Past Exhibitions
FASHION REDUX! 2013
April 9, 2013
FASHION REDUX! 2013
April 9, 2013 - April 21, 2013

Fashion Redux! is the History Center's annual fashion competition featuring the interpretive designs of San Diego Mesa College fashion students.
Charles Reiffel, An American Post-Impressionist
November 10, 2012 - March 31, 2013

A collaborative exhibition with San Diego Museum of Art featuring the complete works of San Diego painter, Charles Reiffel. 
Fashion Redux!
May 11, 2012 - May 20, 2012
TUNA! Celebrating San Diego's Famous Fishing Industry
April 21, 2012 - December 31, 2012

TUNA! Celebrating San Diego's Famous Fishing Industry showcases the tuna industry in San Diego over the course of 100 years, focusing on the era when San Diego was the world’s tuna fishing capital, from the 1920s until the 1960s.
Local Treasures from the History Center's Collections
January 15, 2012 - May 31, 2012

Have you ever wondered how museums acquire their artifacts?
Our City, Our Neighborhoods
December 12, 2011 - March 18, 2012

Curated by students from the University of San Diego’s graduate history program, Our City, Our Neighborhoods celebrates the rich histories of eight unique neighborhoods located within the city limits.
Comic-Con: The Early Years
July 8, 2011 - August 1, 2011

This exhibition displayed Comic-Con memorabilia from the personal collection of the founder of Comic-Con, Shel Dorf.
Portrait of a Proud Community: Norman Baynard's Logan Heights 1939-1985
June 3, 2011 - January 22, 2012

Celebrating the photgraphy of Norman Baynard, this exhibit features images, oral histories, and photography equipment from Baynard's commercial studio in Logan Heights. 
Dressing the Part
October 15, 2010 - April 15, 2011

San Diego History Center has developed a new, collaborative exhibition with The Old Globe. This exhibition will celebrate one of the great costume collections in San Diego, the Old Globe’s 75th anniversary, and the San Diego History Center’s new emphasis on interactive exhibitions with a dramatic installation featuring spectacular costumes from the Old Globe.