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.
Growler, USS (SSG-577)
An early attempt by the U.S. Navy to field a cruise missile submarine. Part of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
H. L. Hunley, CSS
North Charleston, SC, United States
The night of 17 February 1864, the H. L. Hunley attacked and sank the USS Housatonic, the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. But she disappeared on her return. Lost at sea for over a century, the Hunley was located in 1995.
H. Lee White Maritime Museum
Oswego, NY, United States
Exhibits a collection of thousands of artifacts, images, archival records, and original artworks telling over 400 years of regional maritime history. Current home of the tugboat Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5), one of the few remaining US Army vessels from the Normandy landings.
Halve Maen
(Half Moon)
Hoorn, Netherlands
Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York in 1609. She was attempting to find a western passage to China.
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Norfolk, VA, United States
The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is an official museum of the United States Navy, dedicated to the study of over 240 years of naval history in the Hampton Roads region.
Heritage and Diving Village
, United Arab Emirates
The Diving Village explores the history of Dubai’s pearling industry. There are several traditional craft on display.
Herreshoff Marine Museum
Bristol, RI, United States
The museum boasts over sixty significant boats, ranging from the 8 1/2′ dinghy Nathanael to the 75′ Defiant, built in 1992 for the successful defense of the America’s Cup. The model room contains 500 models reflecting the work of Nathanael Herreshoff.
Historic Ships in Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, United States
USS Constellation (sloop-of-war), Coast Guard cutter USCGC Taney (WHEC-37), submarine USS Torsk (SS-423), and lightship Chesapeake (LV-116).
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
(Bowling Green State University)
Bowling Green, OH, United States
The HCGL consists of manuscript and archival materials (more than 2,000 cubic feet and over 600 collections); books, pamphlets, and periodicals; naval architectural drawings, maps, and charts; and photographs.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Kingston, NY, United States
Ship models, archival material, art, and other objects related to Hudson River transportation, industries and recreation. Steam tug Mathilda (on land).
Independence Seaport Museum
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Home of the 1944 submarine BECUNA (SS-319) and 1892 cruiser Olympia (C-6) – the oldest steel warship afloat in the world.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
New York, NY, United States
Aircraft carrier Intrepid and guided missile submarine Growler.