The Kraken is coming to San Diego.
That's the theme of a new exhibit
at the Maritime Museum of San Diego,
which also supports a new Dream
Works film opening today.
That film was called Ruby
Gilman Teenage Kraken.
Joining us now to talk about this
exhibit and the film is Maritime
Museum Vice President Susan Sirota,
who's also the creational lead
for the Sea Monster exhibit.
Personal Thank you so much
for joining us this morning.
We do appreciate your time.
Thank you for having me.
All right.
Have you had a chance to sort of
take a look at the film and then
compare it to what's going on at the
Star of India along our Embarcadero?
I have
seen the trailers and I'm so
excited to see it this weekend.
But the tie in with what we have
going on on the Star of India is what
makes it really fascinating to me. OK,
so I think the best thing you can do
is it's gonna be hot this weekend.
Start off in the air
conditioned movie theater.
Go check out the movie Ruby
Gilman Teenage Kraken.
And then head on down to the
Star of India and continue the
conversation because you have this
brand new exhibit down there. Sea
Monsters is a lot of fun.
It's not going to have
anything to do with the film.
However, the idea of exploring
what sea monsters are,
do they really exist is what you're
going to see on the Star of India,
as well as some large monstrous
skeletons and a whole bunch of things,
depending on what age you are and where you.
Look in the exhibit.
So if family friendly,
as we were chatting about earlier,
this is something, even though
we say the word sea monsters,
bring the kids down,
they'll love this. Yes.
So there's a whole deck just for
kids where they can play on a ship
and design their own sea monster and
tell us how to tame that sea monster.
And it goes up on a sea monster wall of fame.
Actually, it's a big wave and
there's an area for parents to
chill out basically while kids are
there. Thank you. Thanks for thinking of us.
And then above that, there's going
to be a lot of information that
adults of all ages as well as kids
can really understand the historical
perspective of why we believe in sea
monsters and where it comes from. And
as we're like, you know,
you bring the kids down,
it's a little slice of
history on the Star of India,
and I think they're going
to get a lot out of this.
But more importantly,
it sparks some fun conversations
with your kids too.
Absolutely.
It'll, it'll give you that opportunity
because the exhibit is essentially
answering the question, do they exist?
And then how we go about understanding that
looking at all different types of science
disciplines that developed in the 1800s.
And so the exhibit is actually period
to the star of India's own history.
And one thing that's fun about this film,
and again it's coming out in theaters
this weekend, is that kind of one of the
core themes underlying in this film is
getting comfortable in your own skin,
even as that awkward teenage
stage tends to plague all of us.
That's kind of a neat thing for people
to understand about the movie, too.
And I think that's the nice tie in for
families, because all kids are going
to go through that rite of passage
is finding out who they are and
what sparks their interests in life.
And when we do exhibits,
that's the whole idea is to give.
Families, children, particularly,
a core experience that excites
their interest.
And it doesn't have to be necessarily
sailing or the sea or sea monsters.
But I mean, who doesn't love sea monsters?
Yeah, and especially for kids.
I mean, their imagination
can run wild with this one.
Where can people purchase tickets and
how long is this exhibit running for?
You can go online to the
website ww.scmaritime.org or
go to the Star of India itself.
There's a ticket booth outside
the Maritime Museum downtown and.
You know it.
The exhibit is free with admission,
so it is very easy to access the
movie this weekend and the star
of India all in one trip. Make
it a fun weekend. Yeah,
a lot to do before we run out of time here.
For people that do want to go check this out,
obviously you mentioned that they can
get their tickets right there on site.
Go inside, take a look at it for yourself.
You mentioned that it does run all
the way through Labor Day. Does it?
Is it open though on the 4th of July in
case people are down along the water?
We are open the 4th of July and
then we closed for Big Bay Boom.
So we have basically a full day of
4th of July activity, and then the
museum will close and then reopen.
I think they're already sold out though,
for Bay Fireworks watching.
OK, good to know. All right.
Susan Soretta from the
Maritime Museum of San Diego.
We appreciate your time.
We'll see you in the movie
theaters this weekend,
and then I'll see you down along the
embarcado right after that. Thank
you. Thank you.