Visit these amazing exhibits with your Balboa Park Explorer Pass today!

Fleet Science Center

• Color in a New Light
• Design
• Illusions

Mingei International Museum

• A World of Beads
• Needles and Grass
• Over/Under
• Washi Transformed

San Diego Natural History Museum

• Art of Science (July 26 - January 15, 2024)
• Caught on Camera
• Expedition Baja

Timken Museum of Art

• Boucher: Conservation in a Park (in partnership with the Balboa Art Conservation Center)
• Kehinde Wiley, Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan (2015)

The following events are included with your Balboa Park Explorer Pass

Let There Be Light
San Diego History Center
On view Wednesday, 12/6 - Sunday, 12/31 from 10 AM - 5 PM, Wednesday - Sunday only

Nature Studio
San Diego Natural History Museum
Saturday, 12/9 & Saturday, 12/16 from 10 AM - 2 PM

Polar Express Family Day
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Saturday, 12/9 from 10 AM - 4 PM

Elf Movie Night
San Diego Air & Space Museum
Saturday, 12/15 at 6:30 PM

Berenice Abbott: Changing New York
The San Diego Museum of Art
Opening Saturday, 12/16

A Space For All of Us: Accessibility Morning
Museum of Us
Sundays from 10 AM - 11 AM

Balboa Park Explorer Annual Passes make great gifts this holiday season! Share your love of Balboa Park museums with friends and family by giving them a Gift Voucher and let them choose their own adventure all year long. Plus, get a FREE Balboa Park Explorer 2024 Calendar* with your Gift Voucher purchase! Buy a Gift Voucher here

*One calendar per order due to limited supply. Please allow 3 - 7 business days for your Gift Vouchers to arrive. Qualifying orders will begin shipping on December 12. If desired, calendars can be shipped to a different address from the Gift Vouchers. Address must be confirmed in the order notes online or with the Explorer representative if ordering via phone.

Explore for the Holidays! 

The kids are home from school, the family flew in, and you’re looking for a place to spend quality time with your loved ones that suits the interest of three-year-old Timmy and your mother-in-law. When you visit with Limited and Parkwide Passes, everyone in your crew can choose their own adventure! Both Passes offer one price for general admission to multiple museums in Balboa Park, suiting all art, science, history, and culture lovers. Experience affordable fun for everyone! Learn more about Limited & Parkwide Passes 

Every year, you search for the perfect gifts for your loved ones. You brave the depths of the online shopping world, venture out for Black Friday sales, and maneuver crowds of holiday shoppers. You’re asking, “Where can I find personalized gifts without the chaos?” We get it. The Balboa Park Explorer Annual Pass is the top gift for the museum lovers in your life. With access to 16 museums in Balboa Park, including the San Diego Air & Space Museum, The San Diego Museum of Art, and the San Diego Natural History Museum, let them choose their own adventure any day of the year. Gift an experience with the Balboa Park Explorer Pass! Learn more about Gift Vouchers 

Happy Holidays from the Balboa Park Explorer Team!