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The Timken Museum of Art is a fine arts museum within Balboa Park, located adjacent to the San Diego Museum of Art along the El Prado public boulevard. The museum was opened to the public in 1965 to display the private collection of Amy and Anne Putnam, curated by the museum's first director, Walter Ames. It is the only free-admission museum within Balboa Park, open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays during the morning and early afternoon hours. Significant collections of European master paintings are showcased at the museum, highlighting works by famed artists such as Rembrandt, Guercino, François Clouet, François Boucher, Jacques-Louis David, and Girolamo Savoldo. Major works by American artists are also displayed, including John Singleton Copley and Albert Bierstadt.

1500 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, Phone: 619-239-5548

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