Enjoy your museum in South Bay San Diego, The Bonita Museum contains two large galleries for visitors to view history, art, and cultural exhibits. The front gallery presents a portion of the museum’s permanent collection which depicts the history of the region including Rancho de la Nacion ranchos and the Sweetwater Valley. The larger second gallery presents changing exhibits such as local contemporary art, history and cultural exhibitions.
The Bonita Historical Society is dedicated to preserve, for public education and enjoyment, the culture, history, art, crafts, and aesthetic facets of the region, specifically El Rancho de la Nacion in South San Diego County.
Entry is free to the museum
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
South Bay Artists: Survey with curator Christopher Padilla
Nov. 9 – 30th / Reception: Sat. Nov. 9 5:30 – 8:00 PM
Dia de los Muertos: Public Ofrendas
Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 2019
Chula Vista Art Guild and “Blooming Art” with the Bonita Valley Garden Club
October 12 – Nov. 1, 2019
Anthropocene: Humans and Nature:
September 6 -28, 2019
Nuestra Frontera: South Bay Families at the Border
June 22 – August 24, 2019
A history and culture exhibition showcasing the people and families living in the border region for the past 250 years, from the late 1700’s to 1970’s. Curator: Barbara Zaragoza
July 20 – Walk through the exhibition with curator Barbara Zaragoza, 11am
July 27 – 11am – 12:30pm Tortilla making with the Kitchenistas and Katie Stokes,
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Watch an interview with Chula Vista’s Mayor Salas about the Tortilla Wars
August 2 – 5:30pm Film Screening and book signing with professors and authors Alberto López Pulido and Rigoberto “Rigo” Reyes. Follow the history and birth of lowrider culture to the present day in South Bay San Diego. The Friday night event also includes a display of South Bay cars. more
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August 10 – 2pm Saloons, Brothels and Opium Dens : Life at La Frontera during Prohibition. You’ll hear about the Border Barons who started the “Vice-Industry” in Tijuana and at the same time donated to churches in the South Bay.
You’ll find out that the famed horses Trigger & Seabiscuit were boarded in the South Bay and raced in Tijuana. You’ll also find out that the 1920s is when our our sewage problem at the border began, the foreshadowing of maquiladoras came to be and much more. There’s fun, laughter and some serious topics explored during this slideshow with original archival photos. A discussion and beer tasting will follow.
Anthropocene: Humans & Nature
September 6 – 28, 2019
Reception: Sept. 6, 5:30-7:30pm
An exhibition of contemporary works by Southern California artists exploring the earth and nature as affected and interpreted by humans including technology, farming, architecture, and ethnobotany. Systems and mysteries as related to various fields of study including metal and mineral extraction, plant science, shamanism, invisible and visible communication systems, human designed environments, and carbon based complications. Conceptualizations of objects in contemporary philosophy and art. Peak experience acoustic phenomena related to storytelling and topography. Defunct and abandoned science institutions, mystical meeting places. Documentation of the human soul and eternity.Curator: Wendy Wilson-Gibson. Exhibiting artists: Seffa Klein, Diana Benavidez, Amanda Kachadoorian, Eva Struble, Matthew Hebert, Nancie Gallegoes Holliday, Anna Sequeiros, Luis Ituarte, Jim Melli, Julie Sperling, Sasha Koozel Reibstein , Michael Field, Paula Poole, Nancie Holliday Gallegos, Stephanie Bedwell, Brian Gibson, May Cheung, Janet Hubka
Chula Vista Art Guild
October 12 – November 2nd, 2019
Reception: Friday, October 18, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Blooming Art:
Bonita Garden Club
October 25 – 26
Reception, Friday Oct. 25, 5:30 – 7pm
Day of the Dead:
Siqueiros Art Foundation
Oct.30 – Nov.2
South Bay Artists
November 8 – 30, 2019
What are artists in their 20’s and 30’s up to in the San Diego region. Curator: Christopher Padilla
Visit Bonita Museum & Cultural Center
Address:
4355 Bonita Road
Bonita, CA
91902
Phone:
(619) 267-5141
Hours:
Open Wednesday through Saturday
10 AM - 4 PM
4355 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA