Grab your fellow leprechauns and don your green attire! Tradition returns as an authentic Irish celebration takes over the streets of San Diego’s historic Gaslamp Quarter district. Full of Ireland’s humble jest and rowdy cheer, this treasured San Diego tradition brings back more Irish faire, lucky libations and outrageous shenanigans than ever seen before […]
Join the GQHF for an afternoon of Christmas Cheer Saturday 12/17! The Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House will be open for free from 1-4pm!
Visit the Gaslamp Museum for a dose of holiday cheer! Explore Victorian Christmas Traditions on display throughout the rooms.
Travel back in time to explore 1880s San Diego Your kiddos will go plum crazy as you take a step back in time at the 19th annual Fall Back Festival, a Children’s Historical Street Faire, on Sunday November 6, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter. The event proceeds […]
Take our newly updated Self-Guided tour: The Davis-Horton House, Haunting Stories! Just in time for Halloween. Visitor and staff encounters with the paranormal abound both day and night; lights are known to turn on after hours, electronics batteries drain faster within its walls, footsteps creak in empty rooms, and rocking chairs are used […]
Join us at the museum on Wednesday, May 18 at 7 pm for our next “History Talks” Lecture featuring the California Surf Museum.
Stop by the Gaslamp Museum for a unique historically inspired performance! Veteran actors Debbie Watts and Tom Dolan will portray John and Lillie Spreckels and present impromptu monologues centering on the first Coronado Flower Show in 1922. Debbie Watts and Tom Dolan wrote and staged the play ‘The Diaries of John and Lillie Spreckels’ which […]
Did you know that San Diego was once the tuna capital of the world? The Shelter Island neighborhood of San Diego was called Tunaville and it was home to many Portuguese immigrants who helped the neighborhood thrive. Learn about Portuguese culture, their influence in San Diego, and the history of our old tuna industry! A […]
