Not worth it. Poor value for money. $19.95 for adult tickets and $16.95 for kids and seniors means a four-person family will spend almost $75 just to get in the door. What do you get for that? 10-12 small exhibits which each take up a small room's worth of space. Even you take the time to read all the placards and displays, you'll get through each one in 5-15 minutes. At most, you'll spend an hour or two in the museum before wandering off to find something better to do. Missed opportunities. The museum has exciting collections hidden away in its archives AND plenty of space to display them. For example, it has the 6,000-item Jessop Weapons Collection, one of the largest collections of exotic weapons in the world. If you're lucky, you might see one or two objects from the collection on display. But don't worry, the Museum of Us has plenty of space for inscrutable modern art exhibits. The Mayan statuary exhibit, the crown jewel of the museum, has been updated ... with neon-toned graffiti spray-painted on the walls around it. I suppose the attempt to include modern Mayan artists is admirable ... but nothing has been done to help guests better interpret the stunning statues and the culture which made them. No dioramas. No VR or augmented reality goggles. No displays explaining Maya society or religion. No light displays to pick out interesting features on the statues. Just the same decades-old placards. The museum's much-diminished one-room Ancient Egyptian exhibit can only be described as a bitter disappointment. You won't learn anything meaningful about Egyptian gods and goddesses, how mummies were made, or much else about Ancient Egypt. You'll see remarkable objects like a shaduf yoke on display, but you won't learn anything about how this simple tool made agriculture possible in an arid desert. Oh, and you won't see any mummies. Messaging. From the moment you walk into the museum, you'll be bombarded with apologies, acknowledgements, and other pablums. If you hadn't guessed from the name change, the Museum of Us has no problem making charged political statements whenever possible. Half the exhibits at the Museum are now partly or wholly about race and racism. These are topics worth learning about, but the Museum of Us does it in the most ham-handed and inept way possible. The Cannibals exhibit, for instance, dedicates a quarter of its space to lambasting Columbus. It barely mentions the Aztecs, who are the subject of an intense academic debate about cannibalism. Were they industrial-scale human slaughterers who treated prisoners as "marching meat," as Marvin Harris argued? Or were those trumped-up charges that overplay the limited, religious nature of Aztec cannibalism? For a museum supposedly interested in centering itself on indigenous stories, giving more space to conquistadors than the Aztecs is pretty damning move. The effort to "decolonize" the museum has also caused many of its best exhibits to vanish, never to be seen again. One of the best parts of the Museum of Man was the mummy displays. Visitors could see Peruvian mummies and learn about how their high-altitude ritual burials had naturally preserved their remains. And visitors could learn about how these remains revealed secrets about ancient diets, healthcare, and much more. But it's all gone forever now, victims of the Museum's policy not to show human remains. You'd never knew they even existed. There aren't even mock-ups or images or the remains to take their places in the exhibits. The whole exhibits are just gone. In trying to decolonize, the Museum's gormless curators have managed to eliminate one of the few places Western audiences could learn about the Inca mummies and the Inca people they came from. The Museum of Man was one of the best anthropology museums in the world. I suppose the Museum of Us is a museum.

The Museum of Us, formerly known as the Museum of Man, is a cultural anthropology museum. It explores the diversity of human experiences, showcasing artifacts and exhibits that delve into topics such as archaeology, anthropology, and cultural history. The museum's engaging displays provide visitors with insights into various societies and cultures, fostering an understanding of the shared human experience.

This is a beautiful museum with detailed information, in a building with wonderful architecture. Admission is $19.95 for 18+, $16.95 for seniors, youth, military, and students, and free for children 5 and under and for Native Americans. Admission also includes the Cannibal Museum across the street, which has a lot of interesting things. Also, I highly recommend going on the tower tour for $10. The view is pretty nice. All of the galleries and rooms had nice layouts and there were places to sit throughout the museum. You could easily spend a few hours here.

Not a museum at all! I have been to almost all museums in the park and ve been happy except for this one. Ιt is not a museum because it mainly deals with politics rather than history. Small exhibits and completely unrelated with each other. They haven't take advantage of the wonderful building that houses the Museum. disappointment.

My visit to the Museum of Us in San Diego was a captivating experience. The museum's diverse exhibits exploring anthropology, culture, and the human experience were both educational and thought-provoking. The architecture of the building itself is stunning. The highlight for me was learning about different cultures from around the world and their unique traditions. The staff was knowledgeable and friendly, enhancing the overall visit. I highly recommend this museum to anyone interested in exploring the rich tapestry of human culture and history.

This was my favorite museum when I lived in San Diego. Was super happy to see it’s been renamed the Museum of Us. Wish I’d had more time on my trip to explore more of the museum, but glad to see it’s still thriving and embracing inclusivity in its exhibits.

We did the tower tour, and it is well worth it! Lot of history reveled. The views were amazing.

Came here with my wife and mom on a Saturday. Admission included entry into the Cannibals exhibit across from the Museum of Us entrance, and annual membership so you can come back for free. We walked both the main and Cannibals exhibit side checking and taking in almost everything on display. The main has two floors to explore with plenty of information and displays. The Cannibals exhibit had some displays that were interactive and fun. There are bathrooms and places to sit for a quick break. I would come back again to see and redo things. I recommend planning to spend at least 2.5 hours for both sides. I purchased tickets in advance, which I recommend. We did not do it, but you can also climb the California Tower from here, but it is extra cost and requires timed-entry. Public parking is available throughout Balboa Park, but nothing directly on-site. Expect at least a 5 minute walk to get here.

For the most part it wasn't for me. It was mostly a collection of hippie type stuff, anti-semitism collections, animal loving, and antiques. The only part I liked was the mummy collection.

It's been a few days and I can't stop thinking about these exhibits. I had been looking forward to it but this place more than exceeded my expectations. The exhibits are well curated and laid out. While I enjoyed exploring this place at the time, I wasn't even conscious of how incredibly interactive everything was and how that helped me understand concepts more deeply and made me think about them later. The cannibals: myths and realities exhibit is a unique one, especially, with pop culture references to draw folks in and thought provoking historical context that remains relevant.

Pretty cool museum. Feels like there is something for everyone in there. I felt the flow of some of the exhibits was wonky and not very user friendly,. There could be better way finding. Also, lockers would be really great. Def worth the visit. The postcard confessions exhibit was very moving

A magnificent building that does not represent the interior, from the inside it did not meet my expectations, it is small and doesn’t contain many exhibits, and I was surprised that the tower requires a separate ticket and the cannibalism exhibit requires a third ticket, all of that being said, compared to the other SD so-called museums I think this is one of the best. Note: most of Balboa Park museums have a free day each month for the residents of San Diego County, I think it is the third Tuesday every month for Museum of Us.

Highly recommend 3-4 hours to go through the whole museum! As soon as you enter you can sign up for a tour tour, HIGHLY recommended!!! While you wait for your tour time you’ll wind through the multi-level semi open air building. You’ll see some of the most beautiful architecture the city has to offer, as well as some of the most interesting exhibits available to the public! The staff is knowledgeable and friendly and always attentive!

Great meseum to visit while in San diego. If the History of Human kind interest you this measuem if full of Ancient artifacts and its inside a beautiful building!! Masks are now optional its $19.99 entrance fee and $29.99 that includes access to the Tower!!

Visited here in a few years ago. The place had some neat stuff but it was mostly empty. I viewed the entire museum(including reading placards) in around 35 minutes. Possibly my shortest museum visit ever. At the time of the visit the cost of entry was $13.

Very interesting and informative experience. Non white-washed historical facts. For instance, I didn't know how anti-Asian San Diego had been in it's heydays. I thought the hate had always been towards Latinos over here. Apparently, Asians have been able to get over such hate to become the preferred race by Whites. Good for them! Maybe local Latinos can follow suit. The tower tour is highly recommended, especially on nice sunny days. The views from up there are worth the price of the tour itself.

Balboa park is my favourite walking spot and the nearby trails are pretty cool. Museum of US located cross the street of Balboa park. Tickets are bit costly. Nice place to roam.

It was nice. Parking was terrible. I would go back again. But prepare to pay for each museum you want to see. I wasn't ok with that. But the extra side shows were fun.

Even though it isn’t open due to Covid, it is still such a beautiful place to come and see outside and walk around. I can never get tired of coming here and looking at the outside, there is always something new to notice on the building. It is exciting to see the banners up with the exhibits, can’t wait till we are able to go inside again and see it.

Superb and unconventional museum. The Musuem of Us is a thought provoking experience. It provides a unique perspective of history and what it means to be human. It challenged me to be open-minded and to question some of my beliefs. It’s not your typical museum where you just look at the pictures or artifacts. It also inspires you to look inside yourself. I can see why some people don't like it - it takes some humility to self-reflect. But I love it!

Museum of men or Museum of us is not a great one in the Balboa park. But if you go there then make sure to visit the cannibalism museum across the street. Same ticket covers both places. The cannibalism museum has some interactive ones for kids and adults. It may be disturbing for some of you especially the video.

Paid a bit extra to go up into the California Tower for my wife's birthday, thought we were just going to get a simple up and down and instead we got an amazing docent who stopped on every floor and shared amazing history about the tower, the park, and the city! Totally with it!

The exhibits were very educational. Each one had their own creative niche which made me feel I was in a totally different building. I signed up for a free membership so my next trip I will take a $10 tour to the tower. Really cool! 😎

For about $20 ($3 less for senior, students etc) this is not a big museum also including the cannibals exhibits across the way. But on a hot sunny afternoon in Balboa Park, it was a good escape to cool off while browsing around in here.

2.5hr to see everything. Kinda pricey $37 for two peeps. Cannibalism, Beer, and Mayan exhibits we're the best

overall it was a nice museum but not that many exhibits. Most of the facts and features on display were common sense. I didn't learn anything new after leaving here. i think its more applicable to younger adults or teens

I took the tower tour, which was very cool and informative, and our guide was really fun. You climb up 120 steps, with breaks on each floor to learn a little history about San Diego. Then, you take the spiral stairs to the top to check out the amazing views, which was awesome. It was rainy/foggy when I went, and the views were still great. I also checked out the beer, cannibalism and monsters exhibits which were all very interesting. Take the short palm canyon trail back to the parking lot!

The message here is crystal clear: this is the museum of us, all of us, except, of course, those of us that identify as Black or African American. This museum displays the rich and beautiful histories of various cultures around the globe. There’s a huge Maya exhibit, another dedicated to those or Asian heritage, a Native American exhibit etc.. However, there is a complete erasure of ancient or current Africa. This museum would lead you to believe that Black history started with slavery and the creation of race. I suggest you make the museum truly inclusive of all of us, or rename the museum, once again.

Front desk folk were very helpful. The exhibitions were so beautiful and thought provoking. Over all learned a lot from the exhibitions and about myself. A great experience over all. You can definitely see all exhibitions in one day but make sure you take your walking shoes.

If you're in Balboa park, this museum is probably worth checking out for a bit. The exhibits themselves are a bit of a hit or miss at times. Despite anthropology being a wildly interesting subject, I would myself at times questioning why certain exhibits were there, and definitely left with the impression that this wasn't entirely worth my time. The Maya section is fascinating, and the recent Cannibalism exhibit is interesting, but at times frustratingly vague and thin on details. Kids might enjoy this, while hardcore history buffs might not.

Had the best weekend. Went riding around balboa park. My boyfriend was skateboarding and I rode my bike. It was a nice ride. Took the free tram back, it comes by every 15 min. This made parking super easy. Stopped by the Marston house. The grounds are gorgeous. We also did a virtual scavenger hunt. Which took us to places around the park we have never seen. Definitely stop by the Balboa park visitors center and grab a park map. I would also recommend going to their website to take advantage of the free entry on Tuesday's to one meusem.

(Translated by Google) A wonderful space that has opened the doors to the students of the Tijuana PFLC, the Jaguares have danced in these patios. (Original) Un espacio maravilloso que le ha abierto las puertas a los estudiantes de la PFLC de Tijuana, los Jaguares han bailado en estos patios.

Awesome setup and very open spaces. Went midday on a Sunday and it wasn't too busy to worry about social distancing. Lots of cool exhibits and lots of opportunities to take great historic pictures.

Appreciated the Postsecret exhibition at the museum. It was a good experience to see the physical postcards in person instead of on the online blog. However, overall - the exhibits felt quite small and can be completed in a rather short amount of time.

The exhibit about beer is enough reason to check out this museum. But you easily spend a decent amount of time here. Probably one of the best museums I've visited.

Ray and Cecilia were amazing tour guides for The Tower Tour! Ray was quick and witty with his stories he had prepared for each stop. My favorite part was learning about how The San Diego Zoo was started. The views were amazing and the staff was friendly. The tour is kid friendly and safe. There are a lot of stairs, so be mindful about how many shorter legs are in your group. Overall I had a blast and I highly recommend that you take this tour if you haven't already done so. And try to catch Ray’s tour if you can!

The Museum of US is a fascinating Museum that seems to focus on the anthropology of humanity and race. It’s a museum in Balboa off the main drag that can take you from one to two hours to enjoy. If you want to climb the tower I suggest you buy first thing when they open as I arrived around noon and they were sold out for the day.

Cool tower tour with nice views and good history.

Go once and have membership for the year! I was very impressed at the story telling most of the exhibits had. It painted more positive pictures of the cultures being displayed and even was in the process of updating some of them to be more inclusive of current history. It's what I would like to see more museums try for.

Didn’t go inside due to time constraints but the outside is beautiful to stop by and take pictures! Beautiful park grounds all around.

A lot to see, have to come for few days.

Hands down the best museum we went to in the park. There was such a different variety of exhibits - there is something for everything.

Every time I feel it's first time to visit these museums.

Interesting place...over priced..definitely they have a few cool exhibits...secret postcards was pretty interesting also their exhibits on race was good..beer exhibits was also pretty cool

Fascinating museum, plan to spend some time here.

Admission may seem steep for a one time visit, but it's well worth it. Also, the price you pay will cover for a whole year (if you provide your name and email). The exhibits are cool and the museum is well kept.

Smaller than other museums and a few places were focused on more political arguments with one sided point of view. With that said, the kids spent a couple of hours and had fun.

is very simple but nice

Great space and exhibits. Will be opening back up soon.

Very cool!

Had a good time with the kids would have given 5 stars if the Eygptian exhibit wasn't closed

Very interesting exhibits. Takes maybe two or two and a half hours to get through it

It was a waist of time

Loved it.

Not worth the wait in line or the extra money.

(Translated by Google) It is very beautiful, the architecture is beautiful (Original) Esta muy bonito, la arquitectura está preciosa

So fun even with covid.

Nice

This museum was dirty. The staff was unfriendly and not knowledgeable. I would not return.

While it looks impressive on the outside there is little to no exhibits on actual history. The exhibit on the Maya was fantastic and the beer exhibit was cool, but those are the only historical exhibits that stood out. Everything else is fluff with no historical significance.

Very nice museum, some exibits are closed for covid :( still a great place, a little pricey

I've been dying to go to this Museum of Us for months. I saw this place opened up in January I believe, but that's when I saw it for the first time through Instagram. I thought to myself, "Aw man I have to go here to experience it at least once." I ended up checking the dates for this and it basically said you could only by tickets until the beginning of March. I was planning to come to the San Diego area at the end of March, so I was sort of bummed it wasn't going to be there when we came down. I constantly checked almost everyday to see if the museum would extend the date and what to do you know. They're staying for awhile.

Very nice museum, and very easy to navigate. The staff were very friendly and helpful. There was construction going on at the time of our visit, but that did not make much of a difference to our experience. I loved a few of the exhibits, and the rest were interesting. Some of them are geared towards children. My favorite museum of the day.

The building was beautiful. The museum itself had a cool layout but wasn't actually very interesting or informative, which is fine but isn't what I expected. Seemed pretty biased in a lot of the information it shared, and didn't share pure objective history like regular museums. It was cool but I wouldn't spend money on it again.

It’s a nice place to go for a walk, take some pictures and visit the museums with the family. It’s better if your a local and get a membership to get advantage in seeing all the museums. You can take pictures without using the flash

The tour of the California Tower just opened after a year or so of renovations, highly recommend it (it is an additional $20 for the tour). It's eight stories but there are a lot of breaks where they give history of Balboa Park. The museums Ancient Egypt exhibit is really interesting

It was a great experience even though I just went for about a hour. There is information about how the kumeyaay lived and living with pets and pests. You'll see how animals evolved and adapted to living with humans and how rats, roaches, and pigeons are survivors. The last excibit I visited was the post secret where you read postcards of people's secrets and you realize that we are alike and have secrets and staying around people that won't judge you for your secrets and fantasies will keep you at peace with yourself. Even though I didn't see all of the museum has to offer it was a great experience. Hope everyone that goes has a great experience like I did.

Definitely go. Be prepared that some of the exhibits are more interesting to see than others though. The bests ones were exciting ones are the difference in race, postsecrets, beerology, and cannibalism (this one is a separate cost). The ones that I would not spend that much time on are native California, monsters, and Mayan. The monster one did not feel like it was for an adult. The Mayan and California one had posts stating that they needed to redo it since it was currently offensive to certain cultures mentioned

Always informative

It was fun. Half the exhibits were closed and the tower was closed so maybe a reduced price on admission would have been nice. It's a neat building though.

Spent a couple hours exploring all the exhibits. Was very interesting.

Some of the things were interesting, but I was a little disappointed. I was there over 20 years ago and this museum had way more than it does now. There were definitely some things missing.

Awesome!!!

The exhibits here were fantastic! I loved the care taken with them, especially the one about local indigenous people.

The museum it's very interesting but I didn't like the cannibal exhibit it was not that good!

Disappointed. Maybe it just wasn't my thing but not very enjoyable compared to my other museum experiences.

One of the collection of 16 museums in Balboa Park, the Museum of Man is housed in this amazing building (see picture of from entry). Great displays throughout the museum and it’s a wonderful place for families to learn about our ancestors. DPEV enough time to read the information at the displays to get the full educational value of the experience.

Love the supplemental specialty museum displays... cannibalism and the history of beer were particularly interesting!

Pretty fun place. Lots of interesting exhibits. My granddaughter loved the Monsters exhibit and the hands on participation. So many museums are do not touch. There were fun things to see, do, and touch. It was also a wide variety of topics and artists. Loved the interesting things about race and discrimination. Very thought provoking. I recommend visiting.

Exhibits were hit or miss

Very interesting place

Seeing the view of San Diego from the California Tower is a must.

Coming back again <3

Kinda boring. Let's be real...

One of the most interesting museums I've ever been. Simple topics, but makes you see in the bigger picture. I Highly recommend to purchase the Balboa Park Explorer Pass.

Very interesting place to visit

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(Translated by Google) SAN DIYEGO CALIFORNIYA BEAUTI FULL.GUD WERINAYS (Original) SAN DIYEGO CALIFORNIYA BEAUTI FULL.GUD WERINAYS