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SAN DIEGO, CA – Maritime Museum of San Diego, serving as the community memory of our seafaring experience by collecting, preserving, and presenting our rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the Pacific world, invites San Diegans and regional visitors to celebrate Fourth of July 2024 at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The Maritime Museum is a premiere location to watch the Big Bay Boom, located along the north embarcadero in downtown San Diego overlooking the Bay. This year’s July 4 BBQ Dinner and Firework Viewing event includes not only the opportunity to watch the fireworks show aboard the elegant Victorian-era 1898 steam ferry boat Berkeley, or from the aft barge surrounding visitors with up-close views of the popular tall ship schooner Californian and galleon replica San Salvador—tickets also include a yummy traditional BBQ dinner. The remaining vessels in the Maritime Museum fleet and exhibits will be closed during this special public event.

Entry for the July 4 Picnic Dinner and Fireworks Viewing event begin at 7:00 p.m. A no-host bar will be available for the evening while guests enjoy their meal and spectacular views of the Big Bay Boom fireworks. Capacity limited. Seating is first come first serve. The Maritime Museum waterfront barge to the rear of the Berkeley will also be available as a firework viewing option. Fireworks begin at 9:00 p.m.

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Spend the night on the world’s oldest active sailing ship docked along the San Diego waterfront.
San Diego, CA — The Maritime Museum of San Diego’s mission is to serve as the community memory of our seafaring experiences by collecting, preserving, and presenting our rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the Pacific world. The Museum is proud to announce the return of the widely popular Star of India Family Overnight Experience. There will be three opportunities on Fridays, June 28, July 26, and August 9, from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. the following morning. Participating families will stay aboard the 1863 bark Star of India, docked along the waterfront at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, embarking on a voyage of the imagination as they sign on as the “crew” and work with our talented Living History staff, experiencing what a sailor’s life was like during the Great Age of Sail.

Normally provided as the Maritime Museum of San Diego’s Living History program, primarily serving elementary school classes, this is a rare opportunity for families wanting to participate in this exciting experience. According to Peter DiSimone, Director of Education for the Maritime Museum, “For the last four years we have received an abundance of requests to bring this program back, ranging from families whose schools do not participate in this program to parents of students whose schools have attended and just want to relive the excitement. This is the first school year we have offered overnight programs since 2020, with overwhelming success. Given the demand for this immersive and memorable experience aboard Star of India, we are offering three overnight dates for families to choose from this summer.”

Instructors will be in character and in costume, teaching various activities such as moving cargo and raising sails. Accommodations aboard Star of India are 19th-century and likened to a camping trip. Held dockside at the Maritime Museum, guests of the overnight adventure will see areas of the ship normally closed to the public and sleep on her “tween decks” out of the elements. Tickets are $125.00 per participant ages six and up ($100 Maritime Museum of San Diego Member) and include dinner and breakfast. Space is limited. An adult must accompany all youth participants (anyone under eighteen).

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Okorie Johnson is an American cellist-songwriter who performs under the moniker OkCello. His artistry integrates cello performance, live-sound-looping, improvisation, and storytelling – all culminating in original compositions that collide classical with jazz, EDM, reggae, and funk.

OkCello is inspired by the exploration of African Diasporic melodies and narratives and their intersection with people’s perceptions and assumptions about the classical and European nature of the cello. As well, his work with improvisation attempts to embody the phenomenon of wordless prayer.

Over his career, Okorie has had the opportunity to perform and/or record with India.Arie, De La Soul, and Big Boi of OutKast, amongst many others.

Okorie describes his circuitous route to this unusual solo cello career in the following quote: “After years of putting my cello down and picking it back up, after years of deciding that the cello wasn’t financially practical, after years of thinking that my other voices were my native ones, I realized that the cello was the oldest, the most central and the most sacred part of me. I resolved never, ever, to deny it again.”

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Learn about “Rising Tide,” a new exhibit centering the human consequences of rising sea levels as seen through the eyes of Dutch photographer Kadir van Lohuizen, at the Maritime Museum of San Diego opening March 1 and running through Labor Day weekend, 2024. The display can be viewed in the Carol Lundquist Gallery on the Star of India, and within the Compass Gallery on the steam ferryboat Berkeley.

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