The Veterans Museum at Balboa Park occupies the former chapel of the Naval Hospital on Inspiration Point in San Diego’s Balboa Park. The original hospital buildings have been a familiar and nostalgic landmark to countless U.S. Naval personnel and San Diegans alike, since the early 1920s, including the chapel that was  completed in January 1945.

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Today the Museum houses a unique collection of artifacts, memorabilia, artwork and papers as well as a Military History Reference Library holding more than eleven thousand volumes. Dedicated to veterans of all conflicts, the Museum’s exhibits feature World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, the Korean War, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Women in the Military, and paintings by local artists of military subjects.