Along with several historic tugboats, the C.A. Thayer is also moored there, the last commercial sailing vessel to operate from a West Coast port. On long voyages, her captain usually took his wife along and you can see their cabins as well as the crew's cramped foc'sle. No cabins on the Eureka, the white paddlewheel 1890 ferryboat which carried 3500 commuters and 120 of their vehicles from Oakland until l957, but you can see the dining saloon where, in l940 for example, a full meal was served during the 32-minute crossing, including pie and coffee, for 55 cents. She struck a rock off the Mendocino coast and what became of her cargo remained a mystery until l984 when archeology students excavating Pomo Indian houses found tiny fragments of Chinese porcelain which led historians to undertake exploration of the wreck. Hours 10-5 daily.
Museum is free.
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