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 09, 2020
On Giving Tuesday the San Diego History Center welcomed more than 200 of you, our members, donors, and friends to express our sincere gratitude for your support over the past year. Along with an exceptional multicultural cuisine, guests enjoyed our current exhibitions, a private tour of the Archives and Collections, along with remarks by SDHC’s […]
Jan 09, 2020
Few people in the history of the United States embody ideals of the American Dream more than legendary African American San Diego homesteader Nathan Harrison (d. 1920). Harrison was a freed slave originally from Kentucky who lived in a small cabin on Palomar Mountain, located in northeastern San Diego County, from the 1850s to 1920. […]
Jan 02, 2020
Elsa Sevilla, Ambassador at the San Diego History Center, went into KUSI to talk about Let There Be Light, a free holiday event at the History Center in Balboa Park. On Friday December 27th and Saturday December 28th, the San Diego History Center celebrated holiday traditions from around the world. Kids of all ages had […]
Jan 02, 2020
The San Diego History Center had holiday traditions from around the world for families to experience on December 27th and 28th. Elsa Sevilla and Katy Phillips from the San Diego History Center went to CBS 8 to promote the event. Five different crafts include Christmas ornaments, Hanukkah dreidels, Yalda pomegranate boxes, Kawanza weaved mats, and […]
Jan 02, 2020
Dr. David Miller, historian at the San Diego History Center, is a weekly guest on 100.7 the Chris Cantore Show for Throwback Thursday. During December, Dr. Miller spoke about San Diego Christmas traditions. The earliest recorded Christmas in San Diego was in 1779. In 1904, the Hotel Del Coronado became the first property in the […]
Jan 02, 2020
Elsa Sevilla and Wendy McKinney from the San Diego History Center went onto KUSI to share the mission of the SDHC while kicking off our annual giving campaign. On December 3rd, the San Diego History Center hosted a thank you celebration on Giving Tuesday. We appreciate all of our volunteers and donors! As a nonprofit, […]
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 […]
