Place · STEM & discovery
San Diego Automotive Museum
- When
- Visit on your scheduleOpen daily 10am-5pm, last admission 4:30pm; Resident Free Tuesday on the 4th Tuesday of most months (not September or December), last entry 3:30pm
- Where
- San Diego Automotive Museum2080 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101Open in Google Maps ↗
- Ages
- Check age guidance
- Cost
- Admission prices are not printed on the Visit page opened; free for San Diego County residents on the 4th Tuesday of most months (not September or December)Strollers not permitted; ADA service animals only
- Organizer
- San Diego Automotive Museum
A 17,000 square-foot exhibit hall in Balboa Park's Pan American Plaza showing automobiles and motorcycles from the permanent collection, loaned vehicles and thematic exhibits, with a Kids Corner. Open daily 10am to 5pm, last admission 4:30pm. The museum is free to San Diego County residents on the fourth Tuesday of most months (no free Tuesday in September or December), with last entry at 3:30 and the Kids Corner closed on those days; non-residents must buy tickets. No food, drinks, water bottles, pets or strollers inside. Beginning January 5, 2026 parking in Balboa Park is no longer free; the free Balboa Park tram stops in front of the museum.
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Strollers not permitted; ADA service animals only
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What was checked & what still needs confirmation
Ticket prices were not on the Visit page and the /admission/ page returned 404, so price is null. Free-Tuesday rule confirmed on both the museum page and the Balboa Park page.