The Museum of Monterey - Stanton Center, also known as the Monterey History & Maritime Museum, tells the history of

Monterey Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both ...

and the surrounding area through the lens of its connection to the

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. Free to the public, it houses thousands of artifacts. It includes permanent exhibits on the 1935 disaster off

Point Sur Point Sur State Historic Park is a California State Park on the Big Sur coastline of Monterey County, California, United States, south of Rio Road in Carmel. The 1889 Point Sur Lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. History ...

, the

Ohlone The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...

and Rumsien tribes that once lived in the area, the Spanish exploration of the California coast and the Monterey

sardine "Sardine" and "pilchard" are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century, a folk etymology says it comes from the Ital ...

industry. It is operated by the Monterey History and Art Association.

History

The

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

began in 1971 as the Allen Knight Maritime Museum. It was located in the basement of the

Monterey Museum of Art The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) an art museum located in Monterey, California. It was founded in 1959 as a chapter of the American Federation of Arts. The Monterey Museum of Art collects, preserves, and interprets the art of California from the ...

, and principally housed the collection of

Allen Knight Allen Knight, (May 7, 1901 – August 24, 1964) was an American merchant seaman and political figure in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He is best know for his service on the Carmel City Council, including a two-year term as mayor, and for co-fo ...

, who briefly worked as a sailor in 1916, and collected artifacts and memorabilia related to maritime activities throughout his life.Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau: Monterey Maritime and History Museum
The proposal for a new maritime museum was approved in 1982, but funding was not fully acquired until 1991. On July 15, 1991, construction began on the current Maritime and History Museum in Custom House Plaza. The museum opened on October 31, 1992.

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