I am planning a trip to Southern California in May. I want to check out a select few museums at Balboa Park, but I would like to know how much time to set aside for each meuseum to make time for other fun stuff in San Diego.|||The time needed to visit each museum really depends on what you are into - Balboa Park has museums for art, sciences, and different aspects of culture or history. For instance, I'm not much into cars, so the Automotive Museum isn't that exciting for me - but it may be fascinating for car buffs. Here is a list of all the Balboa Park museums: http://www.balboapark.org/in-the-park/or鈥?/a> Here are my top Balboa Park attractions, and how long it might take to enjoy them: 1. San Diego Zoo - not really a 'museum' - but it is a world class zoo, with many different animals in natural setting-type enclosures. If you like animals (or plants), you could spend all day here. If you just want to see the rarer animals (like the pandas), you can spend a half day. http://www.sdzoo.org/ 2. The Mingei Museum of World Folk Art - instead of the typical 'art' of the world (paintings, sculptures, etc.), the Mingei shows off exhibitions of things like textiles, kites, pottery, carvings, etc. - maybe 2 hours. http://www.mingei.org/ 3. The Natural History Museum - their special exhibitions have been pretty good, though the permanent collection (mostly fossils, both land and sea) is not huge. If they have a special exhibition that interests you (for May it is "A Day in Pompeii"), go see it (3 or 4 hours), if not, perhaps spend time elsewhere) http://www.sdnhm.org/ 4. Museum of Photographic Arts - maybe an hour or two to see the collection. http://www.mopa.org/ 5. The San Diego Museum of Art - has quite a few different permanent collections, and sometimes a special exhibition worth seeing - maybe two or three hours (or as long as you can remain standing) http://www.sdmart.org/ 6. San Diego Museum of Man - anthropology - showing cultural artifacts from ancient and existing cultures, especially those of the Americas. - again maybe two or three hours. http://www.museumofman.org/ 7. Air and Space Museum - showcasing the history of aviation and spaceflight with actual aircraft and spacecraft - maybe an hour or two. http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/ Don't forget to take time to actually walk around Balboa Park - there are several gardens tucked along the main east-west stretch (El Prado), as well as the Botanical Building. just east of El Prado, across a bridge over Park Blvd is a Rose Garden and a Desert Garden. Walk west over the Bridge over 163, and get a nice view of downtown. Don't forget to check out the Old Globe Theater, which is tucked in between the Museum of Art's Sculpture Garden and the Museum of Man. And don't forget: every Tuesday is Free Tuesday - one or more of the Balboa Park museums are free each Tuesday: Check out which one will be free on the Tuesdays during your trip: http://www.balboapark.org/calendar/detai鈥?/a> Perhaps skip: If you live in a city with a good science center (like San Francisco or Boston), the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center doesn't compare. The Timken Museum of Art is always free, but there's a reason, it's small, and to me, not that interesting. The Hall of Champions is really of interest only to sports fans (with a focus on athletes connected to San Diego). Last note: The model railroad museum is cooler than you might think (and it's underground, which is nice on really hot days).|||Well, I'm not sure which museums interest you, because we have museums that range from cars to airplanes to art and sports. Some museums are HUGE, others you can get through within 20-30 minutes. I would say just give yourself an hour for each museum you want to visit, and if it's something your REALLY interested in, give yourself an extra 30 minutes. And if you get out of the museum early, there's lots of stuff to see in balboa park, from magicians on the corners, and there is alot of stuff to eat. Depending on how many exhibits you want to see, 1 day should be enough, but plan maybe an extra 1/2 day just incase you want to go back!! Have fun, balboa park is one of my favorite place to go in San Diego.|||I would plan an hour for each museum. Some other tips on visiting Balboa Park: There's a free trolley that will take you around the park. I would recommend that you use this trolley as some of the museums have very limited parking nearby. The deli inside the San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum has great sandwiches at reasonable prices. You can go inside to the deli without visiting the museum. Balboa Park also has beautiful gardens and other attractions that you might want to visit as well.|||there are so many great museums, try to spend at least 15 minutes- 30 minutes in the smaller ones, and at least an hour in the larger ones. A great tip is that on Tuesdays many of the museums are open free. Check out there website to see which ones are free for a particular Tuesday, that way you can plan your day. Be cautious though, sometimes a special exhibit may not be part of the free area. Let me know if you are interested, i can e mail you a map , i know you can find one on line, but i will indicate best spots for pictures and parking. Let me know if this would interest you. Good luck, have fun, welcome to san diego. P.S. if your not a vegetarian, ask a few locals where you can find a local taco shop. Order "Carne Asada Fries" Its a San Diego delicacy. You can eat it as a meal, or split it among a few people as a side to another dish.|||I'd allow a few hours each at least. Just the Hall of Champions and the Aerospace museum could take you 1/2 a day to enjoy. The SR-71 out in front is one of the highlights to me. Take your time and enjoy them. Here is a link that will help you. It tells you about all the museums in town. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/search/?q=鈥?/a>|||I don't know who's giving all the thumbs down to these excellent answers, but I gave them all a thumbs up because I am a San Diego native and every answer given is a good one. These people know what they are talking about. Please ignore the thumbs down that have been given by whomever. I would have given my own suggestion about the museums, but every answer already said what I would have said.|||that depends how many you are going to|||You cant get through all the museums in San Diego in one day. Two maybe...

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