San Diego Museum Month was created in 1989 to promote consciousness of the world’s museums, historic web sites, tutorial institutions, and cultural sights. This month-long promotion happens every February and has grown to vary right into a much-anticipated event in San Diego County.

In any case, when else can you acquire a half-off admission to find San Diego most interesting museums?

2024 observed the sudden nevertheless very welcome addition of LEGOLAND California and its SEA LIFE Aquarium to the Museum Month itemizing of reductions (see particulars underneath). Moreover added was the WNDR Museum in downtown, which I beloved and would positively advocate. Study on to look out out the entire itemizing for 2025.

One issue we don’t know however, nevertheless will substitute you as rapidly as we do, is whether or not or not Tijuana’s museums will most likely be included in 2025 Museum Month’s reductions. Due to San Diego and Tijuana collectively being named the 2024 ‘World Design Capital,’ some art work and cultural institutions in Tijuana, Mexico, did participate.

How San Diego Museum Month Works

San Diego Museum Month permits patrons to seek out what’s new at better than 70 San Diego museums, historic web sites, zoos, gardens, aquariums, and totally different places – with monetary financial savings solely seen yearly. It seems to get better and better yearly, and 2025 isn’t any exception.

Starting February 1, contributors can select up a free San Diego Museum Month Go that entitles them to half-off admission the least bit collaborating museums all by means of the entire month of February. You don’t ought to be a resident — anyone can use this go!

Digital passes are moreover now obtainable and are required for some museums – see particulars underneath on specific listings.

You presumably can select up your free printed Museum Month go at thought-about one in all over 80 public libraries in San Diego County. A number of of those collaborating embody:

• San Diego County Library
• San Diego Public Library
• Carlsbad Public Library
• Chula Vista Public Library
• Coronado Public Library
• Escondido Public Library
• Nationwide Metropolis Public Library
• Oceanside Public Library

Pals with a Museum Month go may convey as a lot as 4 people to collaborating museums to acquire half-off admission for the entire event.

There are only a few restrictions, just like some museums may solely will allow you to use the go a certain quantity of events throughout the month or on certain days. Additional costs may apply for specific exhibitions at collaborating museums.

This Yr’s Participating Museums & Factors of curiosity

Your Museum Month low price go will get you half-price admission at these unimaginable San Diego County museums and diversified sights. From hands-on to interactive reveals, museum pleasurable could possibly be found all month prolonged. Resolve one in all many space’s museums or cultural sights throughout the full itemizing underneath, and put together to find!

• Barona Cultural Coronary heart & Museum: Admission is always free, and go holders can have the benefit of 20% off their retailer purchase – some exclusions apply – by means of the month of February.
• Birch Aquarium at Scripps: Discounted Museum Month admissions for Birch Aquarium MUST be reserved on-line prematurely for a specific date and time. Go to aquarium.ucsd.edu and use code MuseumMonth24 at checkout for as a lot as 4 discounted tickets.
• Bonita Museum & Cultural Coronary heart California Coronary heart for the Arts, Escondido Museum
• Thoughts Observatory: Get your digital go and e-book tickets on-line
• Cabrillo Nationwide Monument
• California Surf Museum
• California Wolf Coronary heart: Excursions by appointment solely. Acquire your digital Museum Month go and get the hyperlink and code for 1/2 price Wolf Coronary heart Tour tickets.
• Centro Cultural de la Raza
• Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Coronary heart
• Comic-Con Museum: Half-off admission on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays solely all through Museum Month. Low price is restricted to 2 adults & 2 kids’s tickets.
• Coronado Historic Affiliation
• Deer Park Winery & Auto Museum: 50% off admission to the museum in February
• Fleet Science Coronary heart (IMAX not included)
• Gaslamp Museum on the Davis-Horton Dwelling
• Heritage of the Americas Museum
• Institute of Trendy Art work (ICA) Central
• Institute of Trendy Art work (ICA) North
• JA Cooley Museum
• Japanese Friendship Yard
• Junipero Serra Museum (open Saturday and Sunday)
• La Jolla Historic Society
• La Mesa Depot Museum
• LEGOLAND California: Advance reservations are required. All through Museum Month, company can get 50% off full-gate-price tickets reliable for each a LEGOLAND + SEA LIFE Aquarium Hopper Ticket or a Resort Hopper Ticket that options LEGOLAND + Water Park + SEA LIFE. The Water Park opens in late March by way of late October. Tickets are good by way of December 31, 2025. E ebook your tickets on-line. Museum Month low price cannot be blended with coupons for various presents.
• Lemon Grove Parsonage Museum
• Dwelling Coast Discovery Coronary heart
• Maritime Museum of San Diego
• Marston Dwelling Museum and Gardens (SOHO)
• Marine Corps Recruit Depot Command Museum
• MCRD Command Museum
• Mingei Worldwide Museum
• Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum
• Mission San Luis Rey: Would possibly exclude some specific events.
• Museum of Trendy Art work San Diego, Downtown and La Jolla
• Museum of Making Music
• Museum of Photographic Arts
• Museum of Us: Museum Month admission does not embody California Tower excursions or the Membership On Us enrollment – which comes with a typical full-price one-day admission ticket
• Nautical Historic previous Gallery & Museum
• New People Museum
• New Kids’s Museum: Museum Month low price reliable weekdays – they’re closed Tuesdays
• Outdated Metropolis San Diego State Historic Park
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
• RUTH: Consider Us The Holocaust
• San Diego African American Museum of Good Arts
• San Diego Historic previous Coronary heart
• San Diego Air and Space Museum
• San Diego Archaeological Coronary heart
• San Diego Automotive Museum
• San Diego Botanic Yard: Use promo code for as a lot as 4 (4) half-price admissions. On-line reservations are required for Museum Month contributors. It may well’t be blended with totally different presents, coupons, or reductions. Watch proper right here for the promo code.
• San Diego Kids’s Discovery Museum: Passes may solely be used as quickly as and excludes specific events. Cannot be blended with totally different presents.
• San Diego Chinese language language Historic Museum
• San Diego Historic previous Coronary heart
• San Diego Worldwide Airport Arts Program
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum
• San Diego Museum of Art work: Half-off museum admission is with an official Printed Go from a library solely. No Museum Month Digital Passes will most likely be accepted on the door. Low price is restricted to 4 tickets.
• San Diego Pure Historic previous Museum: Solely printed Museum Month passes, no digital passes, will most likely be accepted on the door. This coupon is for half-price admission for as a lot as 4 people. The coupon cannot be used for particularly ticketed events, Nat at Evening time, specific exhibitions/reveals, self-discipline journeys, or group visits.
• San Diego Police Museum
• Tijuana Estuary Buyer Coronary heart
• Timken Museum of Art work
• USS Midway Museum
• Vanguard Custom Visions Art work Museum
• Visions Museum of Textile Art work
• Warner-Carrillo Ranch Dwelling
• Water Conservation Yard (rapidly closed)
• Whaley Dwelling Museum: Museum Month passes are solely good for the Daytime Self-Guided Tour, engaged on every day foundation 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and by no means Evening Guided Excursions or the Paranormal Tour)
• WNDR Museum: 50% off on Wednesdays and Thursdays in February – current digital go on the door or use code: SDMuseumMonth when shopping for
• Women’s Museum of California: Museum with out Partitions – watch their web page/social media for upcoming reveals and on-line programming
• WorldBeat Cultural Coronary heart

TIJUANA (included in 2024 Museum Month. 2025 nonetheless TBD)

• Tijuana Cultural Coronary heart
• Tijuana Aquarium
• El Cubo (The Cube)
• Museum of the Californias
• Tijuana Historic previous Museum
• Municipal Institute of Art work and Custom / IMAC

Be taught Additional About Museum Month From the San Diego Museum Council

Tune into social media to check further regarding the most interesting San Diego museums, historic web sites, gardens, zoos, aquariums, and cultural selections, which may undoubtedly embody data and pleasurable actions that you simply simply could not already be accustomed to.

Adjust to the San Diego Museum Council on these accounts and check them daily all by means of February.

Or, observe the hashtag #SDMuseumMonth.

Pleasant Actuality: In April 2015, San Diego was acknowledged by the Nationwide Geographic Channel documentary “World’s Good Cities: San Diego,” the place the world gained applause for its life-style rich in art work, cultural vary, and pure magnificence.

Uncover a New-To-You Neighborhood Whereas You’re at It

Why not go to a museum that is in a neighborhood you don’t get to pretty typically? I’ve highlighted a great deal of points to do in San Diego, nevertheless you’ll be able to too check my neighborhood guides.

Which San Diego museums are you wanting forward to learning further about all through San Diego Museum Month?

*{Photograph} credit score: San Diego Air and Space Museum/Peter Carney for Balboa Park