Museum of Us in downtown San Diego's Balboa Park occupies the California Building and Quadrangle designed by architect Bertram Goodhue for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, a National Register of Historic Places landmark anchoring the western entrance to the park. The building's 200-foot California Tower — closed to the public for nearly 80 years before reopening in 2015 — offers guided 40-minute climbs to an eighth-floor viewing deck with 360-degree panoramas stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Cuyamaca Mountains, a vertical complement to the ground-level performances at The Old Globe across the plaza. Renamed from San Diego Museum of Man in August 2020 as part of a decolonization initiative, the museum's 72,000 cultural resources and over 37,000 historical photographs now center Kumeyaay heritage, Mesoamerican civilizations, and ancient Egyptian artifacts within a framework that foregrounds Indigenous and community voices. Bilingual exhibitions on race, identity, and border culture rotate alongside permanent installations and collaborative shows developed with Kumeyaay and Maya communities, expanding the interpretive range beyond the painting and sculpture collections at nearby Timken Museum of Art. The adjacent St. Francis Chapel and Evernham Hall banquet room host private weddings and galas beneath the ornate Churrigueresque facade, with full-venue buyouts encompassing the tower, galleries, and courtyard spaces within the California Quadrangle.