Morro Bay Maritime Museum
The Morro Bay Maritime Museum's mission is to provide an easily accessible educational venue for maritime history, science, and technology. Interpretive Exhibits include: -a Salinan Tribe Tule Boat showcasing the stories about our Central Coast Native Americans. -Morro Bay's commercial and sport fishing industries, -Morro Bay military history, including the U.S. Navy's vital role developing our early culture and economic base while establishing a WWII Amphibious Training Base literally reconfiguring the bay of Morro Bay. -Central Coast bays, inlets and ocean have always been prime for recreational and commercial boating and sailing. -And Morro Bay has enjoyed visitors in yachts and tall ships from afar -- explorers, traders, and merchant sailing ships. -See the full-sized tugboat ALMA, which earned its place in WWII history. -Discover why the U.S. Navy built two DSRV-Rescue Submarine's after the disaster at sea of the Thresher. -The U.S. Coast Guard's Roll-over Rescue Craft lives to tell many a story at MBMM. Interpretive Exhibits include: -a Salinan Tribe Tule Boat showcasing the stories about our Central Coast Native Americans. -Morro Bay's commercial and sport fishing industries, -Morro Bay military history, including the U.S. Navy's vital role developing our early culture and economic base while establishing a WWII Amphibious Training Base literally reconfiguring the bay of Morro Bay. -Central Coast bays, inlets and ocean have always been prime for recreational and commercial boating and sailing. -And Morro Bay has enjoyed visitors in yachts and tall ships from afar -- explorers, traders, and merchant sailing ships. -See the full-sized tugboat ALMA, which earned its place in WWII history. -Discover why the U.S. Navy built two DSRV-Rescue Submarine's after the disaster at sea of the Thresher. -The U.S. Coast Guard's Roll-over Rescue Craft lives to tell many a story at MBMM.
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