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 optional 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.
Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum
Virginia Beach, VA, United States
The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum honors and preserves the history of Virginia’s coastal communities and maritime heritage. The scope of the Museum’s exhibits begins with the Virginia Beach Community and extends to subjects related to Virginia’s oceanfront, coastal and water-related heritage.
Watermen’s Museum
Yorktown, VA, United States
Preserving the heritage of the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay
Whaling Museum and Education Center
Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States
Whaling museum with a whaleboat and its original gear.
Wisconsin Marine Historical Society
Milwaukee, WI, United States
Not a library in itself, but affiliated with the Milwaukee Public Library’s Great Lakes Marine Collection. Listed separately in recognition and to lead the viewer to their extensive collection of online journals.
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
(at Manitowoc)
Manitowoc, WI, United States
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum connects all people with Wisconsin’s waterways, by engaging and educating the public about the Great Lakes, Wisconsin’s maritime history, Wisconsin’s World War II submarines and USS Cobia.
Wisconsin, USS BB-64
Norfolk, VA, United States
USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship and now a museum ship that is part of Nauticus (separate entry).
Yokohama Port Museum & Nippon Maru
Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
A museum focused on the port of Yokohama and a former sail training ship.