Private Events held at the Maritime Museum
Whether it's a Corporate, Private event or Wedding and Reception, we make them memorable!
Unique Private Events On San Diego's Waterfront
The Maritime Museum of San Diego makes her historic ships available for having corporate events, private events, team building programs, tall ship sailing charters and beautiful waterfront wedding receptions. We create incredible pirate parties for children that make everlasting memories as well as celebrations of life through the Scattering of Ashes at sea. The museum provides an event coordinator to assist with the planning and preparation of your special event. Our staff will help to ensure an incredible experience that is both unique and memorable. Our venues include; two National and State Historic Landmarks: the Star of India and the Berkeley; the State's Official Tall Ship Californian, as well as the H.M.S. Surprise, a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate used in the Academy Award winning motion picture, "Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World." Please click on the links below to find out more about hosting your event at San Diego’s most desirable special event venue.
General Rental Information
The links below contain all of our menu options for you to print and use. It is a large document so you should only print the pages of information that you wish to use. We offer personalized individual service and can customize almost any services below to suit your vision of hosting your special event. Our professional staff can modify services, serve your unique requests, and create specialty menu items that you may not see below.
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NOTE: If you require a specific quote for your event, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will make every effort work within your budget. Pricing and services are subject to change for non-contracted events and events which require special needs. Please allow us to assist your needs.
The Maritime Museum offers additional catering service options and a variety of budget menus. Although they are not listed here online, they are available upon request.
Contact Us...
Please contact our Special Events team at 619-234-9153 x 102 for detailed information or email us: specialevents@sdmaritime.org In an effort to provide you with the best service, please include within your email response;
- Your name
- Telephone number and preferred email
- Type of event and purpose
- Preferred event date or dates
- Approx. number of guests
- Anticipated budget
Testimonials
You made the planning of our event not only easy but so much darn fun!!!
— Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
Thank you, everyone had such a wonderful time. The Maritime staff was nothing short of fantastic and made the event exciting and memorable.
— Oliver McMillan
I wanted to say a very big thank-you to you and your team for helping us to host a most wonderful event on the Berkeley and Californian last night. The venue looked beautiful, all of the staff was friendly and helpful, and the entertainment and catering was perfect. You've both been such a support and help to me in organizing this event, which has been challenging due to my being on the other side of the world!
I would not hesitate in recommending the San Diego Maritime Museum and will indeed do so again whenever the occasion arises. Thanks again!
— Eversheds, London LLP
I would like to say yet again how much I appreciated all your hard work and support...Everything went so well... Obviously, your venue was huge success since we generally get 50-55% participation and yours closer to 72%.
— University of Kansas
Our event went off without a hitch! The view was breathtaking, the ship was magical, and the food was delicious; leaving our guests with a night they would never forget! The Maritime Museum was a pleasure to work with before, during, and after our event. Their prompt response and willingness to help really made planning our event easy. I called and emailed many times with questions and ideas and each answer came promptly with a willingness and readiness to work together to really make the event successful. The Maritime Museum not only had many great ideas for our event, but they also were flexible in letting us incorporate some of our own ideas. All of the people we worked with were so friendly and professional; they continuously catered to our needs, but not without keeping our budget, theme, and purpose of our event in mind. I would highly recommend hosting an event with the Maritime Museum; they exceeded all of my expectations and were such an essential part of making our event a success!
— Asteres Inc.
I can honestly say that we received the best service here with the Maritime Museum over anywhere else we have gone (which was many, many, many places!) I will definitely recommend the Berkeley to everyone....
— The Wong Family