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San Diego County Museums N-Z

Check out these museums small and large. Don't forget to hashtag.

This page is meant solely as a reference. Prices and hours can change. Please check with your local museum for holiday hours. If this information is inaccurate at any time, please contact us so we can fix it for everyone.

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Sat-Sun 12-4pm

Fee: free

Focus: Restored chapel

National City Depot

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La Jolla, Ca

Open:  9am-5pm

Fee: $19.50

Focus: Oceanography

Oceanside Museum of Art

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Oceanside, Ca

Open: Fri-Weds 10am-4pm & Thurs 10am-8pm 

Fee: $5

Focus: Surfing

Poway Historical Society Museum

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Fallbrook, Ca

Open:  Mon-Sat 10am-4pm & Sun 12-3pm

Fee: $6 (with many exceptions)

Focus: Visual Arts

San Diego Air & Space Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sun 9am-330pm

Fee: Free

Focus: Aviation

San Diego Automotive Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open: Winter 10am-6pm &

Spring 10am-7pm

Fee: $12

Focus: Traditional Japanese Garden

San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

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San Diego, CA

Open: 10am-5pm

Fee: $10

Focus: San Diego HIstory

San Diego History Center

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  10am-5pm

Fees: Varies-Adults starts at $13 

Focus: Anthropological Museum

San Diego Museum of Us

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Encinitas, Ca

Open:  12-4pm

Fee: Free

Focus: History of the San Dieguito River area

San Dieguito Heritage Museum

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San Clemente, Ca

Open:  9am-4pm

Focus: Botantical Garden

The Water Conservation Garden

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San Diego, Ca

Open: 10am-5pm

(admission until 4pm)

Fee: $21 (online)

Focus: USS, military ship

USS Midway Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  10am-5pm

Fee: Free:

Focus: One of several Wells Fargo museums within the US

Wells Fargo History Museum

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Vista, Ca

Open:  Mon-Fri 10am-4pm & Sat-Sun 9am-3pm

Fee: $5

Focus: American farming and rural community

New Americas Museum

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Bonita, Ca

Open: Weds-Sat 10am-4pm

Mission:  Historical Society for Southern San Deigo

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

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Carlsbad, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sat 9am-5pm & 

Sun 11am-5pm

Focus: Recreational Area and Historical Center

Rancho Buena Vista Adobe

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Fallbrook, Ca

Open: Thurs-Sat 1-3pm

Fee: free

Focus: Gen and Minerals

San Diego Archaeological Center

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sat 10am-5pm & Sun 12-4pm
Sunday – 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (last tour at 3:30)

Fee: $5

Fun Fact: San Diego Gaslamp's oldest resident

San Diego Botanic Gardens

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues, Fri 10am-2pm & Sat-Sun 10am-4pm

Fee: $3

Focus: Firehouse

San Diego Firehouse Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Fri 10am-4pm & Sat-Sun 11am-5pm

Fee: $11.50

Focus: Model Railroad

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  10am-5pm

Fee: $19.95

Focus: Natural History

San Diego Natural History Museum

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Santa Ysabel, Ca

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Santa Ysabel Asistencia

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Imperial Beach, Ca

Open: Weds-Sun 10am-5pm

Fee: Free

Focus: State Park

Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sun 10am-4pm

Fee: $5

Focus: Military. Located in an old Naval hospital

Veterans Museum & Memorial Center

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Weds-Sun 12-4pm

 

Focus: Women empowering exhibits

Women's Museum of California

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Lakeside, Ca

Open: Tues-Fri 12pm-5pm &

Sat 10am-4pm

Fee: Free

Focus: Native American Museum, focused on the local Kumeyaay-Dieguenos Tribe

Oceanside Historical Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open: 9am-5pm

Fee: $15 (per vehicle)

Mission:  National Monument

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sun 12am-4pm

Fee: $5 donation

Focus: Latino and Chicano culture through art 

Rancho Guajome Adobe

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San Diego, Ca

Open: Mon-Thurs 10am-5pm & Fri-Sun 10am-6pm

Fee: $21.95

Focus: Science Center

San Diego Air Institute Museum of Living Artist

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Rancho San Diego, Ca

Open: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm &

Sat 12-4pm

Fee: $3

Focus: Historical art and cultural stories of the Americas (North and South)

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  10am-430pm

Fee: $8

Focus: Sports

San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Mon-Tues,Thurs, Sat 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-8pm & Sun 12-5pm

Fee: $15

Focus: Modern Art

San Diego Museum of Art

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Weds-Sun 11am-430pm

Hour extended-530pm during Spring

Fee: $5

Focus: Enjoy being an outlaw or sheriff

San Diego Sheriff's Museum & Educational Center

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Mon, Weds-Sat 930am-4pm & Sun 11am-4pm

Fee: $14

Focus: Children's Museum

The New Children's Museum

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sat 10am-430pm & Sun 12-430pm

Fee: Free

Focus: Fine art

Timken Museum of Art

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San Diego, Ca

Open:  Tues-Sat 10am-4pm &

Fee: $7

Focus: Quilts

Visions Art Museum

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