Lambda Archives of San Diego, San Diego

#305 among attractions in San Diego

Museum, History museum

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Lambda Archives of San Diego is a community-powered archives located in San Diego, California. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and share the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in San Diego, Northern Baja California, and the Imperial County region. Lambda Archives preserves varied items such as ephemera, manuscripts, event memorabilia, photographs, textiles, and much more. As of 2019, the collections include approximately 100,000 photographs; about 13,000 of those are digitized. ()

Coordinates: 32°44'42"N, 117°9'47"W

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Western San Diego (Hillcrest)San Diego United States

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Lambda Archives of San Diego – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: San Diego Zoo, Museum of Us, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art.

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Zoo
San Diego Zoo, San Diego
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Anthropology displays in historic digs
Museum of Us, San Diego
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1.2 miSE
Intimate, curated 5-room gallery
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
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1.2 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Spanish colonial revival architecture
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
30 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Balboa Park, the San Diego Museum of Art stands as a beacon of cultural and artistic expression in the vibrant city of San Diego, United States. This esteemed institution is renowned for its wide-ranging collection, which spans the globe and the...
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Museum, Colonial revival architecture
Spanish Village Art Center, San Diego
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1.2 miSE
Museum, Art museum
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego
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1.2 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Specialty museum
Mingei International Museum, San Diego
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1.2 miSE
Garden, Park, Botanical garden
Botanical Building, San Diego
31 min walk • The Botanical Building is an historic building located in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. Built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition, it remains one of the largest lath structures in the world. Alfred D.
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Park, Garden
Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego
31 min walk • The Japanese Friendship Garden, also known as Sankei-en is a twelve-acre Japanese garden located within Balboa Park in San Diego, California.
1.1 miSE
Bridge
Cabrillo Bridge, San Diego
28 min walk • The Cabrillo Bridge in San Diego, California is a historic bridge providing pedestrian and light automotive access between Balboa Park and the Uptown area of San Diego. It was built for the 1915 Panama–California Exposition.
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Park
May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, San Diego
30 min walk • The May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden featuring 19th- and 20th-century modern and contemporary sculptures, located adjacent to the San Diego Museum of Art's West Wing in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.

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Which popular attractions are close to Lambda Archives of San Diego?

Nearby attractions include All Saints Episcopal Church, San Diego (6 min walk), Marston House, San Diego (10 min walk), Swan Canyon, San Diego (11 min walk), First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, San Diego (17 min walk).

How to get to Lambda Archives of San Diego by public transport?

The nearest stations to Lambda Archives of San Diego:

Bus

Hillcrest Medical Center • Lines: H (18 min walk)
Bus Tour Unloading (25 min walk)

Light rail

Middletown • Lines: 510, 530 (27 min walk)