Post #741415 by tikilongbeach on Fri, Apr 17, 2015 10:18 AM

Opening April 11, 2015: Tattoos and Scrimshaw: the Art of the Sailor is the newest temporary exhibit. Learn how contact between early British sailors and the Tahitian people brought forth the origins of Western tattooing culture, and how sailors used tattoos to document their own histories.

Later, the practice of hunting whales meant that whale ivory became a “canvas” for the sailors’ art of scrimshaw. See examples of both tattoos and scrimsahw, together with some memorable modern examples!

This exhibit is made possible by: Vancouver Maritime Museum, Maritime Museum of San Diego, So Cal Tattoo, and the Friends of Los Angeles Maritime Museum, and will run until December 13, 2015.

The museum sits right on the water. You can walk along the boardwalk and watch the ships cruise by or be unloaded. You can also ride on the Pacific Red Car that goes along the San Pedro waterfront and visit the USS Iowa and the Merchant Marine ship USS Lane Victory.

84 Berth, San Pedro, CA 90731
(310) 548-7618
http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org