The San Dieguito Heritage Museum was founded in 1988 to collect, preserve and interpret the local history of the San Dieguito river area, which includes the communities of Leucadia, Encinitas, Olivenhain, Cardiff, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and Rancho Santa Fe.
The founders had deep roots in the local communities and cherished the uniqueness of the history in the area.
BIG NEWS!— FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT THE SAN DIEGUITO HERITAGE MUSEUM!
MORE BIG NEWS! — JOIN THE CREATOR'S CLUB
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The San Dieguito Heritage Museum now offers free history activities for families 
on Saturdays and Sundays, throughout the 2011-2012 school year. There will be all kinds of hands-on activities. For the month of January, the Museum presents the history of the Braided Rug.. . . 
classes
We offer a variety of San Dieguito History educational programs, including school field trips and girl and boy scout activities.
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Read more for more details and about making a reservation...
Events
Come join us as we celebrate the 24th year of the San Dieguito Heritage Museum. The Annual Meeting is being held Saturday, January 21st at noon in the Ecke Building at the San Diego Botanic Garden. . .
WOW! On Saturday, October 1st, thousands of people attended the 25th Birthday Celebration of Encinitas and our museum's 3rd Annual Lima Bean Cook-Off held on the museum grounds ...
What a weekend it was! The Museum celebrated San Dieguito history with its 23rd Annual BBQ Weekend on May 20th and 21st.
Three amazing events took place: a poetry slam, an old time BBQ and a concert with world-class guitar masters . . .
Did you know that the museum has expanded its business hours. they are now Thursday through Sunday, from 12 noon to 4pm.
get involved
Share your love of local history and the heritage of the area and enjoy contributing to its celebration and preservation. Join the Creator's Club . . ..
Like to make things - Invent things? then you should join the Creator's Club . . .
There is a membership option that provides unique benefits. To learn about the Gold Key Program just click on DONATE on the Menu Bar.
Also, you have an opportunity to help the museum's Mainstreet project, which will provide much needed additional exhibit space.
Click here for Information about Mainstreet
history
Check out our new page of links to interesting history articles relating to the San Dieguito area. . .
We are pleased to be making available a story each month written by Wendy Haskett. These stories first appeared in the North County Times as a lively column. Later, they were compiled into a series of books entitled Backward Glances. . .
We have a new exhibit at the museum - Al's Barbershop, dedicated to what was once an Encinitas institution. Come see the exhibit and click below to read about its history . . .
The Roaring Twenties, Al Capone, the Valentine’s Day Massacre, Chicago, speakeasies and the Great Depression. What about Southern California . . .
If you are a surfer, ever wondered how surfing got started and how it developed in Encinitas? Click the link below to see a video ...