We hope everyone has a fun and safe Pride weekend! If you’re out at the San Diego Pride Parade and Festival, stop by to see the Progress Pride Flag up on the California Tower. 🏳️🌈
About us
Formerly known as the San Diego Museum of Man, the Museum of Us is an anthropology museum with a mission to inspire human connections by exploring the human experience. Centered on core anthropological values such as compassion, sitting in generosity rather than judgment, and love for all humanity, the Museum of Us takes a different approach from the traditional authoritative “museum voice." The 501(c)(3) non-profit was founded in Balboa Park in 1915 and is located in the iconic California Building and Tower. Through original, interactive exhibits visitors discover what it means to be human - whether it's exploring how beer shaped civilizations, connecting with strangers over shared secrets, or discovering who cannibals really are (could you be one?).
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http://www.museumofus.org/
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- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- San Diego, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1915
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1350 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101, US
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Updates
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See even MORE new secrets on display in the PostSecret exhibition! These LGBTQ+-inspired secrets were curated by Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret. See them in person in the PostSecret exhibition, only at the Museum of Us. Photos: 1 – One of the new secrets 2 – Preparing the secrets and the display frames 3 – Visitor experience associate, Damian, helping out with the install (thanks Damian!)
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The #BigBayBoom will light up the San Diego sky tonight, and the California Tower will be featured on the FOX 5 San Diego broadcast! Watch the live broadcast of the fireworks show, starting at 8 p.m. tonight: https://trib.al/lp5dLkA 📷 Photo by Aaron Eudaley
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The secret is out...Frank Warren will be back at the Museum for PostSecret Live on Thursday, July 25! Join Us for a talk and Q&A in the Museum’s Gill Administration building, followed by a special after-hours meet & greet in the PostSecret exhibition. #PostSecretSunday 📅 Thursday, July 25, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 🎟️ $25 per person 🔗 Register online now at https://lnkd.in/g_SXQEYn
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New secrets are now on display in the PostSecret exhibition! Each secret is a unique work of art handmade by people who needed to share their secret—whether it was on a postcard, a roller skate wheel, or a coconut. Learn more about the exhibition at https://lnkd.in/gb8x8mGQ.
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Party with Us tomorrow! Celebrate Pride at the Museum with family-friendly activities from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and special guest visits from the San Diego Central Library and the Queens of the Haus of St. James. Plus, The Book Catapult, a local independent bookstore, will sell Pride-themed books and stories by LGBTQ+ authors. We can’t wait to celebrate the beauty of diversity and freedom of expression with our community. See you soon! #CivicSeason Register at https://lnkd.in/gXnWX4ve.
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Join Us to on Saturday, June 22, to celebrate and kick off San Diego Pride with the San Diego Central Library and special guests, Queens from The Haus Of St. James! Registered guests enjoy free admission and activity stations. Learn more and register at https://lnkd.in/gXnWX4ve.
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The Museum of Us is honored to receive a Forever Balboa Park sPARK Crossing Boundaries Award for our partnership with Friends of Friendship Park. In 2023, the Museum worked with Friends of Friendship Park to preserve 20 dismantled sections of the U.S.-Mexico border wall that once stood at Friendship Park / El Parque de la Amistad. We are collaborating with a committee of community members to redistribute and exhibit the border panels on both sides of the border, which also divides the Kumeyaay Nation. We look forward to sharing the multi-faceted stories of Friendship Park and the unique "fronteriza" culture of our trinational region. Thank you, Forever Balboa Park, for highlighting the many outstanding individuals and organizations who inspire positive change, innovation, and creativity in Balboa Park. Photos courtesy of IG: clements_photography_photos
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New at the Museum 📸 Photography by Michael Wells is now on view in "Hostile Terrain 94." Michael Wells is the primary photographer and artistic adviser for the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research and arts-education collective that raises awareness about migration issues globally and assists families of missing migrants reunite with their loved ones. Since the project started in 2009, Michael has photographed UMP's ethnographic and archaeological fieldwork in Arizona, New York, Mexico, Honduras, and Ecuador. Meet Michael Wells and Jason De León, Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, today at the Soldiers and Kings: Book Discussion with Jason De León, starting at 3:30 p.m. The three-part event is free, and guests are welcome to come for any, or all parts of the program. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e_9sVV7K.
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