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Chinese Historical Museum ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 404 3rd Ave; 10:30am-4pm Tue-Sun)
and US Grant Hotel ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 619-232-3121; 326 Broadway) .
Next door, the East Village is a hub of exciting contemporary architecture like the base-
ball stadium Petco Park ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 619-795-5011; www.padres.com ; 100 Park
Blvd; tours adult/child/senior $12/8/9; 10:30am & 12:30pm Sun-Fri, 10:30am, 12:30pm & 3pm off
season; ) and the stunning new Main Library ( www.sandiego.gov/public-library ; 330 Park
Blvd; noon-8pm Mon, Wed & Fri, 9:30am-5:30pm Tue & Thu, 9:30am-2:30pm Sat, 1-5pm Sun) ,
both open for visitors.

Museum of Contemporary Art MUSEUM
(MCASD Downtown; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 858-454-3541; www.mcasd.org ; 1001 Kettner Blvd;
adult/child under 25yr/senior $10/free/$5, free 5-7pm 3rd Thu each month;

11am-5pm Thu-Tue, to

7pm 3rd Thu each month)
This museum brings an ever-changing variety of innovative artwork to San Diegans, in the
downtown location and the La Jolla branch . Across from the main building, a slickly ren-
ovated section of San Diego's train station houses permanent works by Jenny Holzer and
Richard Serra. Tickets are valid for seven days in all locations.

New Children's Museum MUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.thinkplaycreate.org ; 200 W Island Ave; admission $10; noon-4pm

Sun, 1am-4pm Mon & Wed-Sat; )
This interactive children's museum is new chronologically, in that it opened in 2008, and
conceptually, in that it's interactive art meant for kids. Artists have designed installations
so that tykes can learn principles of movement and physics while simultaneously being ex-
posed to art and working out the ants in their pants. Exhibits change roughly every 18
months, so there's always something new.