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Spieden Island was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, to honor William Spieden, the purser of the expedition's Peacock. [3]In the 1970s and 1980s the island was used for big game hunting; non-native game animals such as Mouflon sheep from Corsica, fallow deer from Europe, and Sika deer from Asia – along with approximately 2,000 exotic birds such as African ...
Maritime Museum of San Diego, 1492 N Harbor Dr. 32°43′15″N 117°10′28″W / 32.720833°N 117.174444°W / 32.720833; -117.174444 ( Pilot San Diego
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum San Diego Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Gate. The Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District (APTHD) is a historic Chinatown in San Diego, California. It is an eight-block district adjacent to and in part overlapping with the Gaslamp Quarter. The district is bounded by ...
Located in historic Balboa Park, San Diego and U.S. military history of the Armed Forces Vista Historical Society Museum: Vista: Local history: website: Wells Fargo History Museum: San Diego: History: Located in Colorado House in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, 1850s stage stop and telegraph office Whaley House: San Diego: Historic ...
SDHL # [1] Landmark name [2] Image Address [2] Designation Date [2] Description [3]; 1: El Prado Area: Balboa Park: 9/7/1967 Long, wide promenade running through the center of Balboa Park, lined with Spanish Revival buildings including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art
Balboa Park hosts dozens of museums and gardens, including the Museum of Us, the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, and the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The San Diego Children's Museum is located downtown. The Columbia district on San Diego Bay is home to Star of India and seven other floating museum ships and boats ...
Of special note among the museum's collections are the Historic Clothing and Textile Collection, which includes over 7,000 items illustrating the history of dress from the late 18th century to the present, [7] and the San Diego Fine Art Collection, notable for its early 20th century plein air paintings, with works by Maurice Braun, Alfred ...
The San Diego Natural History Museum is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1874 as the San Diego Society of Natural History. It is the second oldest scientific institution west of the Mississippi and the oldest in Southern California. The present location of the museum was dedicated on January 14, 1933.