Tuesday, May 21, 2013
All Events

Audio Tour 2013-05-21 9:30 am - 4:30 pm A fascinating audio tour of Balboa Park can be rented at the Balboa Park Visitors Center. There is an adult and child version of the tour, which covers Park history, architecture, horticulture, and ... Read More Balboa Park Visitors Center in the House of Hospitality

30x: Three Decades 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm In 2013, MOPA celebrates 30 years as a museum in Balboa Park dedicated to exhibiting photography, film, and video. Prior to MOPA’s founding in 1983, it existed as the “Center for Photographic A ... Read More Museum of Photographic Arts

access/ABILITY 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Explore the Ability in Disability! Award-winning exhibit was created by Boston Children’s Museum especially for children and their families. Featuring hands-on activities and real, personal ... Read More San Diego Museum of Man

Alternative Accounts: Plains Indian Ledger Art from the 19th Century to Now 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Alternative Accounts: Plains Indian Ledger Art from the 19th Century to Now focuses on works created by Plains Indians that reveals a transitional form of artistry whose roots lie deeply s ... Read More The San Diego Museum of Art

Bottled & Kegged: San Diego’s Craft Brew Culture 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Bottled & Kegged: San Diego’s Craft Brew Cultureexplores the ebb and flow of beer production in the San Diego region over the years and answers the question: Why is San Diego be ... Read More San Diego History Center

Dino Jaws 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm What did dinosaurs eat—and how do we know? Featuring the most lifelike moving dinosaurs ever created (that one Hollywood movie notwithstanding), family-friendly Dino Jaws explores the s ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Dr. Entomo's Palace of Exotic Wonders 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Explore the wonderful world of bugs in all their splendor. From glow-in-the-dark scorpions to the world's biggest bird-eating tarantula, Dr. Entomo's living examples will fascinate everyone! ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

EXPLOR-O-Rama - Get Your Hands on Science 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibition combines some of  all-time favorites with never-seen-before interactive exhibits from San Francisco’s Exploratorium. This collection features opportunities to explore mechanics, m ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

From the Vault: Rare Artifacts with Fascinating Stories 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm 20 extraordinary artifacts from the museum's world-class connection of more than 400,000 pieces. Each featured piece reflects a unique tale and highlights the many ways an artifact can be treasure, ... Read More San Diego Museum of Man

Great Balls of Fire! Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibit explores recent discoveries and cutting-edge science related to these incredible objects. ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Handcrafted Journeys: Japanese American Woodworkers in San Diego 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Exhibition chronicles the evolution of Japanese American woodworking from functional objects made in the pre WWII era, through their refinement during the internment camp experience, the post-war w ... Read More Japanese Friendship Garden

Instruments of Torture 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm A gripping exhibition featuring implements cruelly engineered to inflict unbelievable pain and suffering. But these artifacts also have a deeper significance in helping us understand who we are as ... Read More San Diego Museum of Man

Lowrider Legends 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Exhibit features Lowriders - the amazing engineering and cultural phenomenon that is such an integral part of San Diego ... Read More San Diego Automotive Museum

Menagerie: Artful Animals from the Permanent Collection 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Animals from the collection of Mingei International Museum drawn from cultures across the globe. ... Read More Mingei International Museum

Object Lessons: Slice of Truth, the Reality of the Renaissance 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Exhibition showcases Giovanni Battista Moroni's Portrait of Mario Benvenuti from the 1560s which will be on loan from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. The Portrait of M ... Read More Timken Museum of Art

Origins of Life 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Science and art intersect - where glass tubing, gas bottles, bubbling liquids and zapping electricity form a working science experiment and a work of art. The famous experiments carried out b ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Piranesi, Rome, and the Arts of Design 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was a printmaker, architect, antiquarian, art dealer, theorist, and designer—one of the foremost artistic personalities of the 18th century, whose views of ... Read More The San Diego Museum of Art

Residents Free Tuesday 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm As a public service, Park organizations offer free admission on a rotating basis on the first four Tuesdays of the month to San Diego City & County residents (with ID), active military & th ... Read More Balboa Park

Ripley's Believe It on Not! 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Escape from the ordinary and step into the shockingly odd world of Ripley at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! This is the first time a Ripley’s exhibition has returned to San Diego sin ... Read More San Diego Air & Space Museum

Rites of Passage 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Baptism and birth, marriage and graduation, a first job and retirement: these are just a few of the important events which mark life in the United States. But among the world's cultures which ... Read More San Diego Museum of Man

The Art of Musical Instruments 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibition draws the eye to the art of music making, sharing the beautiful form and design details of musical instruments, bells, gongs, rattles, whistles and noisemakers from cultures across the w ... Read More Mingei International Museum

Young Art 2013: The Story of Me 2013-05-21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm   Exhibition of K-12 student artwork from San Diego County schools. Young Art 2013: The Story of Me will focus on art that explores the subject of individual identity. ... Read More The San Diego Museum of Art

Ranger-led Tours 2013-05-21 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Approximately one hour long, these tours meet at 11:00 a.m. every Tuesday and Sunday at the Visitor Information Center in the Park's House of Hospitality. Park Rangers discuss the historical and bo ... Read More Balboa Park

Bugs! 3D: A Rainforest Adventure 2013-05-21 11:15 am - 11:40 am Explore the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names, Hierodula and Papilio.Narrated by Dame Judi Dench.  ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

A Contemporary View of Pre-Hispanic Art 2013-05-21 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm Selected works by Mexican-American international artist Lilia Gracia Castro.  ... Read More Centro Cultural de la Raza

Ocean Oasis 2013-05-21 12:00 pm - 12:40 pm Take a fascinating journey into two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds—Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert. Ocean Oasis, a giant-screen film, mesmerizes aud ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Rocky Mountain Express 2013-05-21 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm IMAX®film  kicks off the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center 40th Anniversary Celebration—a year-long salute!Rocky Mountain Express propels audiences o ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

To the Arctic 2013-05-21 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm IMAX film follows the extraordinary journey to the top of the world, a compelling tale of survival, with global implications.  A mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs navigate the ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Film: The Last Reef 3D 2013-05-21 1:20 pm - 2:20 pm Fly across iridescent tropical reefs, brush through a cloud of a million jellyfish, visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, Fr ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Bugs! 3D: A Rainforest Adventure 2013-05-21 1:45 pm - 2:10 pm Explore the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names, Hierodula and Papilio.Narrated by Dame Judi Dench.  ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Rocky Mountain Express 2013-05-21 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm IMAX®film  kicks off the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center 40th Anniversary Celebration—a year-long salute!Rocky Mountain Express propels audiences o ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Film: The Last Reef 3D 2013-05-21 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Fly across iridescent tropical reefs, brush through a cloud of a million jellyfish, visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, Fr ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Cosmic Collisions 2013-05-21 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm A spectacular immersive theater experience, narrated by award-winning actor, director and producer Robert Redford, feature stunning images from space. See breathtaking visualizations based on cutti ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Bugs! 3D: A Rainforest Adventure 2013-05-21 3:15 pm - 3:40 pm Explore the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names, Hierodula and Papilio.Narrated by Dame Judi Dench.  ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Film: The Last Reef 3D 2013-05-21 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm Fly across iridescent tropical reefs, brush through a cloud of a million jellyfish, visit an alien world where the closer you look, the more you see. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, Fr ... Read More San Diego Natural History Museum

Rocky Mountain Express 2013-05-21 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm IMAX®film  kicks off the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center 40th Anniversary Celebration—a year-long salute!Rocky Mountain Express propels audiences o ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Flight of the Butterflies 2013-05-21 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm The iconic monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. It weighs less than a penny, yet it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent, with pinpoint navigational accuracy, to ... Read More Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Be a Good Little Widow 2013-05-21 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Melody thought being a young wife was hard, until she became a widow. Luckily her mother-in-law is an expert in the field. As Melody navigates the prickly terrain of pressed black dresses, well-mea ... Read More The Old Globe

Other Desert Cities 2013-05-21 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Novelist Brooke Wyeth is home in Palm Springs for the holidays, with a copy of her latest manuscript—one she's not showing her parents. Her brother is a reality show producer, her dad a ... Read More The Old Globe