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Panama–California Exposition

The Panama–California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California, between March 9, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first U.S. port of call for ships traveling north after passing westward through the canal. The fair was held in San Diego's large urban Balboa Park.

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Balboa Stadium

Balboa Stadium is a football and soccer stadium located at 1405 Park Boulevard in San Diego, California, just east of San Diego High School. The original stadium was built in 1914 as part of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, also in Balboa Park, with a capacity of 19,000. It was designed by the Quayle Brothers architectural firm and originally called City Stadium. It was expanded to 34,000 capacity and served as the home stadium for the San Diego Chargers from 1961-66.

Located at 32.7208, -117.151 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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San Diego City College

San Diego City College (known more informally as City College or City) is a public, two-year community college located in San Diego, California. City College is part of the San Diego Community College District along with San Diego Mesa College, San Diego Miramar College and San Diego Continuing Education. City, as well as Mesa and Miramar belong to the California Community College system along with 109 other public community colleges.

Located at 32.7174, -117.153 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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San Diego Air & Space Museum

San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM, formerly the San Diego Aerospace Museum) is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California, US. It is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Located at 32.7263, -117.154 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today.

Located at 32.7308, -117.147 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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San Diego High School

San Diego High School is an urban public educational complex comprising six small schools located on the southern edge of Balboa Park, in San Diego, California. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District. It is the oldest high school in the San Diego Unified School District and one of the oldest public schools in all of California; the oldest still on its original site.

Located at 32.7206, -117.152 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Zoro Garden Nudist Colony

Zoro Gardens Nudist Colony was an attraction at the 1935-36 Pacific International Exposition in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was located in Zoro Garden, a sunken garden originally created for the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition. Billed as a nudist colony, it was populated by hired performers rather than actual practicing nudists. The women wore only G-strings; the men wore loincloths or trunks.

Located at 32.7311, -117.148 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Old Globe Theatre

The Old Globe Theatre is a professional theatre company located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons.

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Cabrillo Bridge

The Cabrillo Bridge in San Diego, California is a historic pedestrian and automobile bridge providing access between Balboa Park and the Uptown area of San Diego. It was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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San Diego Museum of Art

The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its name to the San Diego Museum of Art in 1978. The official Balboa Park website calls the San Diego Museum of Art "the region's oldest and largest art museum".

Located at 32.7322, -117.15 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Spreckels Organ Pavilion

Spreckels Organ Pavilion, located in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, is one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs. Constructed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, it is located at the corner of President's Way and Pan American Road East in the park.

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Starlight Bowl (San Diego)

The Starlight Bowl is an amphitheater located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was constructed for the 1935-1936 California Pacific International Exposition and seats 4,300. It was originally named the Ford Bowl because the automobile manufacturer sponsored outdoor concerts there during the exposition by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the San Francisco Symphony, and other performers.

Located at 32.7264, -117.154 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Musical theatre companies, Amphitheaters in California, Balboa Park (San Diego), Buildings and structures in San Diego, California, World's fair architecture in the United States

Downtown San Diego

Downtown San Diego, also referred to as Centre City, is the city center of San Diego, California, the eighth largest city in America. In 2010, the Centre City area itself had a population of more than 28,000. Downtown San Diego serves as the cultural, financial center and central business district of San Diego County.

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San Diego Model Railroad Museum

The San Diego Model Railroad Museum is a model railroad exhibit in San Diego, California. At 27,000 sq. ft. , it is the largest indoor such exhibit in North America, and one of the largest in the world. The museum is on the lower level of the Casa de Balboa on the Prado in Balboa Park. Nearly 3 million people have passed through the center since it opened in 1982.

Located at 32.7311, -117.148 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Museums in San Diego, California, Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, Miniature railways, Railroad museums in California, Balboa Park (San Diego), Model railroads

Museum of Photographic Arts

The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) is a museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park. First founded in 1974, MOPA opened in 1983. MOPA is one of three museums in the US dedicated exclusively to the collection and preservation of photography, with a mission to inspire, educate and engage the broadest possible audience through the presentation, collection, and preservation of photography, film and video. The museum's address is 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101.

Located at 32.731, -117.149 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Museums in San Diego, California, Art museums in California, Photography museums in the United States, Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, Art museums established in 1983, Balboa Park (San Diego), 1983 establishments in the United States

San Diego Natural History Museum

The San Diego Natural History Museum is a museum located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1874 as the San Diego Society of Natural History. It is the third oldest scientific institution west of the Mississippi and the oldest in Southern California. The present location of the museum was dedicated on January 14, 1933. A major addition to the museum was dedicated in April 2001, doubling exhibit space.

Located at 32.7321, -117.147 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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San Diego Automotive Museum

The San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California is a museum that features a collection of cars and motorcycles that highlight automotive culture throughout history. The San Diego Automotive Museum is a non-profit corporation under IRS section 501(c) It is housed in the former California State Building, built for the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition.

Located at 32.7275, -117.154 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Automobile museums in California, Museums in San Diego, California, Balboa Park (San Diego)

Naval Medical Center San Diego

Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", is a technologically advanced Navy medical treatment facility. Located within the grounds of Balboa Park in San Diego, the hospital has played a role in the history of San Diego for more than 80 years. The goal has remained constant, to provide the finest medical care in a family-centered care environment to operational forces, their families, and veterans.

Located at 32.725, -117.146 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Timken Museum of Art

The Timken Museum of Art is a fine art museum, established in 1965 and located at 1500 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, close to the San Diego Museum of Art. It is the only Balboa Park museum with free admission.

Located at 32.7318, -117.15 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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San Diego Art Institute

The San Diego Art Institute’s “Museum of the Living Artist”, with its main gallery located in historic Balboa Park, is a Center for the Visual Arts for the Southern California /Baja California region. The institute functions much like a municipal gallery for the city/county. It is their vision to promote San Diego as a living arts community that fully integrates visual arts into everyday life through their three-fold mission of Education, Exhibition, and Outreach.

Located at 32.7311, -117.151 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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House of Charm

The House of Charm is a historic museum building in Balboa Park, San Diego. It was built for the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition, and like most buildings from that Exposition it features Mission Revival Style architecture. It acquired its current name, "House of Charm", during the park's second Exposition held in 1935-36. It now houses the San Diego Art Institute and the Mingei International Museum as well as rehearsal space for the Old Globe Theatre.

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Mingei International Museum

The Mingei International Museum is a non-profit public institution that collects, conserves and exhibits folk art, craft and design. The museum was first founded in 1974 and its building opened in 1978. The word mingei, meaning 'art of the people,' was coined by the Japanese scholar Dr. Sōetsu Yanagi by combining the Japanese words for all people (min) and art (gei).

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San Diego Hall of Champions

ŋ{{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:32|43|38.39|N|117|09|08.29|W| |primary |name= }} The San Diego Hall of Champions is an American multi-sport museum in San Diego, California. Located in the Federal Building in Balboa Park, the 70,000-square-foot facility recognizes outstanding athletic accomplishments and traditions involving more than forty-two sports. The Hall of Champions was founded in 1959 and includes the Breitbard Hall of Fame.

Located at 32.7273, -117.152 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Veterans Museum and Memorial Center

The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center is a museum located in historic Balboa Park of San Diego, California. Founded in 1989, it is dedicated to create, maintain, and operate an institution to honor and perpetuate the memories of all men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. The museum currently resides in the former Chapel of the Old Balboa Naval Hospital.

Located at 32.726, -117.149 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7.778 miles away.
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Zoro Garden

Zoro Garden is a 6-acre sunken garden within Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is located between the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and the Casa de Balboa. The name refers to the Persian mystic Zoroaster. The stone garden was originally built for the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition. During the 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition it was the site of the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, which featured mostly-nude performers rather than practicing nudists.

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