Maritime Museum of San Diego

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Maritime Museum of San Diego
File:SDMM logo.jpg
Established 1948
Location San Diego, California, United States
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Type Maritime museum
Key holdings Star of India
Berkeley
Californian
Medea
Visitors 220,000[1]
President Raymond Ashley
Public transit access County Center/Little Italy
Nearest car park Street
Website www.sdmaritime.org

The Maritime Museum of San Diego, established in 1948, preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States. Located on the San Diego Bay, the centerpiece of the museum's collection is the Star of India, an 1863 iron bark. The museum maintains the MacMullen Library and Research Archives aboard the 1898 ferryboat Berkeley. The museum also publishes the quarterly peer-reviewed journal Mains'l Haul: A Journal of Pacific Maritime History.

The Maritime Museum is located on the west side of North Harbor Drive, between the ends of Ash Street and Grape Street, south of San Diego International Airport.

Vessels in the museum's collection

Current collection

Future vessels

San Salvador replica construction. Started Spring 2011 in San Diego, California

The Maritime Museum of San Diego is building a full-sized, fully functional, and historically accurate replica of Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo’s flagship, San Salvador. San Salvador will be constructed in full public view (village opening June 24, 2011) at Spanish Landing in San Diego California, giving people the opportunity to watch from a close perspective as an example of the first modern industrial activity in the Americas comes to life in full public view. After construction, San Salvador will remain on exhibit as part of the Museum's fleet of historic and replica ships and will travel along the California coast as an ambassador for San Diego.

Gallery

  • The Berkeley ferryboat housing the San Diego Maritime Museum and the USS Dolphin

  • Overall view of the museum's ships.

  • The Star of India.

  • The HMS Surprise.

  • The B-39.

  • Another picture of the B-39

Midway Museum

Not affiliated with the Maritime Museum, but located a short distance away, is the independently operated USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum. Although at first it was feared the Midway would compete with the Maritime Museum for visitors, in fact visitation of the Maritime Museum has increased since the Midway museum opened.[4]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Museum to build replica of Cabrillo's ship Page 1 of 2 | UTSanDiego.com
  4. ↑ Sauer, Mark Aircraft carrier Midway finds itself awash in visitors February 13, 2005 San Diego Union Tribune - Accessed 23 March 2006

External links

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