San Diego Natural History Museum

The San Diego Society of Natural History, founded in 1874, is the oldest scientific institution in southern California and the third oldest west of the Mississippi. With 8 million specimens, award-winning exhibitions, and educational programs, we have been studying, protecting, and bringing people closer to nature for almost 150 years

Getting there

San Diego Natural History Museum

1788 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego, 92101