This is an alphabetical listing of maritime museums and museum ships located around the world. Libraries with significant maritime holdings are also included. You can use the these fields to filter by type and country, or use the geoloacted list or map. Please contact us if you would like a museum to be added to this list.
244 museums found
Adirondack Museum
The museum is known for its large and varied collection of boats used to navigate the many lakes and rivers of the Adirondack region.
Ålands Sjöfartsmuseum
Models are displayed on a uniform scale so differences can be easily discerned. Separate or joint ticket entry with the museum ship Pommern.
American Merchant Marine Museum
The American Merchant Marine Museum preserves displays and interprets historic artifacts and artwork related to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine, and the profession of seafaring.
Arabia Steamboat Museum, The
Arabia was a riverboat sunk by a submerged tree snag just outside of Kansas City. The 150 passengers Made it off the boat safely, but 200 tons of cargo were lost. These artifacts are now on display.
B-39
Foxtrot-class diesel-electric attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. Now part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
Baltimore
The oldest steam-powered tugboat in the United States. Built in 1906. Part of the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Permanent exhibits include the Baltimore, built in 1906, the oldest steam-powered tugboat in the United States.
Bayshore Center at Bivalve
Environmental history museum and the home port of the 1928 Schooner AJ Meerwald.
Berkely
A former Southern Pacific Railroad ferry that operated between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Built in 1898 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. Part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
Bernida
Bernida is a Universal Rule R Class Sloop designed by Geo. Owen and built by Lawley, giants in the golden years of American yachting. Bernida was launched in 1921 and made her way to the Great Lakes in 1925.
Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
Guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock, destroyer USS The Sullivans, WWII submarine USS Croaker (SSK-246), fast patrol boat PTF-17, and a museum with models and artifacts.
Buffalo Harbor Museum
Models, artifacts, and displays provide an overview of the evolution of the Buffalo waterfront and the vessels that sailed the Great Lakes.
Buffel (HNLMS)
HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship, the first ship of the [glossary_exclude]Royal[/glossary_exclude] Netherlands Navy without sails.
Bufflehead
Replica Chesapeake Bay’s racing log canoe built in 2014 from 1893 plans. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Californian
Californian was built in San Diego, launched in 1984, as a replica of the United States Revenue Cutter ‘Lawrence’, which operated off the coast of California in the 1850s. Part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego
Calvert Marine Museum
In addition to maritime history exhibits, the museum collection includes the bugeye Wm. B. Tennison (converted to power c. 1908), the skipjack Dee of St. Mary’s, and a number of smaller craft.