Wild San Diego

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 ...

Free

Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction

Comic-Con Museum

Attention, Whovians! Are you ready to dust off your sonic screwdrivers? Because the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction opens on March 15, 2025. Step ...

Free – $30.00

Fashioning an Icon: Virgin of Guadalupe Imagery in Textile Design

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

Inspired by her long history of depiction on textiles, these works explore the Virgin of Guadalupe’s endurance as an iconic cultural symbol fashioned through creative expression. Fashioning an Icon: Virgin ...

Student Craft 2025

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

A juried exhibition of local high school student work What makes an icon? Drawing inspiration from concurrent exhibition Fashioning an Icon: Virgin of Guadalupe Imagery in Textile Design, high school students ...

Across the Spooniverse

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

This exhibition presents over 100 spoons from across the globe, each a reflection of a specific cultural context–between intimate traditions of home and family, celebratory preparations of food and drink, ...

Historic Footprints: Native American Ledger Drawing from Fort Marion

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

Ledger drawings, as they have come to be known, represent an adaptation of materials, styles, and images to continue telling stories and recording history. The mid-to-late 1800s was a period ...

Layered Narratives

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

"Layered Narratives: Quilted Stories of Gender and Race at the 1876 Centennial" explores gender and racial politics at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition through the medium of centennial quilts from Mingei’s ...

Tuck and Roll: The Art of Armadillos

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

Located on Mingei’s free Entry Level, Tuck and Roll: The Art of Armadillos showcases over 80 armadillo figures from Mingei’s permanent collection! Featuring works made by artisans across the Americas, ...

Twilight in the Park

Spreckels Organ Pavilion

View Full Schedule Here: Twilight 2025 Program Final June 17th  American Flyboys Band  18th  Hillcrest Wind Ensemble  19th  Full Strength 24th  Marine Band San Diego  25th*   8 Track Highway  26th ...

Marks by Mark

Gallery 21, Spanish Village 1770 Village Place, San Diego, CA 92101, San Diego, CA, United States

Mark Smith is an artist with his own view on the world, a tremendous sense of his materials and craft. His distorted translation is applied to a typical architectural structure ...

Event Series Nat at Night

Nat at Night

San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, United States

The best weekends start in Balboa Park. Every Friday, admission is half-price after 5 PM. Visitors can explore all five floors, then hit the roof to mingle with other nature lovers and enjoy a spectacular sunset ...

$12

Balboa Park 8 Miler

Balboa Park San Diego, CA, United States

The Balboa Park 8 Miler is entering its 71st year of competition. Started by San Diego Track Club in 1955 it is now one of the oldest races in the ...