Fleet Science Center

The Fleet Science Center is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today.

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Type: Museum
Description: science museum and planetarium in San Diego, United States
Also known as: “fleetscience.org”, “Reuben H. Fleet Science Center”, and “The Fleet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Timken Museum of Art and Zoro Garden.

Timken Museum of Art

Museum

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The Timken Museum of Art is a fine art museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, close to the San Diego Museum of Art. It was established in 1965. Timken Museum of Art is situated 870 feet northwest of Fleet Science Center.

Zoro Garden

Garden

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Zoro Garden is a six-acre sunken garden in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is located between the Fleet Science Center and Casa de Balboa. The name refers to the Persian mystic Zoroaster.

San Diego Natural History Museum

Museum

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The San Diego Natural History Museum is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1874 as the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego Natural History Museum is situated 470 feet north of Fleet Science Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankers Hill and Cortez Hill.

Bankers Hill

Suburb

Bankers Hill is a long-established uptown neighborhood near Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The area acquired the name "Bankers Hill" because of its reputation as a home for the affluent.

Cortez Hill

Quarter

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Cortez Hill is a neighborhood in the northeast part of downtown San Diego, California.

Burlingame

Quarter

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Burlingame is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, United States, bordered by North Park to the north and east, and by South Park to the south, and is located within the boundaries of the Greater North Park Community Planning Area.

Fleet Science Center

Categories: science museum, planetarium, IMAX theater, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.73082° or 32° 43′ 51″ north

Longitude

-117.14707° or 117° 8′ 50″ west

Levels

Open location code

8544PVJ3+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28824905

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q3428321

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Fleet Science Center” goes by many names.

Chinese: “弗利特科學中心”
French: “Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center”
Spanish: “Centro de Ciencias Reuben H Fleet”
Spanish: “Centro de Ciencias Reuben H. Fleet”
Spanish: “Centro de Ciencias Ruben H Fleet”
Spanish: “Centro de Ciencias Ruben H. Fleet”
Spanish: “Reuben H Fleet Science Center”
Spanish: “Reuben H. Fleet Science Center”
Spanish: “Ruben H Fleet Space Theater and Science Center”
Spanish: “Ruben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center”
Ukrainian: “Науковий центр Реубена Фліта”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Bea Evenson Fountain.

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