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Balboa Park Free Museum Tuesdays

Name: Balboa Park Free Museum Tuesdays
Start: 2026-04-14T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-14T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

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Free museum Tuesdays at Balboa Park — every Tuesday a different rotation of the park's seventeen museums opens with free admission. The Natural History Museum, the Museum of Art, the Museum of Man. I…

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

10:00 AM PDT – 3:00 PM PDT

Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

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Every Tuesday, Balboa Park rotates free admission across its seventeen museums — the San Diego Museum of Art, the Natural History Museum, the Fleet Science Center, the Museum of Us, and more. Which museums are free rotates by week. The park itself — 1,200 acres of gardens, architecture, and the world-famous San Diego Zoo nearby — is always free to walk. Check balboapark.org for the current week's free museum roster. The best value Tuesday in Southern California.

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