Past Exhibitions

Gaps in the Record: Vanguard Print Culture in San Diego

posted: Mar 13, 2018

"Gaps in the Record: Vanguard Print Culture in San Diego" documents the convergence of literary and visual art practices, and independent publishing activity, in the city’s mid-twentieth-century creative community....

Fashion Redux: 90 Years of Fashion in San Diego

posted: Jan 26, 2018

Ninety years of San Diego fashion is the “common thread” this year in the exhibition "Fashion Redux: 90 Years of Fashion," the annual fashion collaboration between the San Diego...

Mail Call

posted: Nov 04, 2017

A name is shouted out, and a parcel is handed through the crowd to its eager recipient—mail call is a moment when the front line and home front connect....

Legacy In Black

posted: Jul 14, 2017

The San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art (SDAAMFA) is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibit in collaboration with the San Diego History Center (Center). The exhibit will...

Part of the Patchwork: Reflections of African-American Life in the History Center Archives

posted: Mar 13, 2017

Inspired by the opening of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and as a Smithsonian affiliate, the San Diego History Center looked to its own archives to...

Celebrate San Diego! The History & Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community

posted: Dec 21, 2016

San Diego’s Jewish pioneers arrived with statehood in 1850 looking for adventure, good weather, better health, and, above all, the opportunity to make the American dream their own. Many...

Art & Heritage, Three San Diego Jewish Artists: Baranceanu, Braun & Sternberg

posted: Nov 28, 2016

Art & Faith: Baranceanu, Braun & Sternberg explores the artwork, lives, and Jewish heritage of three historically-important San Diego artists: Belle Baranceanu, Maurice Braun, and Harry Sternberg.

Irving J. Gill: New Architecture For A Great Country

posted: Sep 23, 2016

Architect Irving J. Gill was a San Diego architect, by way of Chicago, who relished the opportunity to work in this city during the end of the late 19th...

Of Animal Importance

posted: Apr 08, 2016

Of Animal Importance, a four-person exhibition, showcases the work of San Diego artists Laura Ball, Belle Baranceanu, Jeff Irwin, and Walter Haase Wojtyla. With the depiction of animals as...

San Diego Invites the World: 1915 Expo

posted: Feb 04, 2016

The definitive exhibition of the Panama‐California Exposition is celebratory and engaging, demonstrating the legacy of the Expo that put San Diego on the map and created the nation’s largest...

The Lore Behind the ROAR! 100 Years of the San Diego Zoo

posted: Jan 28, 2016

In collaboration with the San Diego Zoo, this vibrant family-friendly exhibition celebrates the Zoo’s centennial, telling the amazing story from its humble origins to its evolution as a world-famous...

It’s Raining Man!

posted: Jan 22, 2016

Jan 22, 2016 - Mar 13, 2016: One hundred years ago, San Diego withstood one of the most torrential downpours on record, the 1916 Hatfield Flood. The flood was...

The Border: A Line that Divides

posted: Dec 03, 2015

This photographic exhibition explores the evolution of the San Ysidro border crossing. Two border towns—Tijuana and San Diego—bestride the world’s busiest land-border.

Invisible People, Invisible Structures: San Diego Artwork by Neil Shigley

posted: Dec 03, 2015

Shigley displays portraits of San Diego’s homeless through monumental graphic block prints and graceful hyper-detailed graphite drawings, his bold faces conveying the tragedy of the homeless.

Hats Off to Dr. Seuss

posted: Mar 23, 2015

The Hats Off to Dr. Seuss! Exhibition delivers a unique opportunity to view a selection of hats from Dr. Seuss’s private collection.

Innovation Showcase: ResMed

posted: Mar 13, 2015

The San Diego History Center is showcasing San Diego businesses and organizations that are making HISTORY in their own time!

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