Upcoming Events

Fleet Week is the annual celebration of our nation’s Sea Services. Held over Labor Day weekend, Fleet week includes tours of active duty military ships, demonstrations, live entertainment, and a STEM expo.  The L.A. Maritime Museum is proud to participate in the STEM expo located inside the cruise terminal.  Join us for hands-on stem activities, and learn about the Museum’s work during construction as well as upcoming events.  8:30am – 4pm each day

Maritime historian, boat builder, author and sailor Olaf Engvig introduces the history of the “Scandinavian Navy”, its impact on the U.S. lumber trade, and his 30-year fight against vandals and bureaucracy to save one of the last lumber schooners. Admission is free. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum with grant funding from the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Engvig's book may be purchased at engvig.com.  

Celebrate the bounty of the sea at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium! Come visit the Maritime Museum's booth at this unique event offering ocean-related activities for every age. 

The Maritime Museum staff and volunteers will be on site to help celebrate the migration of the Pacific gray whale and the beginning of whale watching season. Enjoy a family day filled with activities and exhibits for all including games, arts and crafts, puppet shows, food and gift vendors, marine awareness organizations, guest lecturers and music.

After author Mark Rozelle discovered his grandmother’s archives containing hundreds of photographs, documents, and ephemera, he spent over a decade researching the history of his family who lived on a 114-acre ranch along the Los Angeles River.  Learn how the Rozelles overcame droughts, floods, earthquakes, and the Great Depression, as the river brought them both wealth and tribulation. The talk is free and co-hosted by the Friends of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum and the Torrance Historical Society, with grant…

The contest is a free event, open to all ages and abilities! Prizes will be awarded according to age group. Due to harbor construction, the contest will be held at the Bathhouse, instead of the Maritime Museum.

Visit the Museum's booth during the annual "Whale of a Day" Celebration at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center. "Whale of a Day" is a festival celebrating the migration of the Pacific Gray Whale from its summer feeding grounds in the Bering and Chuchki Seas in Alaska to the winter breeding and calving grounds in Baja California.  There are activities for children ~ face painting, children's crafts, small children's games ~ all at no charge.  There are also exhibits, craft and…