Local Points of Interest
Category: Local Points of Interest
Description: Places to see and go to in Long beach
Angel’s Gate Lighthouse
http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/aglight.htm
This historic lighthouse has marked the entrance to the port since 1913.
Aquarium of the Pacific
http://aquariumofpacific.com
Banning Residence Museum
http://www.banningmuseum.org/
Home of General Phineas Banning (1830-1885), the founder of the Port of Los Angeles.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
http://www.cabrilloaq.org/
An educational, recreational, and research facility devoted to encouraging active public participation to promote knowledge and conservation of the marine life of southern California
Catalina Island Museum
http://www.catalina.com/museum.html
The museum, located in the historic Avalon Casino, exhibits Native American artifacts, Catalina pottery and tile, photos and postcards from the 1880’s to the present, and much more.
Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
http://www.wilmington-chamber.com/drmbrks.htm
The historic Drum Barracks is the only Civil War-era U.S. Army building still standing in Southern California
Drum Barracks Museum
http://www.drumbarracks.org/
The Drum Barracks Civil War Museum is housed in the last remaining wooden building of Drum Barracks, named after Adjutant General Richard Coulter Drum, head of the Department of the Pacific. This facility served as the Union Army headquarters in the Southwest (Southern California and the Arizona Territory) from 1861 – 1871.
Fort MacArthur Museum
http://www.ftmac.org/
The Fort MacArthur Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Fort MacArthur, a U.S. Army post which guarded the Los Angeles harbor from 1914 to 1974.
Los Angeles Maritime Muesum Official Web site
http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/
Port of Los Angeles
http://www.portoflosangeles.org/
Queen Mary Official Web site
http://www.queenmary.com/
SS Lane Victory
http://www.sanpedrochamber.com/champint/lanevict.htm
10,000 ton World War II “Victory” cargo ship, restored by volunteers and operated by U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II.
Waterfront Red Car Line
http://www.railwaypreservation.com/