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Junipero Serra Museum Review
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Junípero Serra Museum
Museums / Galleries, Old Town
Fodor's Review:
The hill on which San Diego's original Spanish presidio (fortress) and California's first mission were perched is now the domain of a Spanish mission-style museum established, along with Presidio Park, by department store magnate and philanthropist George Marston in 1929 to commemorate the history of the site from the time it was occupied by the Kumeyaay Indians through its Spanish, Mexican, and American periods. Artifacts include Kumeyaay baskets, Spanish riding gear, and a painting that Father Serra would have viewed in Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The education room has hands-on stations where kids can grind acorns in metates (stones used for grinding grain), dig for buried artifacts with archaeology tools, or dress up in period costumes -- one represents San Diego founding father Alonzo Horton. Ascend the tower to compare the view you'd have gotten before 1929 with the one you have today. The museum, now operated by the San Diego Historical Society, is at the north end of Presidio Park, near Taylor Street.
INFO
- Address: 2727 Presidio Dr., Old Town, San Diego, CA
- Phone: 619/297-3258
- Web site
- Cost: $5
- Open: Daily 10-4:30
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