Museums Listed Alphabetically

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

Watermen’s Museum

Preserving the heritage of the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay

Wavertree

Full-rigged ship. Part of South Street Seaport Museum.

Whaling Museum and Education Center

Whaling museum with a whaleboat and its original gear.

Winnie Estelle

1920 Chesapeake Bay buyboat. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

Wisconsin Marine Historical Society

Not a library in itself, but affiliated with the Milwaukee Public Library’s Great Lakes Marine Collection. Listed separately in recognition and to lead the viewer to their extensive collection of online journals.

Wisconsin Maritime Museum

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum connects all people with Wisconsin’s waterways, by engaging and educating the public about the Great Lakes, Wisconsin’s maritime history, Wisconsin’s World War II submarines and USS Cobia.

Wisconsin, USS BB-64

USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship and now a museum ship that is part of Nauticus (separate entry).