Museums in San Diego

The Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park is San Diego's premier hands-on science museum, featuring over 100 interactive exhibits and the world's first IMAX dome theater. The museum makes complex science accessible and entertaining.

The Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park celebrates folk art, craft, and design from cultures around the world. "Mingei" is a Japanese word meaning "art of the people." The museum reopened in 2021 after a major renovation.

The Museum of Us (formerly San Diego Museum of Man) is an anthropology museum in Balboa Park's iconic California Tower — one of the most photographed buildings in San Diego. It explores cultures and human experience through interactive exhibitions.

The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park chronicles the history of aviation and space exploration through a collection of over 60 aircraft and spacecraft. Housed in the striking Ford Building rotunda, it is one of the premier aerospace museums in the United States.

The San Diego Museum of Art is the oldest and largest art museum in the region, housed in a stunning Spanish Plateresque building in the heart of Balboa Park. Its collection spans 7,000 years with strengths in Spanish and Italian Old Masters.

The San Diego Natural History Museum — "The NAT" — is the oldest scientific institution in Southern California, exploring the natural history of the region from Baja California to the Pacific Ocean.

The USS Midway Museum is a maritime museum aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway, the longest-serving carrier of the 20th century (1945–1992). Moored at Navy Pier downtown, the museum features restored aircraft, flight simulators, and exhibits spanning the ship's 47 years of service.