General Admission
Purchase Tickets
Parking, Directions & Maps
Giant-screen Theater Schedule
Dinosaur Café
Hornblower Cruises:
-Whale-watching
-Harbor Cruises
Balboa Park Attractions
-Residents' Free
Tuesdays
-Passport to
Balboa Park
Current exhibitions:
Water: H20=Life
Spirits in Stone
Fossil Mysteries
Aerial Portraits of the American West: Photographs by John Shelton
Autumn: Works by Abe Ordover
Giant-screen Theater:
Ocean Oasis
Planet Earth: Fresh Water
 The escort to a visitor with disabilities is
entitled to free General Admission.
San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
619.232.3821
FAX 619.232.0248
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Plan Your Visit
General Admission | Giant-screen Theater | Purchase Tickets
Museum Hours:
Daily 10 AM – 5 PM
The Museum is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Admission Prices:
General Admission (Giant-screen theater included with admission) |
| Adult |
$13 |
| Senior (62+) |
$11 |
| Active military, youth (13–17), student (with ID) |
$8 |
| Child (3–12) |
$7 |
| Child 2 and under |
FREE |
| Members |
FREE |
General Admission Group Tickets
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| Group Tickets (10+) |
$10 |
| Professor-led College Group (10+) |
$7 |
| Group Rate: Minimum 10 people from the same college, organization, or tour group. Reservations should be made in advance through the Group Sales Department. For more information, please call 800.290.4616, or send email to groupsales@sdnhm.org. |
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| Pre-K through 12 School Group Rate |
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| Adult |
$6 |
| Child |
$4 |
| Reservations should be made in advance through the Education Department. For more information, please call 619.255.0210, or send email to groupregistration@sdnhm.org. |
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 Our Museum Guide is available online. To prepare for a visit to the Museum, download or print a copy (*PDF).
Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan Theater
All film times subject to change daily.
Giant-screen theater included with admission. Assistive Listening Devices for films and lectures in the Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan Theater are available at the Visitor Services Desk.
GIANT-SCREEN THEATER SCHEDULE
• Ocean Oasis (38 minutes)
Shown daily: noon, 2 PM and 4 PM
10 AM presentation of Ocean Oasis available weekdays for school groups by reservation only. groupregistration@sdnhm.org
• Planet Earth: Fresh Water (50 minutes)
Shown daily: 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
Dinosaur
Café
Conveniently located in the atrium of
the San Diego Natural History Museum, the café is the ideal place to
rest and recharge before or after a visit to the Museum. Managed by the Cohn
Restaurant Group, the café features a wide assortment of sandwiches
and salads as well as soups, pastries, and gourmet coffee and tea beverages.
Call 619.255.0317 for more information.
Hours (subject to change):
Monday: Closed
Tuesday–Sunday: 10 AM–3 PM
*If unable to open the PDF documents, download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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