The San Diego Museum of Art offers a wide array of ancient
art for patrons to ponder and wonder about. As one of San Diego’s oldest museums
it is host to at least a quarter of a million visitors a year who come to understand
its representations of life. Within its vaults, it holds the cultural treasures of items
from 5,000 BC to modern artistic works. An array of world society can be found in a
single building and can be traversed within two hours or less.
In its earliest form, the modern San Diego Museum had its
beginning in the Panama-California International Exposition held in Balboa Park
1915-1916. Original planning for the building started through the civic and business
leader Appleton S. Bridges around 1922. The Fine Arts Society was formed in
1925 by merging the San Diego Art Guild and the Friends of the Art to manage
the new museum.
The Museum offers education programs for children and
adults. Providing information in Spanish and English a wide swath of local
people and tourists can visit the art and learn about it. It is a central and
integral piece to San Diego’s tourism industry and is supported by local
interest.
1450 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
619.232.7931
San Diego, CA 92101
619.232.7931
The Exhibits:
Spanish, Italian, and Netherlands Art 15th to 19th
Century
Italian Renaissance Art 1300-1600
European Art 17th Century to Impressionism
Masterworks in Metal, Ink and Silk
Art of East Asia
Pacific Horizons and Alternative Accounts
Temple, Palace, Mosque
Piranesi, Rome and the Arts of Design
Modern Art
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