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The museum traces its starting point to the Panama–California Exposition, which opened in 1915 on the occasion of the inauguration of the Panama Canal.The central exhibit of the exposition, "The Story of Man through the Ages," was assembled under archaeologist Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett of the School of American Archaeology (later renamed the School of American Research and since 2007 the School ...
MCRD San Diego Command Museum: San Diego: Military: History of the Marines in the 20th and 21st centuries, the Marines' presence in the Southern California region, and the history of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego McKinney House and Museum: La Mesa: Historic house: Operated by the La Mesa Historical Society, early 20th-century house [9]
Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada (formerly the "Museum of Man") Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, of Wichita State University, in Kansas, USA (formerly named the Museum of Man) Musée de l'Homme (English: "Museum of Man"), Paris, France; Museum of Us, anthropology and pre-Columbian museum in San Diego, California ...
The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California, during May 29, 1935–November 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936–September 9, 1936. The exposition was held in Balboa Park , San Diego's large central urban park , which had also been the site of the earlier Panama–California Exposition in 1915.
Douglas Sharon is a Canadian cultural anthropologist (UCLA), ethnobotanist and shamanism scholar who has directed both the University of California/Berkeley's Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the San Diego Museum of Man. He has conducted more than 40 years of field research and published on pre-Columbian and modern shamanic practices in ...
A large art piece displayed projecting out from the La Jolla museum roof in 2007 The entrance of Museum of Contemporary Art, downtown San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, downtown San Diego Founded in 1941 in La Jolla as The Art Center in La Jolla , a community art center, through the 1950s and 1960s the organization operated as the La Jolla ...
The Eleanor Roosevelt College (Roosevelt or ERC) is one of seven undergraduate colleges at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). While ERC has students of all majors, the college emphasizes international understanding in its co-curricular programming and general education requirements, requiring students to complete the Making of the Modern World history and writing program ...
The 35mm reproductions of his murals can be seen on an interior wall of the Museum of Man, Balboa Park, San Diego. In addition to his illustrating and painting, Vierra opened his own photography studio on the west side of the Santa Fe Plaza , which he purchased for $280 from J.B. Aylsworth on November 27, 1905.