Musée de l'Homme de San Diego - San Diego, California

Akhenz

Un musée à fuir. Nous avons fait tous les musées de Balboa Park et c'est de très loin le pire musée que j'ai pu faire dans toute mon existence
Le fil conducteur est "Us", en gros tout le monde. Un musée qui tend vers l'inclusion via la mise en avant de cultures qui n'ont rien à voir entre elles, des salles sur la relation homme -animaux, sur la couleur de peau etc. Un enchevêtrement de salles sans queue ni tête, avec des oeuvres plus que discutables (tas de brosses à dents usagées, papier déchiré...)
Bref je pèse mes mots mais j'ai eu l'impression de payer pour visiter une déchèterie
Seul point positif : les 5m réservés à la culture amérindienne que j'ai vraiment apprécié. Le reste n'est qu'un patchwork de grand n'importe quoi

Dépensez plutôt votre argent au Musée D'art ou au Timken (gratuit) qui sont vraiment des musées chouettes à faire

Marie-Eve Grandmaison

Visite rapide avec des enfants

Cig Guti

I really enjoyed this museum. Its tower can be seen from any point in the park and from other outside locations. A rich arquitectura that deserves time to be appreciated. It's a hallmark. The museum has a rich selection of artifacts from Native American to Egyptian mummies. There is an effort in presenting a diversified view of who we are within its limited space and possible resources.

Michael Harlow

The Museum of Us is an incredible museum. I got to check out the Maya People’s exhibit, and there were many more things to see as well. I highly recommend this museum. The staff are incredible and there is so much to do here. This is #51 of my 57 Adventures in 57 Hours in San Diego!

Tim Balen

Good museum, admission includes access to 8 exhibits (one is across the way with a different entrance). Currently there is an exhibit about Mayan art, culture and history that was made by Maya artists and community members. The admission is a tad high for what the museum offers, it is $19.95 for adults or $16.95 for students, plus the tower tour add-on is $10. The 40-min guided tower tour is interesting and gets good views of Balboa Park

C R

Informative cultural museum with exhibits on secret postcards, racism in America, ancient Egyptians, cannibals, California's native people, the Maya, immigrants, beer brewers and pet owners. The postcards and Mayan ruins in particular were fascinating. I spent two and a half hours here.

Roxanne Ardary

A lot of food for thought in this museum! Very educational for those curious about the history of cannibalism and humanity. I appreciated all the exhibits and artifacts displayed. I'll admit, trying to imagine being in some of those situations and having to make those specific choices was a bit tuff.

JitkaKac

We were disappointed that you can only go up the tower with a tour and that takes 40 minutes ($10 extra). Such a bummer, we didn't have time for that. We enjoyed most of the exhibits in the museum - history of brewing, Mayan culture, Egypt, animal exhibit was quirky and fun.. Exhibits are quite small so don't expect to spend hours here. We learned about Balboa Park history by watching videos on a touch panel, to the right from the entrance. Do not miss the very cool and informative exhibit on cannibalism which is included with your admission and is located on the other side of the small square. It is very much eye opening since you learn that framing indigenous people as cannibals used to be an official tool to enslave them. There is a list of all known cases of cannibalism on stranded ships and expeditions throughout time. You also read about what human flesh tastes like. Don't worry, the exhibit is made in a very tasteful way! ?