San Diego is a cultural and artistic mecca, the home of an incredible array of museums with both a regional and international focus. From the traditional masterpieces of the San Diego Museum of Art to the contemporary take on the history of the automobile and Southern California car culture at the San Diego Automotive Museum, San Diego's museum scene has something for everyone. A surprising number of museums feature interactive displays designed to engage all ages, such as the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center where hundreds of scientific exhibits provide hand-on activities that illustrate scientific concepts, and the San Diego Air & Space Museum featuring an aircraft carrier with a simulated flight deck.
San Diego Museums
- Air & Space Museum
- The Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park features a collection of aircraft and space vehicles that covers five centuries of aviation history and illustrates the amazing advancement in manned flight.
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- Aircraft Carrier Museum
- The San Diego Aircraft Museum is located on the USS Midway, a World War II era aircraft carrier retired in 1992 after almost 50 years of service.
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- Art Institute
- The San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park is dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts through outreach, education, and exhibition
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- Automotive Museum
- Nothing typifies the lifestyle of Southern California more than its love affair with the automobile.
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- Centro Cultural de la Raza
- The Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park is a multidisciplinary cultural arts center with the goal of promoting, preserving, and providing education on Chicano, native Mexican, Latin American, and Native American art and culture.
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- Firehouse Museum
- A common dream among little boys is to grow up and become a firefighter. It comes as no surprise, then, that the San Diego Firehouse Museum allows children of all ages to indulge their youthful firefighting fantasies.
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