Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House

The Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation (GQHF) is housed in the historic district’s oldest standing structure, the Davis-Horton House (1850). As the steward of the Gaslamp Quarter’s architecture, culture, and history, GQHF operates the house as the Gaslamp Museum to share information about San Diego’s early history through exhibitions, tours of the house, and guided tours of the Gaslamp neighborhood, Tuesday through Saturday.

Your first stop in the Gaslamp Quarter offering:

Gaslamp Quarter Architectural Tours every Thursday at 1 PM and Saturday at 11 AM
Ghosts of the Gaslamp Walking Tour every Friday at 5 PM
Tours of the historic Davis-Horton House (1850), the oldest surviving structure in downtown San Diego, Thursday-Sunday
Gaslamp Gifts, our charming museum store featuring fancy soaps and lotions, T-shirts, Victorian-inspired jewelry and scarves, Greyfriars Bobby and Bum the Dog Plushies, plus seasonal Halloween and Christmas merchandise
An exhibition gallery showcasing Gaslamp Quarter historical exhibits
The only “Talking Statues” in the United States, Bum the Dog and Greyfriars Bobby
Paranormal investigations
Private walking tours and education tours
Specialty historical tours of the Gaslamp
Monthly History Talks! lecture series

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

“Notable Women of the Gaslamp Quarter”

The Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House is excited to announce its new exhibit “Notable Women of the Gaslamp”. The exhibit focuses on eight women who shaped the Gaslamp’s history and present, from the ‘first lady’ of New town San Diego in the 1850s Maria de Jesus Estudillo Davis to modern day change marker Dorothy Hom. Learn about the impact of the early professional and entrepreneurial women who are essential pieces of the Gaslamp’s story.