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  • January 2027

  • Fri 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 ...

    Free – $25.00
  • Fri 1
    Unidentified Maker, Votive Plaque (Ema) – Horse, c. 1840 – 1870, Japan. Cryptomeria wood (Sugi), paint. 11 3/16 x 16 15/16in. Gift of Keisuke Serizawa, 1980-03-055.

    Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema

    October 10, 2026 @ 10:00 am - March 19, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema exhibition highlights one of Japan’s most fascinating folk painting traditions, ema – house-shaped wooden votive plaques offered as prayers in Japan’s Shinto shrines and ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Fri 1
    Icons of Imperial Russia

    Icons of Imperial Russia

    October 26, 2026 @ 10:00 am - August 15, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    San Diego Museum of Art 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Icons are religious images in the Greek or Russian tradition. They differ from devotional pictures in Western Christianity in several important ways. Icon painters worked in two dimensions, focusing on ...

    $15.00 – $25.00
  • Fri 1
    dolls sleeping in hammocks

    My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World

    October 31, 2026 @ 10:00 am - April 4, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Presenting the original artwork featured in the beloved children’s book, My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World, illustrated by artist Salley Mavor, this exhibition consists of eighteen hand-embroidered, ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Fri 1
    skateboarder

    Skate Craft: Do-It-Yourself Design in Skateboarding

    November 21, 2026 @ 10:00 am - May 9, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Celebrate skateboarding's true "Do It Yourself" ethos, from the boards, gear, and ramps, to the machines and the repurposed boards as objects of use. To land a trick, to make ...

    Free – $15.00
  • Fri 1

    Let There Be Light

    December 9, 2026 @ 10:00 am - January 3, 2027 @ 4:00 pm
    San Diego History Center 1649 El Prado, Suite #3, San Diego, CA, United States

    Winter Holiday Traditions From Around the World From December 9 through January 3, visit the San Diego History Center to learn about and celebrate winter “festivals of light” from around ...

  • Fri 1
    Two people facing each other in front of a sunset

    Dune: Part Three

    January 1, 2027 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Dune: Part Three
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Nearly two decades after Paul Atreides seized control of the Imperium, he must face the consequences of his reign in Dune: Part Three, the epic conclusion to Academy Award-nominated filmmaker ...

  • Mon 4
    Two people standing in front of wall with different colored lights shining on them casting shadows

    Senior Monday

    January 4, 2027 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Come join us for an engaging lecture  on fascinating scientific topics, followed by an unforgettable show in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater—all for the discounted admission of $10! It's a great way to ...

    $10.00
  • Wed 6
    The Sky Tonight

    The Sky Tonight

    January 6, 2027 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Tour the solar system with the Fleet’s resident astronomer and connect with other skywatchers. Journey through the cosmos with us as we explore a new topic each month. The Sky ...

    $19.95 – $24.95
  • Fri 8
    felt owl

    Felt Together

    January 8, 2027 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Inspired by the intricate bas-relief needlework and cozy scenes featured in My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World, our newest Together workshop series, Felt Together, explores the art of needle felting. ...

    $45.00 – $55.00
  • Sat 9

    Seijinshiki

    January 9, 2027 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum 2215 Pan American Road East, San Diego, CA, United States

    Hosted by the Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum, the Coming of Age Ceremony (Japanese: "Seijin-shiki")* is an important rite of passage for many young Japanese adults in Japan, just turning twenty. ...

  • Sun 10
    The Sky Tonight

    Sky Tonight: Weekend Edition

    January 10, 2027 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA, United States

    Monthly planetarium show at 11 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month

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