San Diego Downtown Exploration (NEW!)

Learn how diverse groups of settlers and immigrants made downtown what it is today in this new walking tour presented in collaboration with the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation and the Cent re City Development Corporation. The walk starts at the William Heath Davis House and highlights the historic architecture of the Gaslamp and old Chinatown. You can even pause to eat your lunch in the museum garden before seeing the Asian Pacific Historic District, making a brief stop at the Balboa Theatre and ending at the Downtown Information Center in Horton Plaza.

Audience: 6th - 9th Grade
Time: 2 Hours
Fee: $60 per group (maximum 25 people)

Children's Historical Walking Tour

Experience what life was like for the children of the late 1800's. The morning begins with a tour of the oldest and most historically significant building in downtown San Diego, the William Heath Davis House, where kids learn about the chores and responsibilities of kids in the 1880's, about the difficulties with simple tasks like cooking and cleaning, about mail delivery, and the hardships faced by their counterparts a few generations ago (what, no XBOX?). The kids then tour the Gaslamp Quarter, where they learn about communities and architecture. Each student receives a workbook and building cut out to reinforce what they have learned.

Audience: 2nd - 5th Grade
Time: 2 Hours
Fee: $6.00 per person (small groups of about 20 is recommended)

Call or email The Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation for more information about this great learning opportunity for your group!

E-mail: info@gaslampquarter.org
Phone: (619) 233-4692