Qualla: Los Angeles Maritime Museum https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/g/z/los-angeles-maritime-museum-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Los Angeles Maritime Museum https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum Los Angeles Maritime Museum: Introduction https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum/ Photo credit Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0. The clock tower still rises above the main channel of Los Angeles Harbor, though no ferries have docked here since 1963. When the Vincent Thomas Bridge opened that year, connecting San Pedro directly to Terminal Island, it rendered the Municipal Ferry Terminal obsolete overnight. The building sat empty for years, housing harbor department offices, until the community rallied to save it. Today, this Streamline Moderne masterpiece serves as the Los Angeles Maritime Museum - the largest maritime museum on the West Coast.

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/g/z/los-angeles-maritime-museum-wp/9mgz-los-angeles-maritime-museum-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Los Angeles Maritime Museum: Art Deco on the Waterfront https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum/ Photo credit Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Municipal Ferry Terminal rose at Berth 84 in 1941, a product of the Works Project Administration and the vision of architect Derwood Lydell Irvin of the Los Angeles Harbor Department. Its Streamline Moderne design - all curves and horizontal lines, suggesting motion and progr...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/g/z/los-angeles-maritime-museum-wp/9mgz-los-angeles-maritime-museum-art-deco-on-the-waterfront.mp3 0:06 2 full Los Angeles Maritime Museum: From Terminal to Treasure https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum/ Photo credit Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. The museum opened in 1979, the result of widespread community efforts to preserve the historic building. Modernist architect James Pulliam designed the interior renovation, transforming ferry waiting areas into exhibition space while preserving the building's distinctive characte...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/g/z/los-angeles-maritime-museum-wp/9mgz-los-angeles-maritime-museum-from-terminal-to-treasure.mp3 0:06 3 full Los Angeles Maritime Museum: Ships in Miniature https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum/ Photo credit Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. The museum's Navy Hall displays some of its most impressive artifacts: large-scale ship models including a detailed replica of a U.S. Navy cruiser and the SS Poseidon model used in the 1972 disaster film The Poseidon Adventure. Upstairs, visitors find an armada in miniature - mod...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/g/z/los-angeles-maritime-museum-wp/9mgz-los-angeles-maritime-museum-ships-in-miniature.mp3 0:06 4 full Los Angeles Maritime Museum: Living Fleet https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum/ Photo credit Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. The museum's collection extends beyond the building's walls to working vessels with remarkable histories. The tugboat Angels Gate, originally designated ST-695, was built in 1944 for the Army Transportation Service - one of a fleet designed for operations in the World War II Euro...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/m/g/z/los-angeles-maritime-museum-wp/9mgz-los-angeles-maritime-museum-living-fleet.mp3 0:06 5 full Los Angeles Maritime Museum: Gateway to the Harbor https://qualla.com/los-angeles-maritime-museum/ Photo credit Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0. From its position on the main channel, the museum offers views of one of America's busiest ports in constant motion. Container ships glide past, their decks stacked high with cargo from Asia and beyond. Tugboats maneuver massive vessels into berths. The working harbor surrounds t...

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