The origin of the San Diego Museum of Art is found in the Panama-California International Exposition held between 1915-1916. The exhibition showed that San Diego was a booming cultural center, so a few years later it was decided to open an art gallery. Businessman Appleton S. Bridges offered to finance the construction of the building in 1922 and in 1925 it opened its doors to the public. Among the works from Castilla y León housed in the institution is Saint Peter, a painting by Gil de Encinas (Zamora).
