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.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St. Michaels, MD, United States
The museum is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels.
Chicago Maritime Museum
Chicago, IL, United States
The museum offers visitors a chronological walk through local maritime history including the eras of French fur traders, sail and steam-powered vessels, modern commercial Great Lakes frigates, recreational sailing and the Ralph and Rita Frese Canoe Collection.
City Island Nautical Museum
Bronx, NY, United States
This museum houses models, artifacts, and photos on City Island and its boating history.
Claud W. Somers
Claud W. Somers is a skipjack that was used for oyster dredging in Virginia and Maryland waters and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Register of Historic Places. It is one of the few skipjacks remaining in operational condition on Chesapeake Bay. Commissioned by Edward Thomas Somers, she was built in 1911 by Tom Young at Young’s Creek near the settlement known as Clam, Virginia, just north of Onancock and named after Edward’s son. After a working career of at least 60 years, she was eventually donated to the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.
Cobia, USS
(part of Wisconsin Martime Museum at Manitowoc)
Manitowoc, WI, United States
USS Cobia (SS 245) was launched November 28, 1943, in Groton, CT. In June 1944, it began the first of six war patrols in which she sank thirteen Japanese vessels.
Collingwood Museum, The
Collingwood, ON, Canada
A point of emphasis for this museum in the local shipbuilding history
Connecticut River Museum
Essex, CT, United States
Local maritime history museum and the ship ‘Onrust’, a re-creation of the vessel Adriaen Block built in 1614.
Constellation, USS (sloop-of-war)
USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. Part of Historic Ships in Baltimore.
D&H Canal Historical Society
High Falls, NY, United States
The D&H Canal Historical Society maintains a museum and a walking trail.
