Editing San Diego (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of San Diego}}
{{See also|City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture}}
[[File:San Diego Museum of Man 01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Museum of Us]]]]
The culture of San Diego is influenced heavily by the mixing of [[American culture|American]] and [[Mexican culture]]s, due to the city's position on the [[Mexico–United States border]], its large [[Chicano]] population, and its history as part of [[Hispanic America]] and Mexico. San Diego's longtime association with the [[U.S. military]] also contributes to its culture.

Many popular museums, such as [[the San Diego Museum of Art]], the [[San Diego Natural History Museum]], the [[Museum of Us]], the [[Museum of Photographic Arts]], and the [[San Diego Air & Space Museum]], are located in Balboa Park, which is also the location of the [[San Diego Zoo]]. The [[Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego]] (MCASD) is located in La Jolla and has a branch located at [[Santa Fe Depot (San Diego)|Santa Fe Depot]] downtown.
[[File:San Diego Museum of Art 02.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[The San Diego Museum of Art]]]]
The [[Columbia, San Diego, California|Columbia district]] downtown is home to historic ship exhibits belonging to the [[Maritime Museum of San Diego]], headlined by [[Star of India (ship)|''Star of India'']], as well as the unrelated [[USS Midway Museum|USS ''Midway'' Museum]] featuring the {{USS|Midway|CV-41|6}} aircraft carrier.

The [[San Diego Symphony]] at [[Symphony Towers]] performs on a regular basis; from 2004 to 2017, its director was [[Jahja Ling]]. The [[San Diego Opera]] at Civic Center Plaza, directed by David Bennett. [[Old Globe Theatre]] at Balboa Park produces about 15 plays and musicals annually. [[La Jolla Playhouse]] at UC San Diego is directed by [[Christopher Ashley]]. Both the Old Globe Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse have produced the world premieres of plays and musicals that have gone on to win [[Tony Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/about-the-playhouse|title=La Jolla Playhouse|publisher=La Jolla Playhouse|access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> or nominations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldglobe.org/history/index.aspx|title=Old Globe Theater|date=December 2, 1937|publisher=Oldglobe.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925092240/http://oldglobe.org/history/index.aspx|archive-date=September 25, 2010|access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. The [[Joan Kroc|Joan B. Kroc]] Theatre at Kroc Center's Performing Arts Center is a 600-seat state-of-the-art theater that hosts music, dance, and theater performances. Hundreds of movies and a dozen TV shows have been [[List of media set in San Diego#Films|filmed in San Diego]], a tradition going back as far as 1898.<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of San Diego History, vol. 48, no. 2 |url=https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/2002-2/filming.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710093602/http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/2002-2/filming.htm |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=March 12, 2011 |publisher=Sandiegohistory.org}}</ref>