Home to a world-class collection of historic sailing ships, steam-powered boats, and submarines, each offering entertaining and educational exhibits, Maritime Museum of San Diego invites guests to bring in the New Year at the Black and Gold New Year’s Eve Tuesday, December 31, 2019.

The Museum will transform the upper deck of the historic steam ferryboat Berkeley overlooking San Diego Bay into a glamourous lounge open from 9:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Tickets include music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, complete bar, appetizers, various dessert options, dancing, midnight champagne toast and traditional party favors, noisemakers, and beads to help ring in the New Year.

Embark on an unforgettable whale-watching journey with the ocean experts at Birch Aquarium at Scripps! Witness the longest mammal migration in the world, when approximately 20,000 gray whales pass San Diego on their annual 10,000-mile round-trip journey from the Bering Sea to the lagoons of Baja California.

Whale-watching trips leave from the Flagship Cruises and Events docks in downtown San Diego

Elements of lowriders and the lowrider lifestyle have appealed to cultures worldwide. Universal traits such as the sense of community, the rebellion of the mainstream (nonconformity), the reverence of cars, artistic expression, and family appeal to the deep needs of belonging, social connection, and sense of identity.  Lowrider communities have developed in Japan, and in other parts of Asia, such as Thailand and Indonesia, European countries such as Sweden and Norway, and other Latin cultures such as Brazil.

Lowriding is a celebration of life in relation and connection to cars and community. It allows for relationships to be made for the love of cars and for extended family. We invite you to relish the vehicles, artwork, and the culture of Lowriding in our upcoming exhibit from October 18th to February 1st.

The Wonderspaces VR Showcase offers visitors an opportunity to experience four extraordinary
virtual reality short films – previously seen at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW –
during the course of a one-hour visit.