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  • October 2026

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    Wild San Diego Now Playing with an image of a bird

    Wild San Diego

    January 6, 2025 - November 19, 2026
    San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, United States

    They call it the perfect city. With surf, sand, and superb weather, millions of visitors flock to San Diego every year. This oasis at the crossroads of desert and sea is a natural marvel and boasts the highest diversity of plants and animals of any other county in the contiguous U.S. For millennia, the relentless ...

    Free
  • Thu 1
    A vibrant and dynamic promotional image featuring a celestial-themed digital artwork with vivid colors and intricate patterns, conveying a sense of depth and exploration in the night sky. The image is created for DeepSky, a marketing campaign, and includes the DeepSky logo in the bottom right corner.

    Deep Sky

    December 22, 2025 - December 31, 2026
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Deep Sky brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT) to IMAX®—a journey to the beginning of time and space, to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, recently discovered exoplanets and planets around other stars. Follow the global mission to build and launch JWST into orbit in an attempt to answer questions that have haunted ...

    $19.95 – $24.95
  • Thu 1
    doll made out of corn husks

    Farm to Craft

    February 14 @ 10:00 am - November 15 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Curated from Mingei International Museum’s Permanent Collection, this Entry Level exhibition explores the global significance of grains as a source of sustenance and an inspiration to human creativity. Grains such as corn, wheat, rice, quinoa, and oats are dietary staples around the world, their common presence forming important roles across communities and the cultures built ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Thu 1
    Lost Wolves of Yellowstone. Four wolves walking in the snow

    Lost Wolves of Yellowstone

    March 20 - October 9
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Lost Wolves of Yellowstone unearths one of the most daring wildlife experiments in American history—the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park after a 50-year absence. Told through long-lost 16mm archival footage, the film captures the tense early days of the project as a small group of Canadian wolves, held in acclimation pens, prepared to reclaim ...

  • Thu 1
    Green glass bulbs wrapped in string

    To Catch a Fish

    May 2 @ 10:00 am - November 1 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    To Catch a Fish presents over sixty works of craft and art that are either used in fishing or that illuminate the relationship between people and fish. Utilitarian fishing objects include hand-crafted basketry fish traps, scrapers, weights, and nets. Works with spiritual significance and symbolism include amulets, robes, images of saints, and even kites. This ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Thu 1
    wicker basket

    India Thompson: Looks Like Home

    May 16 @ 10:00 am - October 18 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    India Thompson reflects on ownership and emotional attachment through intricately woven reed sculptures, transforming everyday domestic objects into meditations on home in the age of renting. India Thompson: Looks Like Home explores emotional attachment to the ordinary domestic objects in the places we call home in the age of renting. By meticulously weaving works from reed, ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Thu 1
    Person putting their head on a horse. Herd of horses runs along the bottom. Horse power is written in the corner.

    Horse Power

    May 22 - October 9
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Journey across the globe in Horse Power, an epic, heartwarming story that celebrates the extraordinary bond between humans and horses and explores how these remarkable animals have shaped our history, cultures, and lives. From a young girl in Mongolia training alongside her foal to compete in the race of a lifetime, to a Native American ...

  • Thu 1
    Ocean Paradise with fish swimming in the ocean

    Ocean Paradise

    May 27 - November 19
    San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, United States

    Uncover the secrets of paradise. May 22, 2026 through November 19, 2026 Thousands of miles from civilization lie the keys to safeguarding our planet—three untouched atolls that give us insight into human impacts on Earth. Join us on a journey across wild tropics, pristine shores, and thriving reefs few will ever see in person.  Narrated by Diane Lane and featuring music from Jack Johnson and Coldplay, Ocean Paradise explores the stories ...

  • Thu 1
    Back from the Brink with images of crabs

    Back from the Brink

    May 27 - November 19
    San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, United States

    How do you save a species when time is working against you? May 22, 2026 through November 19, 2026 Back From the Brink tells the remarkable stories of three extraordinary animal species rescued from extinction. Discover the coordinated efforts that saved a tiny fox in California’s Channel Islands, a fabled monkey in China’s Yunnan Province, and the iconic Christmas ...

  • Thu 1
    Cecil Beaton's Fashionable world

    Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World

    July 11, 2026 @ 10:00 am - January 10, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Photographer, fashion illustrator, Oscar-winning costume designer, social caricaturist, and writer Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was an extraordinary force in the twentieth-century British and American creative scenes. This is the first exhibition dedicated to Beaton’s fashion and portrait photography, which he elevated into an art form.   This exhibition showcases Beaton at his most triumphant – from shaping the public ...

    Free – $25.00
  • Thu 1
    Old Globe

    Begin Again

    September 6 - October 1
    The Old Globe 363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA, United States

    Based on the film written and directed by John CarneyBook by Jenna Clark Embrey and Molly Beach MurphyMusic and lyrics by TrainMusic supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Brian UsiferChoreography by David NeumannDirected by Lorin Latarro Based on the Exclusive Media motion picture Begin Again Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage Old Globe Theatre Conrad Prebys Theatre Center When Gretta, a gifted but heartbroken songwriter, crosses paths with ...

  • Thu 1
    American's Musical Journey

    America’s Musical Journey

    September 10 - October 8 America’s Musical Journey
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    America’s Musical Journey follows singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc as he traces the roots of American music and explores the great musical cities—places like New Orleans, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, New York City and more—where such electrifying art forms as jazz, the blues, country, soul and rock and roll were born

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