Maritime Museum

It was in 1948 when the Maritime Museum in San Diego was founded to preserve the historic sea vessels of the US. At present the museum runs a Library and maintains a Research Hall. The Museum deserves special credit for publishing a beautiful magazine.

A short distance away there is the USS Maritime Aircraft Museum. At first it was feared that the Aircraft Museum would compete with the San Diego Maritime Museum in respect of tourist visit of San Diego travel. But the influx of tourists in the San Diego Maritime Museum has increased ever since. Now it is highly acclaimed by the tourists all over the globe as a place worth of note. All the year round people gather here to have a glimpse of the historic vessels.

If you board on the ships at San Diego Maritime Museum you will have an extraordinary celestial experience. There is a selection of grand cruises on San Diego Bay, unparalleled collection of historic ships that make the maritime museum one of San Diego's most popular attractions for San Diego California travel.

Museum visitors can enjoy 2 packages featuring excursions on San Diego Bay aboard the historic fleet The "Discovery Package". If the visitors need some more thrill they can choose the "Adventure Package" featuring a three-hour adventure sail.

The San Diego Maritime Museum has a worldwide fame for maintaining and operating historic vessels. The museum has in its collection the sailing ship 'Star of India' that was launched in 1863. She is the oldest active ship in the world. The steam ferry 'Berkeley' is for the exhibition. The 1904 steam yacht 'Medea' is also there to amuse the visitors.

The commercial fishing in San Diego Maritime Museum tells the visitors about the technology and the people who operate the San Diego tuna industry, regarded as the biggest in the world. The little visitors will be interested to have a visit to the 'Pirates of the Pacific'.

Artifacts, pictures and hand made exhibits are open to the visitors on board the 'HMS Surprise'. All these focus on Chinese pirates who used to attack the merchant ships in the South China Sea for about 100 years. The events like the Family Fun on the San Diego Bay where families have the option to take a trip on the historic harbor Pilot boat are worth of mention.

Maritime Museum Address
1492 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101

Contact:
Tel: (619) 234-9153 Fax: (619) 234-8345
Email: info@sdmaritime.org

Maritime Museum Hours:
Open daily 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Ticket Information for the Maritime Museum:
For tickets infromation you can visit sdmaritime.org

Website: http://www.sdmaritime.org