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
Independence Seaport Museum
Home of the 1944 submarine BECUNA (SS-319) and 1892 cruiser Olympia (C-6) – the oldest steel warship afloat in the world.
Intrepid, USS (CV-11)
Essex-class aircraft carrier. Part of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
Jamestown Settlement
The Settlement exhibits include replicas of three ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607: Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.
John DuBois Maritime Museum
A large and unique collection of builders’ models of local craft show the plans used to build a new ship from the model itself. Closed until further notice for maintenance.
John Smith Shallop Replica
Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Chesapeake Bay. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
John Smith’s Barge
Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Chesapeake Bay. Part of the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.
John W. Brown (SS)
One of two surviving fully operational Liberty ships preserved in the United States
