Balboa Park offers many more Attractions

There are fifteen museums in the park, such as the San Diego Natural History Museum, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Timken Museum of Art, and the San Diego Aerospace Museum.

The World-Famous San Diego Zoo is also located within Balboa Park.  The exotic animals on view during the 1915-1916 exposition created the basis for the now world-renowned zoo.

Many recreational opportunities can be enjoyed in the park; among them a golf course, tennis courts, a baseball field, a velodrome, a swimming pool, walking and jogging trails, playgrounds, chess tables, and picnic areas.

The Spanish Village Art Center was constructed for the 1935-1936 exposition to represent a typical Spanish village.  It contains gallery-studios where artists can be seen at work and artwork can be purchased.

The Old Globe Theatre (modeled after Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London) was built for the 1935-1936 fair and is used for theater productions.  The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, constructed for the 1915-1916 exposition, contains the largest outdoor pipe organ in the world.  There are free public concerts every Sunday.

The possibilities for spending time at Balboa Park are endless.  There is something for everybody, and every day this urban oasis is enjoyed by locals and visitors alike.