Past Exhibitions
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LGBTQ+ San Diego: Stories of Struggles & Triumphs
posted: Jul 02, 2025
LGBTQ+ San Diego: Stories of Struggles & Triumphs—originally curated by historian Dr. Lillian Faderman in collaboration with Lambda Archives—has been updated to include materials from the Women’s Museum of...
Fashion Redux 2025
posted: Mar 20, 2025
The San Diego History Center tells the diverse story of our region – past, present and future – educating and enriching our community, preserving our history and fostering civic...
SD Art Prize 2024
posted: Oct 11, 2024
The San Diego Art Prize is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s prize: Gabriel Boils, Francisco Eme, and Marisol Rendón. This year’s exhibition, Stochastic Elegies: Life, Nature...
La Neighbor: A Settlement House 1914-1972
posted: Jul 30, 2024
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...
Aloha Vaqueros
posted: Jul 30, 2024
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...
FASHION REDUX 2024
posted: Mar 18, 2024
The San Diego History Center tells the diverse story of our region – past, present and future – educating and enriching our community, preserving our history and fostering civic...
San Diego’s New Deal Renaissance: An Artist’s Experience
posted: Oct 04, 2023
This exhibition explores Belle Baranceanu’s federal art project work in San Diego during the Depression.
FASHION REDUX 2023 GLAM 80’s
posted: Mar 08, 2023
The San Diego History Center tells the diverse story of our region – past, present and future – educating and enriching our community, preserving our history and fostering civic...
Fashion Redux 2021
posted: Apr 05, 2021
This year, the San Diego History Center and Mesa College’s Fashion Program celebrate a 10-year collaboration for Fashion Redux 2021. Four uniforms from the History Center’s historic clothing collection...
Nathan Harrison: Born Enslaved, Died a San Diego Legend.
posted: Dec 20, 2019
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...
