Arts Brief: Museum Arts

San Diego Natural History Museum
Body Worlds and the Brain
Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS exhibitions are the original, precedent-setting public anatomical exhibitions of real human bodies, by physician, anatomist, and inventor of Plastination, Dr. Gunther von Hagens. The exhibition offers visitors an in-depth view of the intricately designed human body, comparative anatomy showing wellness and disease, and the mysterious world of the brain.
Balboa Park
$16 to $27
619-232-3821
www.sdnhm.org/
San Diego Zoo
Elephant Odyssey
Opening Summer 2009: the San Diego Zoo's largest and most complex exhibit to date, Elephant Odyssey! Take a journey back in time to discover what animals lived in Southern California 12,000 years ago, then meet their living counterparts.
Balboa Park
$26-35
619-718-3000
www.sandiegozoo.org
Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO)
Celebrate San Diego’s 240th Birthday
Save Our Heritage Organisation will hold a birthday celebration at the Whaley House Museum, conducting tours, and providing period entertainment and birthday cake for all.
Old Town
July 16, 2009
Free
619-297-7511
sohosandiego.org
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
MIX: 9 San Diego Architects and Designers
This dynamic exhibition showcases the work of nine local architects and designers, whose work is redefining housing design and development in the San Diego region and beyond.
La Jolla
Through September 9, 2009
Free- $10
858-454-3541
www.mcasd.org
San Diego Museum of Photographic Art
Ansel Adams: A Life’s Work
MoPA presents Ansel Adams: A Life's Work, an exhibition examining the legacy of a 20th Century master. Featuring over 80 photographs, A Life's Work is a comprehensive and chronological retrospective of the career of Ansel Adams.
Through October
$6 adults $4 students, free to members
619-238-7559
www.mopa.org/
San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Da Vinci Experience
Replicas and models of the mechanical devices designed and described by Leonardo da Vinci, along with reproductions of 12 of his most famous paintings, are now featured in a new exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Balboa Park
Ongoing
$24.75 (military, student, and senior discounts available)
619-234-8291
www.aerospacemuseum.org


