Star of India at Maritime Museum of Sand Diego
News from both the Seaport Museum in New York and the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The Seaport Museum, until recently the South Street Seaport Museum, is shutting down its exhibits and shops. The ships will still be open for tours. We have posted recently about the latest financial crisis at the beleaguered museum.
Struggling Seaport Museum closing exhibit, ships open
In contrast, the Maritime Museum of San Diego, has two major projects underway – the construction of a replica of Cabrillo’s galleon, San Salvador, and a new exhibition of art and artifacts from three Westerners — the explorer Capt. James Cook, writer Herman Melville and artist Paul Gauguin — adrift in Polynesia.
Maritime Museum sails into uncharted waters
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