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
Maritime Museum of San Diego
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.
Maritime Museum of Sandusky
Travel back in time to the days of passenger boats, commercial fishing, and ice harvesting on Lake Erie. Learn about boat-building, Ohio’s wetlands, shipwrecks, and Sandusky’s role in the Underground Railroad. Explore the rest of the museum’s campus, including the Howman Boathouse, the Motor & Engine Room, and our boat building school and restoration workshop.
MARITIMT CENTER DANMARK
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.
Marstal Søfartsmuseum
Exhibits in 4 buildings with more than 30 rooms highlight the rich fishing and shipping tradition of Marstal on the island of Ærø. There are over 200 ship models, several hundred paintings, including Denmark’s largest collection of marine and Greenland [glossary_exclude]painter[/glossary_exclude] Carl Rasmussen’s works.
Mather House Museum
Home of the Mather family,
19th century Port Jefferson shipbuilders. Collection of period half hulls and other models, photos, sail loft.
Mathilda
1898 tug built in Sorrel, Quebec.
One of the few remaining tugs with her original steam engine intact. Part of the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
