If you love mechanical sports, automobiles, motorcycles, boats and trains, you will love these Southern California museums

Automobile Museums in San Diego and Southern California

• California Route 66 Museum/Victorville, CA

• Riverside International Automotive Museum (RIAM)/Riverside, CA

• Horseless Carriage Foundation Inc./La Mesa, CA

• Motor Transport Museum/Campo, CA

• Motte Historical Museum/Menifee, CA

• Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum/Pomona, CA

• The Automobile Driving Museum/El Segundo, CA

• Petersen Automotive Museum/Los Angeles, CA

• Deer Park Auto Museum/Escondido, CA

• San Diego Automotive Museum/San Diego, CA (Balboa Park)

• JA Cooley Museum/ Northpark, CA

• Riverside International Automobile Museum/Riverside, CA

• Marconi Automotive Museum/Tustin, CA

• Mullin Automotive Museum /Oxnard, CA

• The Nethercutt Museum/Sylmar, CA 

• J.A. Cooley Museum/San Diego

Railroad Museums in San Diego and Southern California

• Poway Midland RailRoad/Poway, CA

• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum/Campo, CA and Mesa, CA

• Southern California Railway Museum/Perris, CA

• Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum/Vista, CA

• San Diego Model Railroad Museum /San Diego, Balboa Park, CA

Air Museums in San Diego and Southern California

• Planes of Fame Air Museum and Airshow/Chino, CA

• San Diego Air and Space Museum/San Diego, CA (Balboa Park)

• Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum/San Diego, CA (Miramar MCAS)

• Palm Springs Air Museum/Palm Springs, CA

• March Airfield Museum/Riverside, CA

• Classic Rotors, Rare & Vintage Rotorcraft Museum/Ramona, CA

• USS Midway Museum, San Diego

• Joe Davies Heritage Airpark/Palmdale, CA

• Lyon Air Museum/Santa Ana, CA

• Allen Airways Flying Museum/El Cajon, CA

Maritime Museums in San Diego and Southern California

• USS Midway Aircraft Carrier/San Diego, CA

• San Diego Maritime Museum/San Diego, CA

• Ocean Insitute/Dana Point, CA

• Queen Mary Maritime Museum  "The Gray Ghost" now resides in Long Beach, California and is, itself, a complete maritime museum for all to see.

• Battleship USS Iowa Museum Los Angeles (San Pedro)