{"id":143,"date":"2025-01-28T21:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10033\/?post_type=attraction&p=143"},"modified":"2025-05-21T18:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:26:29","slug":"maritime-museum-of-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/attraction\/maritime-museum-of-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime Museum Of San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for a unique and engaging experience during your stay in San Diego, the Maritime Museum of San Diego is a must-visit attraction. Located on the picturesque San Diego Bay, this museum serves as a community memory of seafaring experiences, collecting, preserving, and presenting the rich maritime heritage and historical connections with the Pacific world. You can explore a world-class collection of historic ships, including the world’s oldest active sailing ship, the Star of India<\/em>, and other notable vessels like the\u00a0Californian<\/em>,\u00a0San Salvador<\/em>, and\u00a0HMS Surprise<\/em>. The museum offers daily self-guided tours, allowing you to board these iconic ships and discover their fascinating stories. Additionally, you can enjoy bay tours or even sail on a tall ship on weekends. For more information and to plan your visit, check out the\u00a0Maritime Museum of San Diego’s official website<\/a>. Whether you’re interested in history, or adventure or simply want to enjoy the waterfront views, this museum has something for everyone.<\/p>\n

Key Features and Exhibits<\/h3>\n
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  • Star of India (1863)<\/strong>: The oldest iron-hulled merchant ship still afloat and the oldest active sailing ship in the world.<\/li>\n
  • Berkeley (1898)<\/strong>: A Victorian-era steam ferry with restored details and operational engines.<\/li>\n
  • Californian (1984)<\/strong>: A replica of the 1847 cutter C.W. Lawrence and the official tall ship of California.<\/li>\n
  • San Salvador (replica)<\/strong>: A 16th-century galleon replica commemorating Juan Rodr\u00edguez Cabrillo’s voyage to San Diego Bay.<\/li>\n
  • HMS Surprise (1970)<\/strong>: A replica of a Royal Navy frigate featured in films like Master and Commander and Pirates of the Caribbean.<\/li>\n
  • USS Dolphin (1968)<\/strong>: A decommissioned diesel-electric submarine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Embark on a maritime voyage at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Explore historic ships and submarines. Learn about naval history, witness exhibits, and embark on harbor tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":733,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[22],"class_list":["post-143","attraction","type-attraction","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-attraction"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attraction\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attraction"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attraction"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunlandrvresorts.com\/california\/vacationer-rv-resort\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}