The Adobe Chapel Museum


3963 Conde Street
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 297-7511
The Adobe Chapel Museum Website »

  • Museum Day Hours of Operation
  • 11:00am - 4:00pm





The model for Ramona’s Marriage Place in Helen Hunt Jackson’s famous novel, the Adobe Chapel was originally built in 1850. In addition to being a museum, this historic chapel it is also used as a venue for weddings, lectures, musical performances, and plays.

Exhibits

Old Town San Diego's church from 1858-1919 retains much of the original interior artifacts including the tabernacle, the altar with its beautiful marbleized finish, some woodwork including pews and doors, and chapel benefactor José Aguirre's tombstone is laid in the floor.




Participation in Museum Day is open to any tax-exempt or governmental museum or cultural venue on a voluntary basis. Smithsonian magazine encourages museum visitation, but is not responsible for and does not endorse the content of the participating museums and cultural venues, and does not subsidize museums that participate.

Advertisement










Advertisement