'Take Me to the Water': Histories of the Black Pacific Exhibit Opening Day

The "Take Me to the Water": Histories of the Black Pacific exhibit delves into 500 years of Black Mariner legacies in whaling, fishing, surfing, swimming, sailing, exploration, and defense shaping the U.S. Pacific. This immersive new exhibit exploring Black maritime history, identity, culture, and connection across the Pacific world. Explore the deep and often overlooked relationships between Black communities and the Pacific Ocean. Spanning centuries of maritime movement, labor, exploration, and cultural exchange, the exhibit highlights the lives and contributions of Black mariners whose stories helped shape the Pacific world.

Visitors to the Maritime Museum of San Diego are invited to discover the experiences of sailors, whalers, fishers, waterfront workers, explorers, soldiers, surfers, swimmers, and scholars whose connections to the ocean expanded far beyond traditional narratives of maritime history.

Through immersive storytelling, historical interpretation, and contemporary scholarship, the exhibit offers a broader and more inclusive understanding of the Pacific—revealing how identity, labor, migration, resilience, and culture moved across oceans and generations.

Exhibit entry is included in general admission ticket purchase. General admission includes self-guided tour of all vessels and exhibits. The Maritime Museum is open daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Last visitor entry is at 4 p.m.

Visit: https://sdmaritime.org/visit/exhibits/take-me-to-the-water/

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