazing Science, History... Just Some of the Things You'll Find at the San Diego Museums!
San Diego museums have something for everyone. You could spend days just visiting all the museums here. Most of the museums are in Balboa Park, but there are other museums around the city.
Every Tuesday there are museums in the park offering free admission which is a great way to see the popular museums. Also, some of the museums, like the San Diego Museum of Art have cool evening events every few months. Culture and Cocktails is one of my favorite museum events. Check the website for more info.
Balboa Park Museums
Centro Cultural de la Raza Japanese Friendship Garden Marston House Mingei International Museum Museum of Photographic Arts Museum of San Diego History Reuben H. Fleet Science Center San Diego Air & Space Museum San Diego Art Institute (SDAI): Museum of the Living Artist San Diego Automotive Museum San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum San Diego Model Railroad Museum San Diego Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Man San Diego Natural History Museum San Diego Zoo Timken Museum of Art Veterans Museum & Memorial Center WorldBeat Center
For more information about the museums click on the link...
The Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum is on the San Diego Bay. They have an array of meticulously restored aircraft and helicopters both in Midway's hangar bay and on the flight deck. This is a good museum if you like military history.
You can do a self-guided audio tour or have a docent led tour. Sometimes they have a veteran there to answer questions you may have about life on a carrier. It is really cool to see how the military people lived aboard the carrier... from where they shopped to where they played to where they slept. The views from the decks are beautiful, too, and you can spend a day exploring and even have lunch on the ship.
Right near the midway is the Maritime Museum. It preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. There are seven ships in the museum, with the centerpiece of the museum's collection is the Star of India, an 1863 iron bark. The museum maintains the MacMullen Library and Research Archives aboard the 1898 ferryboat Berkeley. The museum also publishes the quarterly peer-reviewed journal Mains'l Haul: A Journal of Pacific Maritime History.