Have visited have hosted the World Expo Park, Australia Brisbane's South Bank Parklands. But neither size nor the building cannot be compared with the Park in Balboa Park. Balboa Park is the world's Premier Expo Park.
Balboa Park, thanks to 1915 which was held to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and Panama – California Expo and the California-Pacific International Exposition held in 1935. Two Expo built Museum, after repair or rebuilding the Park gradually improved, and now look. Balboa Park map/sketch map.
Balboa Park of 15 museums, including human history, natural history, photography, art, car, flights, theme is extensive, content-rich, precious exhibits, there also is a world class product. Photo taken at Balboa Park.
According to the introduction, into Balboa Park is free, but visitors entering the 15 museums in the Park is usually to buy a ticket. However, the San Diego Government regulations, park free admission to Museum in a week Tuesday, taking turns, including Dimitri Tiomkin Art Museum is open year-round free of (The Timken Museum of Art) open all year round. Photo taken at Balboa Park.
If you want to stroll around the Museum, $ 30 a ticket for the Park better. In the Park are available at the visitor center or any of the museums buy, valid for one week, includes 13 tickets to tourist attractions within the Park. Balboa Park the Park's visitor center.
According to the tour guide introduces the Balboa Park can be divided into two parts. First part is held in Balboa Park, 1915-1916 "Panama-California Exposition" when the Prado Street sides of the building. Figure for the Prado Street.
PRADO pedestrian street is to the East of the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Museum was founded in 1788 and is the oldest Museum in Southern California. Inside the Museum are more than more than 200 mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, skulls, dinosaur fossils, and various stuffed animals, animal and bird skeletons, gems and minerals, as well as a series of photos. San Diego Natural History Museum's main entrance.
Museum of natural history has a huge screen 3D Theatre, playing with the natural world and Earth science-related movies. Museum education in cooperation with school-related projects, to allow students to learn the knowledge of natural history. Museum open from 10.00 in the morning to the afternoon 5.00, except for Christmas day and Thanksgiving day outside, open all year round. Picture shows the side of the San Diego Natural History Museum.
This is the natural history museum's bird photos
Prado, left side of the middle of the street, a row of buildings called the Balboa House (Casa de Balboa), its front lawn signs telling visitors which has three museums: the Museum of photographic arts San Diego, and San Diego Model Railroad Museum History Center.
Photography art museums United States photography exhibits more than 7,000 pieces of art, representative of United States throughout the history of photography. Museum's collection emphasizes modern and contemporary works, in particular the social documentary photography and photojournalism. Museum also owns a modern cinema. Want to visit the Museum of photographic art, because there are many photographers in the history of photography works, but when I passed by not opening.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum covers an area of 28,000 square feet, the Museum is the world's largest Model Railroad Museum. Although not a substitute, but I took two photographs outside the Museum.
Taken at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum
San Diego History Center through artefacts, works of art, costumes, photos, show unique and colorful history and development in the region. Unfortunately, the Museum is not open.
PRADO Street on both sides of this Spain-corridor, transparent elegance, style and content.
Balboa House opposite the Prado family. This is a huge building, the front lawn signs tell visitors, which in addition to the Casa del Prado theater, a city youth Ballet, the San Diego junior Theatre, San Diego, San Diego Youth Symphony, the San Diego civic dance training courses, San Diego Botanic Garden Foundation, San Diego floral Association.
Antique, elegant Casa del Prado theater, set off in a tropical Palm trees and lush Banyan, green and white, contrast, let people see the Spain the perfect combination of tropical architecture and Santiago.
PRADO Street on both sides of this Spain-arched Gallery, unique style, quiet and deep. On a long walk in the corridors, as if through a century of history, back to the distant past.
Balboa in his mouth is on the West side of Balboa Park visitors center, West of the visitor center is the Prado Street Central Square--Panama Plaza.
In the visitor's Center across from Tim Ken Museum of art, the Museum is regarded as one of the world's great small museums, Tim Ken Museum has a world class European old master paintings, United States painting, and Russia's icon. Admission is free of charge.
At the north side of the square is the San Diego Museum of art. She is San Diego's oldest and largest art museum, collection includes a selection of European old masters, 19th century and 20th century United States art, numerous collections from Asia, contemporary art collection in Latin America. In addition, the Museum also display large works of art from around the world.
West of the dome of the San Diego Museum of anthropology at the Prado Street, in tall tower in California. The two buildings is 1915-1916 Panama California Exposition of the landmark building. Show Spain colonial style.
San Diego Museum of anthropology is a dedicated Museum of anthropology, the Museum's focus is to create and display the entire Americas and dynamic people all over the world and offers exhibits of anthropological education. Because too many people queue up here, I did not go in.
Museum of anthropology's door and wall sculptures, fine. Plans for the Museum's main entrance.
Built in 1915 California tower to mark the navigable Panama Canal began on August 15, 1914. Towering Spire, three large pillars, stable vertical base of the Quartet, which form strong upward momentum style, stunning!
It is said that the California 100 small bell inside the Tower, every quarter of hundred bells gongs, echoed in the Park, like a soothing sounds.
Panama Plaza South is the San Diego Art Institute and Museum of international folk art, Museum of international folk art for the center square.
Here is the side door of the Museum of international folk art, Museum of international folk art exhibition of historical and contemporary folk art, craft and design from the unknown craftsman to contemporary works of famous designers collection.
Photo taken in the souvenir shop of the Museum of international folk art.
In Balboa Park in the Southwest, there is a building, here is 1935-1936 Pacific built for the World Exposition venue in California. The style and level of these buildings, clearly inferior to the Prado Street on both sides of the Spain architecture.
This is San Diego sports champions Hall of Museum, exhibition area of 70,000 square feet, is the United States largest sports Museum.
Facing the sea warm in hearts and flowers Hainan
San Diego air and Space Museum is the official California Aerospace Museum, which collects old aircraft and spacecraft in history from around the world, including the 9th Apollo command module spacecraft. Collected relics include the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and other aerospace pioneer products! For the air and Space Museum locations.
Museum offers interactive exhibits, including the F-35 Simulator, and 3D/4D cinema. Photo taken at the air and Space Museum.
Cars on display in the Museum of San Diego more than more than 80 historical old cars and motorcycles, held every 2-3 months to fine car and auto show. Vintage fire engines for museums.
During the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935-1936, many countries have built their country's exhibition hall has been preserved, and also Ukraine and the United States, and Poland, and Ireland, and Finland, and Hungary, and Spain, and Puerto Rico, and Iran and other countries when the Pavilion, now they are collectively referred to as the Pacific International villas. Photo taken at Pacific International Villa village.
This is a description of Pacific International Villa
Even under the trees of the Pacific International Villas is actually a bungalow cabin, their size can't and in the countries of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 held in China compare to the exhibition hall.
This is the Chinese pavilion, on which no open. It is said that the inscription on the plaque from the Chiang Kai-shek. In addition, the national status was in the 1915 Panama-California Exposition on access award, and this year is exactly 100 years ago.
This is the Sweden Pavilion, also did not open on the day.
When I go to open only the Norway Pavilion
Two old men in the Pavilion, I do not know is from Norway?
Norway Pavilion not too big
Every Sunday noon until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Pacific International villas will be displayed from various national traditions of the countries concerned. Lawn as well as music, dance, traditional costumes, arts, crafts, ethnic foods show. Annual special events is the annual national food Exposition in Balboa Park and Christmas Eve Carnival. Unfortunately I can't keep up with.
Pacific International Villa also has a souvenir shop, which sells souvenirs from around the Villa.
Souvenirs from China is very eye-catching
Visitors to purchase souvenirs
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