john, the museum is like down town,like a s---y area , go early leave by 2 in the afternoon go west [ask dir] to beat the traffic ,get on 405 freeway south ,then get off long beach freeway ,drive to queen mary .lots of nice motels & eating places theres the [coast long beach hotel 700queens way dr.long beach ,nice place affordable , ph 562-435-7676 remember you leave after 2 you.ll be sucked up in the traffic mess.& i do mean mess ,its well worth finding the museum though its like 4 stories tall ,a strange location, have fun ,jer