Balboa Park : 1200 acre historic urban cultural center in San Diego, California.
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Overview[]
In addition to open space areas, natural vegetation zones, green belts, gardens, and walking paths, Balboa Park contains museums, several theaters, and the world-famous 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.
Balboa Park hosted the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition and 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition, both of which left architectural landmarks. The park and its historic Exposition buildings were declared a National Historic Landmark and National Historic Landmark District in 1977, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- BalboaPark.org - Official Website
- Balboa Park Detail Map -
- Friends of Balboa Park - Park Conservancy and Service Projects] -
Local Museums[]
Tour Fleet Science Center[]
Reuben H Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park.
Fleet Science Center (previously the 'Reuben H. Fleet Science Center') is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park, located in San Diego, California. It is at the east end of the El Prado Drive walkway, next to the Bea Evenson Fountain and plaza in central Balboa Park. Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today.
- Sky Tonight Planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature is the large dome-shaped projection screen onto which scenes of stars, planets, and other celestial objects can be made to appear and move realistically to simulate the complex 'motions of the heavens'.
- FLEETtv - The Fleet Science Center invites you to connect to the power of science through FLEETtv! Welcome to an exciting place where you can have fun with experiments, hands-on activities, behind-the-scenes interviews, bloopers and more, all from the comfort of your home. Oh, and did we mention jokes? Because we have them, too. Get ready to experience that science really is everywhere with FLEETtv!.
- Fleet Science Blog - Get the latest news on all source of science topics.
- Fleet Science Center - Facebook Page.
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