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
Providence Public Library
The collection consists of 320 printed books, 550 blueprints and technical drawings, several prints and photographs and most notably, the 11 ship models of Atlantic Coast fishing vessels largely made by Mr. Brownell. The collection is strong in books on ship model building and naval architecture, and there are also a number of scarce, early books on rigging and artillery.
Puget Sound Navy Museum
The Puget Sound Navy Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest from 1840 to the present.
Queen Mary
Take a tour or stay overnight this ship which now operates as a hotel and venue for meetings and weddings
Red Star Line Museum
Two million passengers traveled from Antwerp to North America on board Red Star Line ships. The museum focuses on their stories, that of the Red Star Line that transported them. and that of Antwerp.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum
A local museum focused on the Chesapeake Bay. In addition to the indoor exhibits, the museum operates the buy boat Elva C, the skipjack Claud W. Somers, and a replica barge from 1608. There is a boat shop for new constructions and restorations.
Richardson Maritime Museum
Named after a local boat builder, the museum is dedicated to the craftsmen and culture of the traditional Eastern Shore wooden boat building industry. There is a unique collection of boat models: skipjacks, bugeyes, pungys, log canoes, rams & other vessels used over the years.