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December 22, 1977 [ 2 ] Designated SDHL. September 7, 1967 [ 1 ] Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use. The park hosts various museums, theaters, restaurants ...
The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name. The company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn (1860–1948) in Chicago in 1895. [ 2 ][ 3 ] and became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles. Schwinn first declared bankruptcy in 1992 and was restructured, in ...
The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. It opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed to its current name in 1978. [1][2] The official Balboa Park website calls it "the region's oldest ...
McKinney House and Museum. La Mesa. Historic house. Operated by the La Mesa Historical Society, early 20th-century house [ 9 ] Mingei International Museum. San Diego. Art. Located in Balboa Park, folk art, craft and design from all eras and cultures of the world. Mission San Diego de Alcalá.
The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is a model railroad museum in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1982. The museum is located on the lower level of Casa de Balboa on the Prado in Balboa Park. [1][2] At 27,000 sq. ft., it is the largest model railroad museum in North America. It was visited by nearly three million people in its first ...
The San Diego Automotive Museum is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, containing a collection of cars and motorcycles illustrating the history of the American automotive culture. The San Diego Automotive Museum is a non-profit corporation under IRS section 501(c) [ 1 ] It is housed in the former California State Building, which ...
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.
December 22, 1977. The El Prado Complex is a historic district in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. Most of the structures were built for San Diego's Panama–California Exposition of 1915–16 and were refurbished and re-used for the California ...