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This is a list of museums in San Diego County, California, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
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.
Raul (Roy) Benavidez, Medal of Honor recipient; was raised in El Campo from the age of 7; Gene Cernan, Astronaut (and the last person to have been on the Moon); lived in El Campo; Jeff Barosh, Texas-based country music singer-songwriter; professionally known as Jeff Chance was born and raised in El Campo. He died in El Campo in 2008 at the age ...
The Fleet Science Center is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today. [2]
The groundwork for the museum was laid in 1951 when Walter Ames helped sisters Amy and Anne Putnam (nieces and heirs of Henry W. Putnam) to form the nonprofit Putnam Foundation to own and manage their art collection. The sisters had settled in San Diego in the early 20th century and made donations to the San Diego Museum of Art in its early ...
The Texas Memorial Museum building was designed in the Art Deco style by John F. Staub, with Paul Cret as supervising architect. Ground was broken for the building by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1936. [1] The museum was opened on January 15, 1939. The museum won "Best of Austin" awards from the Austin Chronicle in 2002, 2005, and ...
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The Spanish Village Art Center is an art center in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] Anni von Westrum Baldaugh was among the artists who had studio space at the Spanish Village. [ 2 ] Current tenants include the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society and the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs.