We’ve created the History Hub to keep you up to date on the San Diego History Center and our locations in historic Balboa Park and the Junipero Serra Museum in Presidio Park.
This is the place to find the latest information on our exhibitions, public and educational programming and interactive events.
This is the place where you can find our news releases, TV appearances, newspaper and magazine stories. When we make the News, you’ll find it here!
Jan 02, 2020
San Diego History Center is modernizing the video tape archives from NBC San Diego, digitizing the video of some of San Diego’s history and preserving it. Thousands of interviews and stories from 1976 to 2012 are being catalogued. The NBC archives join The San Diego History Center’s collection of more than 2.5 million images, 45 […]
Dec 03, 2019
San Diego History Center Chief Development Officer Wendy McKinney and History Center Ambassador Elsa Sevilla discuss why now is the time to support the History Center with KUSI News Anchor Jason Austell. View Video Segment
Nov 27, 2019
The San Diego History Center has been recognized with an Award For Excellence by the Old Town San Diego Chamber of Commerce for restoration of the Serra Museum west façade and for the San Diego 250 Civic Ceremony. The award recognizes that “…the History Center has worked diligently for an extended period of time to […]
Nov 15, 2019
Karla Peterson from the San Diego Union Tribune interviewed archivist Renato Rodriguez and Katy Phillips, the History Center’s visitor engagement manager about the upcoming HOW! History Outside our Walls event. For the first ever HOW!, we will be setting up outdoor activities on the Plaza de Panama and on the Prado, offering a guided historical […]
Nov 15, 2019
Did you know that the San Diego History Center gets around 30% of our donations during December? NBC 7’s Ashley Matthew talks to Wendy Mckinney and Elsa Sevilla from the San Diego History Center about how important donations are to our nonprofit. Wendy shares that as we approach the holiday season, we like to take […]
