Main Gate at the Gaslamp Museum at the Davis Horton House Museum
The museum offers many different types of tours to its visitors.
You are welcome to take your own self-guided tour of the Davis-Horton House, join a tour group, or try the guided audio tour.
Guided Audio Tour
If you want to go at your own pace but you still want information about the set pieces in the Davis-Horton House, try the guided audio tour.
With this tour, audio recordings provide historical context without the need to keep pace with a tour group. The recordings really help you feel like you’ve stepped back in time.
Paranormal Investigations Tour
The Davis-Horton House is said to be the “most haunted house in the Gaslamp Quarter.” See if you can spot any lingering spirits yourself with the paranormal investigation tour! During the tour, you’ll hunt for ghosts and other evidence of paranormal activity.
Guided Walking Tour of the Davis-Horton House
In order to accurately represent the full history of the Davis-Horton House, the rooms in the house are themed around a certain era. Each one is styled to depict how the house would have looked at different points throughout history.
A guide will walk you through rooms spanning the pre-Civil War era all the way up to the modern-day. Your tour guide will provide cultural and historic context that will give you a better idea of what it would be like to live during these times.
Rooms with History
Each room in the house depicts a period in its history: from its first use as a pre-Civil War military officers’ barracks, to a county hospital, to a private residence.
History Talks! Lecture Series
Join local historians and specialists as they discuss the history of San Diego and the Davis-Horton House.
Past lectures have included “Alonzo Horton and the Founding of New Town” and “San Diego’s Rich Surfing History.”
As the museum touts, “come hear history come alive!”
Movies at the Museum
Horror movie fans unite! Halloween promises silver screen frights at the museum.
Tickets include a drink and an after-hours tour of the Davis-Horton House. Last year’s showings included the Halloween favorites: House on Haunted Hill and the Carnival of Souls.
While the 2024 line-up has yet to be disclosed, visitors can be sure it will be a haunting food time.
Halloween at the Gaslamp Museum
Halloween here means two things: ghosts and history. Choose from a variety of events that range from the eerie to the spooky to the tame.
Enjoy spooky movies, candlelight tours, and haunted stories. Visitors looking for Halloween-themed fun need to look no further.
Fall Back Festival
Celebrate the season with this free, annual Children’s Historical Street Faire. Families can expect plenty of festivities, educational fun, and a variety of interactive activities.
All proceeds go toward the GQHF and their continued efforts to preserve the history of both San Diego and the Gaslamp Quarter.
History for the Holidays
The holidays are a special time at the Gaslamp Museum. Decorated in lavish, holiday decor - complete with the docents dressed in their best - it’s an afternoon of Victorian Christmas cheer.
Enjoy light refreshments as the docents share their favorite stories of the home’s past and present.
It’s also the perfect place to view the annual Gaslamp Holiday Pet Parade from.
Victorian Holiday Nights
This seasonal event combines Victorian Christmas traditions and plenty of holiday cheer. The Candlelight tour adds to the charm and magic of the season.
It’s the perfect opportunity to see the museum at night as it glitters with Christmas decor.
Stop by the Gift Store or Gaslamp Holiday Market to find the perfect gift for the history-lovers in your life.