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.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Vergennes, VT, United States
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is building a healthy future for Lake Champlain. We connect people to our region’s history, ecology, and archaeology and create opportunities for hands-on learning that will last a lifetime. Through our work in water, on water, and underwater we inspire a new generation of leaders to shape the future for themselves and their communities.
The museum has a replica 1862 sailing canal boat Lois McClure and a replica of the Revolutionary War Gunboat Philadelphia II.
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
(Lake Superior Marine Museum Association)
Duluth, MN, United States
Lightship 101 (LV-101/WAL-524)
(Portsmouth)
Portsmouth, VA, United States
Lightship 101 was built in 1915 and served for 48 years off the coasts of Virginia, Delaware and Massachusetts. Although she was never stationed there, she has taken on the city’s name after being donated to the city of Portsmouth, Virginia in 1964.
Little Rock, USS (CL-92)
Cleveland-class light cruiser. Part of Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park.
Lois McClure
Vergennes, VT, United States
The schooner Lois McClure is the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s full-scale replica of an 1862-class sailing canal boat, based closely on two shipwrecks located in Burlington Harbor. Each season, the Lois tours regional waterways, welcoming the public aboard to experience local history in a modern context.
Long Island Maritime Museum
West Sayville, NY, United States
Lighthouses and life-saving, boat shop, small craft collection, 1888 oyster sloop Priscilla.
Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5)
US Army tug. One of the last functional U.S. Army vessels that participated in the Normandy landings. Part of the H. Lee White Maritime Museum.
Mariners’ Museum
Newport News, VA, United States
Remains of the ironclad USS Monitor anchor this extensive museum exploring global maritime history.
Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Victoria, BC, Canada
A rich collection of some 35,000 artifacts, including 800 models of ships and items related to the maritime heritage of BC.
Maritime Museum of San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States
A museum full of fantastic ship models displayed on the steam ferry Berkely. Also: full-rigged ship Star of India, replica 1847 revenue cutter Californian (C.W. Lawrence), replica 16th-century ship San Salvador, replica 18th-century 24-gun frigate Surprise, Soviet sub B-39, deep sea sub USS Dolphin, steam yacht Medea, swift boat PCF-816.
MARITIMT CENTER DANMARK
Svendborg
Not truly museum ships, these are well-preserved vessels available for ticketed trips and special charters. Many privately-owned traditional boats can usually be viewed at the docks nearby.