Balboa Park

Balboa Park

 

The park's site was placed in reserve in 1835, and so is one of the oldest sites in the United States dedicated to public recreational use. In addition to open space areas, natural vegetation green belts, gardens and walking paths, it contains a variety of cultural attractions including many museums, several theaters, and the world famous San Diego Zoo. There are also many recreational facilities and several gift shops and restaurants.

San Diego Museum of Man

Museum of Man

Located beneath the ornate 200-foot California Tower, the San Diego Museum of Man is the city’s only museum devoted to anthropology.

Maya: Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth displays several huge Maya monuments,or stelae, in the Rotunda Gallery.

Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America: this exhibit reveals the rich world of skateboarding and celebrates the vibrancy, creativity, and history of Native American skateboarding culture

Adventures in Photography: This collection of vintage photographs belonging to the University of Pennsylvania features anthropologic scenes from various parts of the world

Footsteps Through Time: This exhibit displays replicas of skulls and reconstructions of early hominids and are arranged to show the timeline of human evolution

Half-Pipe: the skate ramp is used for professional skateboarding demos and is open to the public at select times for open skate sessions.

Kumeyaay: Native Californians: This exhibit explores traditional Kumeyaay lifeways, featuring the art of pottery and basket making, food procurement, dress and adornment, traditional medicine, games, and ceremonies.

Ancient Egypt: This exhibit displays painted mummy coffins, funerary masks, and the mummified remains of two Egyptian mummies and falcons.

Children's Discovery Center: the Discovery Center visitors an opportunity for interactive, sensory learning about ancient Egyptian civilization, and about the role of anthropologists and archaeologists in the research and interpretation of the culture.

San Diego Natural History Museum

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Natural History Museum

 The Horse: The horse-human relationship started as a prey-predator dynamic.

Vavras Vision: This exhibition showcases the vivid, fresh, and very personal way that Vavra photographs horses.

Skulls: Skulls contains close to 200 skulls from theNAT’s research collections of animals from all over the world, from the tiny to the spectacular

Water: A California also looks at effects of a changing climate on our region’s water supply and reveals how southern Californians can help protect water for future generations.

  Fossil Mysteries: From dinosaurs to mastodons, discover the rich fossil history of our region.

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San Diego Zoo

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