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!
Jun 25, 2025
After years of storage, the Jessop Family’s precious heirloom has a new home. “We have found not a good location, but an amazingly great location here at the San Diego History Center,” Jim Jessop.
Jun 09, 2025
San Diego History Center’s monthly newsletter featuring upcoming events, latest exhibit news and more.
May 15, 2025
Tina Zarpour, Vice President of Community Engagement, Education and Collections, San Diego History Center and Joe Mazares, president of the Council of Philippine American Organizations (COPAO) join Midday Edition to discuss the Taste San Diego: Filipino Culinary Journeys exhibition in Balboa Park.
May 15, 2025
San Diego History Center’s monthly newsletter featuring upcoming events, latest exhibit news and more.
Apr 07, 2025
San Diego History Center’s monthly newsletter featuring upcoming events, latest exhibit news and more.
Apr 07, 2025
“So many stories, so much history — but now Jim has his sights set on the clock’s future. The family, in coordination with the History Center, is in the process of raising money, to restore the clock and to bring it to a final, fitting place.”
Apr 06, 2025
The San Diego History Center stands with our colleagues in opposing cuts in federal funding for museum and libraries. In previous years, IMLS funding has helped preserve, reveal and promote the history of the San Diego region.
Mar 27, 2025
In The Times San Diego: In the summer of 1993, Democratic Rep. Lynn Schenk flew home to La Jolla with talking points on her lap. Reading them, she felt the urge to laugh or cry.
Mar 27, 2025
From building airplane parts in a Rockford, Illinois, plant and joining the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve at the age of 22, to becoming a stewardess for United Airlines and a leader at charitable organizations, Sgt. Roberta “Randy” Tidmore‘s lifetime of accomplishments are what embody a real-life Rosie the Riveter.
Mar 27, 2025
Roberta “Randy” Tidmore was waiting at a bus terminal in Chicago more than 80 years ago on her way back to Rockford, Illinois, when a group of handsome young men in the U.S. Marine Corps walked past.
