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". Nearly half a million people visit the museum each year.
Façade of the San Diego Museum of Art
Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch, The Arrest of Christ, c. 1515, oil on panel
Juan Sánchez Cotán, 1602, Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber
Simon Vouet, c. 1635, Aeneas and his Father Fleeing Troy
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. In addition to open space areas, natural vegetation zones, green belts, gardens, and walking paths, it contains museums, several theaters, and the San Diego Zoo. There are also many recreational facilities and several gift shops and restaurants within the boundaries of the park. Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use. Balboa Park is managed and maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of San Diego.
El Prado, by the Casa Del Prado and several museums.
San Diego Natural History Museum
The Botanical Building
San Diego Zoo