San Diego Museum Month was created in 1989 to advertise consciousness of the area’s museums, historic websites, academic establishments, and cultural points of interest. This month-long promotion occurs each February and has grown to develop into a much-anticipated occasion in San Diego County.
After all, when else are you able to obtain a half-off admission to discover San Diego greatest museums?
2024 noticed the sudden however very welcome addition of LEGOLAND California and its SEA LIFE Aquarium to the Museum Month record of reductions (see particulars under). Also added was the WNDR Museum in downtown, which I liked and would undoubtedly suggest. Read on to seek out out the complete record for 2025.
One factor we don’t know but, however will replace you as quickly as we do, is whether or not Tijuana’s museums can be included in 2025 Museum Month’s reductions. Thanks to San Diego and Tijuana collectively being named the 2024 ‘World Design Capital,’ some artwork and cultural establishments in Tijuana, Mexico, did take part.
How San Diego Museum Month Works
San Diego Museum Month permits patrons to find what’s new at greater than 70 San Diego museums, historic websites, zoos, gardens, aquariums, and different locations – with financial savings solely seen yearly. It appears to get larger and higher yearly, and 2025 is not any exception.
Starting February 1, members can decide up a free San Diego Museum Month Pass that entitles them to half-off admission in any respect collaborating museums all through all the month of February. You don’t need to be a resident — anybody can use this go!
Digital passes are additionally now out there and are required for some museums – see particulars under on particular listings.
Check Before You Go
Always verify the Museum Month official web site for the itemizing of the attraction you propose to go to to double verify the necessities earlier than you go to to ensure you have the required go. Some require solely digital and a few solely a printed go.
You can decide up your free printed Museum Month go at considered one of over 80 public libraries in San Diego County. Some of these collaborating embrace:
- San Diego County Library
- San Diego Public Library
- Carlsbad Public Library
- Chula Vista Public Library
- Coronado Public Library
- Escondido Public Library
- National City Public Library
- Oceanside Public Library
Guests with a Museum Month go might deliver as much as 4 individuals to collaborating museums to obtain half-off admission for all the celebration.
There are a number of restrictions, resembling some museums might solely will let you use the go a specific amount of instances within the month or on sure days. Additional charges might apply for particular exhibitions at collaborating museums.
This Year’s Participating Museums & Attractions
Your Museum Month low cost go will get you half-price admission at these improbable San Diego County museums and numerous points of interest. From hands-on to interactive shows, museum enjoyable could be discovered all month lengthy. Pick one of many area’s museums or cultural points of interest within the full record under, and prepare to discover!
- Barona Cultural Center & Museum: Admission is all the time free, and go holders can get pleasure from 20% off their retailer buy – some exclusions apply – throughout the month of February.
- Birch Aquarium at Scripps: Discounted Museum Month admissions for Birch Aquarium MUST be reserved on-line upfront for a particular date and time. Visit aquarium.ucsd.edu and use code MuseumMonth24 at checkout for as much as 4 discounted tickets.
- Bonita Museum & Cultural Center California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum
- Brain Observatory: Get your digital go and e-book tickets on-line
- Cabrillo National Monument
- California Surf Museum
- California Wolf Center: Tours by appointment solely. Download your digital Museum Month go and get the hyperlink and code for 1/2 worth Wolf Center Tour tickets.
- Centro Cultural de la Raza
- Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center
- Comic-Con Museum: Half-off admission on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays solely throughout Museum Month. Discount is proscribed to 2 adults & 2 youngsters’s tickets.
- Coronado Historical Association
- Deer Park Winery & Auto Museum: 50% off admission to the museum in February
- Fleet Science Center (IMAX not included)
- Gaslamp Museum on the Davis-Horton House
- Heritage of the Americas Museum
- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Central
- Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) North
- JA Cooley Museum
- Japanese Friendship Garden
- Junipero Serra Museum (open Saturday and Sunday)
- La Jolla Historical Society
- La Mesa Depot Museum
- LEGOLAND California: Advance reservations are required. During Museum Month, guests can get 50% off full-gate-price tickets legitimate for both a LEGOLAND + SEA LIFE Aquarium Hopper Ticket or a Resort Hopper Ticket that features LEGOLAND + Water Park + SEA LIFE. The Water Park opens in late March by means of late October. Tickets are good by means of December 31, 2025. Book your tickets on-line. Museum Month low cost can’t be mixed with coupons for different gives.
- Lemon Grove Parsonage Museum
- Living Coast Discovery Center
- Maritime Museum of San Diego
- Marston House Museum and Gardens (SOHO)
- Marine Corps Recruit Depot Command Museum
- MCRD Command Museum
- Mingei International Museum
- Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum
- Mission San Luis Rey: May exclude some particular occasions.
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown and La Jolla
- Museum of Making Music
- Museum of Photographic Arts
- Museum of Us: Museum Month admission doesn’t embrace California Tower excursions or the Membership On Us enrollment – which comes with a typical full-price one-day admission ticket
- Nautical History Gallery & Museum
- New Americans Museum
- New Children’s Museum: Museum Month low cost legitimate weekdays – they’re closed Tuesdays
- Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
- RUTH: Remember Us The Holocaust
- San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts
- San Diego History Center
- San Diego Air and Space Museum
- San Diego Archaeological Center
- San Diego Automotive Museum
- San Diego Botanic Garden: Use promo code for as much as 4 (4) half-price admissions. Online reservations are required for Museum Month members. It can’t be mixed with different gives, coupons, or reductions. Watch right here for the promo code.
- San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum: Passes might solely be used as soon as and excludes particular occasions. Cannot be mixed with different gives.
- San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
- San Diego History Center
- San Diego International Airport Arts Program
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum
- San Diego Museum of Art: Half-off museum admission is with an official Printed Pass from a library solely. No Museum Month Digital Passes can be accepted on the door. Discount is proscribed to 4 tickets.
- San Diego Natural History Museum: Only printed Museum Month passes, no digital passes, can be accepted on the door. This coupon is for half-price admission for as much as 4 individuals. The coupon can’t be used for specifically ticketed occasions, Nat at Night, particular exhibitions/reveals, discipline journeys, or group visits.
- San Diego Police Museum
- Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center
- Timken Museum of Art
- USS Midway Museum
- Vanguard Culture Visions Art Museum
- Visions Museum of Textile Art
- Warner-Carrillo Ranch House
- Water Conservation Garden (quickly closed)
- Whaley House Museum: Museum Month passes are solely good for the Daytime Self-Guided Tour, working daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and never Evening Guided Tours or the Paranormal Tour)
- WNDR Museum: 50% off on Wednesdays and Thursdays in February – present digital go on the door or use code: SDMuseumMonth when buying
- Women’s Museum of California: Museum with out Walls – watch their web site/social media for upcoming reveals and on-line programming
- WorldBeat Cultural Center
TIJUANA (included in 2024 Museum Month. 2025 nonetheless TBD)
- Tijuana Cultural Center
- Tijuana Aquarium
- El Cubo (The Cube)
- Museum of the Californias
- Tijuana History Museum
- Municipal Institute of Art and Culture / IMAC
Learn More About Museum Month From the San Diego Museum Council
Tune into social media to study extra concerning the greatest San Diego museums, historic websites, gardens, zoos, aquariums, and cultural choices, which is able to undoubtedly embrace data and enjoyable actions that you just won’t already be acquainted with.
Follow the San Diego Museum Council on these accounts and verify them day by day all through February.
Or, observe the hashtag #SDMuseumMonth.
Fun Fact: In April 2015, San Diego was acknowledged by the National Geographic Channel documentary “World’s Smart Cities: San Diego,” the place the area gained applause for its way of life wealthy in artwork, cultural variety, and pure magnificence.
Explore a New-To-You Neighborhood While You’re at It
Why not go to a museum that’s in a neighborhood you don’t get to fairly often? I’ve highlighted loads of issues to do in San Diego, however you can even verify my neighborhood guides.
Which San Diego museums are you trying ahead to studying extra about throughout San Diego Museum Month?
*Photo credit: San Diego Air and Space Museum/Peter Carney for Balboa Park