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Balboa Park exhibitions: To Catch a Fish closing weekend, Sea Otters IMAX final days, Painted Prayers, Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World

Mingei International Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Fleet Science Center (Balboa Park) · San Diego

Mingei's To Catch a Fish shows more than 60 fishing tools and fish-related craft objects and closes Sunday; Mingei's Painted Prayers presents Japanese ema votive plaques. SDMA shows Cecil Beaton's fashion and portrait photography, and the Fleet screens Sea Otters: A Wild Family Adventure through Saturday.

When

• Fri, Oct 30Mingei 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; SDMA 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sea Otters IMAX 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
• Sat, Oct 31Mingei 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; SDMA 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sea Otters IMAX 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. (final day)
  Last day for Sea Otters IMAX
• Sun, Nov 1Mingei 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; SDMA noon–5 p.m.
  Final day of To Catch a Fish at Mingei

Dates are derived from a published season and weekly operating schedule, not listed individually.

Getting in

Mingei free–$15; SDMA free–$25; Sea Otters IMAX included with Fleet admission

Separate admission at each museum; tickets sold through each museum's site. Hours may change.

• Separate admission at each museum; hours may change.

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Where

Sources

1. balboapark.org venue
   To Catch a Fish at Mingei, May 2–Nov 1, 2026; Mingei hours (Fri 10–8, Sat/Sun 10–5); admission free–$15; description
2. balboapark.org venue
   Painted Prayers at Mingei, Oct 10, 2026–Mar 19, 2027; hours; free–$15
3. balboapark.org venue
   Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World at SDMA, 1450 El Prado, July 11, 2026–Jan 10, 2027; SDMA hours (Sun 12–5, closed Wed); free–$25
4. balboapark.org venue
   Sea Otters IMAX at Fleet Science Center, ends Oct 31 (2026), daily 11 a.m. & 2 p.m., included with admission