Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Maritime museum in San Pedro, Los Angeles, United States.

The Los Angeles Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located on the waterfront in San Pedro, a harbor district in southern Los Angeles. It holds a large collection of ship models, diving equipment, and objects related to the sea, covering different periods of the region's naval and commercial history.

The building was constructed in the early 1940s as a ferry terminal under a federal work program and served the port for years. After the Vincent Thomas Bridge opened in 1963, ferry service stopped and the space was eventually turned into a museum.

The museum's commercial fishing exhibit traces purse-net seining in Los Angeles Harbor, the San Pedro Fishermen's Fiesta, and the Terminal Island tuna canneries. A separate gallery covers the history of commercial diving in the harbor. The building itself, a 1941 ferry terminal, is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.

The museum sits right on the harbor and is easy to reach on foot if you are already exploring the San Pedro waterfront. A visit of a couple of hours is enough to see the main galleries without rushing.

Among the objects on display is a tugboat that served the military during World War II, which visitors can see up close. Working vessels from that era rarely survive intact, making this one of the harder items to find in a museum setting.