Balboa Park (San Diego) San Diego History Center, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, and the Timken Museum of Art. Other features along El Prado include the Reflection Pond, the latticed Botanical Building, and the Bea Evenson Fountain. Next to the promenade are the San Diego Air & Space Museum and the San Diego Automotive Museum. Theatrical and musical venues include the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, featuring one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs; the Old Globe Theatre complex, which includes a replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre as well as an outdoor stage and a theatre in the round; and the Starlight Bowl –
San Diego History Center San Diego "Union-Tribune" newspaper prior to 1981. Highlights of the photograph collection include the Edward H. Davis Collection of Indian Photographs and Drawings, 1900s-1940s, and the Norman Baynard Collection of the African-American Community of Logan Heights, 1939-1985. Since 1955 the center has published the "Journal of San Diego History" in cooperation with the University of San Diego. In 2013, the History Center became a Smithsonian Affiliate. San Diego History Center The San Diego History Center is a museum showcasing the history of San Diego, located in the city's Balboa Park. Founded in 1928 by businessman and civic leader George W.