The San Diego Museum of Art’s mission is to inspire, educate, and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Explore a world of art, beauty, history and more at The San Diego Museum of Art. We welcome social, professional, family, religious, and all other groups to view the wonders of The San Diego Museum of Art.

The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. It opened as the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed to its current name in 1978.

The San Diego Museum of Art’s collections are all-encompassing with more than 32,000 objects from across the globe, and ranging in date from 3,000 B.C. to the present. Perhaps best known for Spanish old master paintings–including works by El Greco, Goya, Ribera, Sanchez Cotán, and Zurbarán–the Museum also holds a broad collection of ...

Explore the San Diego Museum of Art’s permanent collection galleries, which include European, Asian and American paintings and sculptures, as well as a dynamic program of international temporary exhibitions and a delightful sculpture court and garden.