Balboa Park Scavenger Hunt AN EDUCATION PROGRAM OF FRIENDS OF BALBOA PARK
Balboa Park History Earn your patch! Balboa Park was originally built to host the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal. The Park was not intended to be permanent, but citizens rallied to preserve it. A century later, it remains one of San Diego's most beloved destinations. Your Mission Using the Balboa Park Map, follow the clues and riddles to learn even more about the park, its important buildings, museums, and institutions. Each “Hidden Treasure” will have a map number listed to help you narrow down your search. Good luck!
Hidden Treasure #1 Hidden Treasure #2 Map number 14 Map number 9 Find the large multi-colored mosaic Each room in the Casa del Prado sculpture in front of the Mingei has a different name on the door. International Museum, a museum of folk art, craft and design. This colorful What organization has the name "Cardona" on its office door? sculpture was created by artist Niki de Saint Phalle, and more of her creative ANSWER: creations can be found inside! What is the room number? ANSWER:
Hidden Treasure #3
Map number 13 The California state motto is “Eureka!” Can you find it written on the California Building?
What museum is in the California building?
ANSWER: What is the title of this sculpture?
ANSWER: Identify and list at least 2 people carved on the front of the California Building. ANSWER:
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Hidden Treasure #4 Hidden Treasure #7 Hidden Treasure #9 North of map number C & Map number 12 Map number 12 south of map number 4 San Diego's Old Globe Theatre is The painting below is displayed on I am almost 100 years old and all modeled after the great bard the building of a museum. natural. I was planted in William Shakespeare's Globe preparation for the 1915 Panama- Theatre in London built in 1599. California Exposition. Records show Today, San Diego's Old Globe is that I started in a 5-gallon pot! actually a modern, three-theatre complex with plays presented What am I? year-round. ANSWER: Find these words written Which museum am I nearest to? somewhere in the plaza:
ANSWER: “So long as men can breathe
or eyes can see Hidden Treasure #5 So long lives this and Map number 7 this gives life to thee.” This sign might confuse you. It does
not belong to the Model Railroad Who is the person whose face Museum… it’s another world can be seen about this quote? famous place here in Balboa Park! ANSWER:
Why might this person be important to the Old Globe?
What organization is it? ANSWER:
ANSWER: What is the name of this museum?
ANSWER:
How much is admission? Hidden Treasure #6 Hidden Treasure #8 ANSWER: Map number 22 This spy was a dark secret when it
first breathed air.
Hidden Treasure #10 Map
number 2
Map number: 3
The organization housed This depiction underneath the roof pictured of San Diego in above is home to one of San What museum is it near? 1769 is on what Diego's largest movie screens! ANSWER: building?
Which organization is it? What is it called?
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Hidden Treasure #11 Hidden Treasure #14 Hidden Treasure #16 Map number 4 Map number 11 Map number 2 I could once tell time by the shadow Many works of art from Spain can be Balboa's house holds the key to this cast upon me pointer as the sun found inside this museum, and these Center's mystery, for within this moved throughout the day. I was Spanish artists can be found dwelling you will see San Diego's donated by renowned local standing on the outside of it. history! jeweler, Joseph Jessop in 1906 and stand at the entrance of a museum.
What am I?
ANSWER: What are the last names of these What is the name of this museum?
three artists? ANSWER: 1. Hidden Treasure #12 2. Map number 21 3. This is a work truck from a local San Hidden Treasure #17 Diego firm, founded in the 1920s. Map number 9 What is the name of that company Find this gazebo in the courtyard of on the truck? (The white lettering on the Casa Del Prado. the truck is hidden in the photo Hidden Treasure #15 below but can be seen in person.) Map number 5 There are handmade ceramic tile signs mounted on a wall that say "Spanish Village Art Center."
ANSWER:
Hidden Treasure #13 If you go up the stairs behind it to room 208, you'll find the location of Map number A Who are the artists that made the oldest, continuing children's This garden was restored in 1962. them? theatre program in the country.
ANSWER: What is the name of the theatre company?
ANSWER:
Friends of Balboa Park is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization committed to preserving Balboa What is the name of this garden? Park's legacy for future generations through park- ANSWER: wide projects.
Which club restored it? www.friendsofbalboapark.org ANSWER: JUNIOR FRIENDS OF BALBOA PARK Participating Organizations Educational Opportunities Full-Day Half-Day Winter / Scout Outreach Summer Summer Spring Other Badges Programs Camp Camp Camps Mingei International Museum Free docents tours, www.mingei.org x monthly family days, online 619-239-0003 educational resources
Museum of Photographic Arts Please visit website for www.mopa.org x x x calendars of events 619-238-8777
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Brownies www.rhfleet.org Juniors x x x Weekend 619-238-1233 x 808 Webelos
San Diego Automotive Museum Please visit website for www.sdautomotivemuseum.org calendars of events 619-231-2886
San Diego Air & Space Museum Please visit website for www.sandiegoairandspace.org x x calendars of events 619-234-8291
San Diego Art Institute Please visit website for www.sandiego-art.org x x x calendars of events 619-236-0011
San Diego Civic Youth Ballet x www.sdcyb.org Production x x x Ages 4+ 619-233-3060 SDCYB
San Diego History Center "History for Half Pints" www.sandiegohistory.org x x (Children 5 and under) 619-232-6203 #112 Architecture
San Diego Junior Theatre Play productions, group www.juniortheatre.com x x x x x events, parties, workshops 619-239-1311
San Diego Museum of Art Teen Art Cafe, family drop-in www.sdmart.org x x days, family festivals, 619-232-7931 ARTstops, and a variety of workshops and lectures San Diego Museum of Man x Tours, presentations, and www.museumofman.org Multiple workshops available. Please 619-239-2001 Badges x x visit website for calendars of events. San Diego Natural History Museum In-house school programs; www.sdnhm.org x x “Ms. Frizzle” 619-239-0003
San Diego Zoo x Please visit website for www.sandiegozoo.org Sleepovers x calendars of events 619-557-3963 + "Inside Story" Spanish Village Art Center x Private/Youth group classes www.spanishvillageart.com Art/Jewelery x (weekends) 619-233-9050 Timken Museum of Art Always free admission English, www.timkenmuseum.org X Spanish, German tours 619-239-5548 x 105 offered. Check weekends
The Old Globe X X Weekend: "Theatre Tots" [email protected] Middle/High Youth/ (Ages 4-6); "Behind the 619-231-1941 x 2145 Conservatory Adult Scenes Tours" (all ages)