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
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.
Midway (USS)
USS Midway is a former aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Commissioned a week after the end of World War II, she was the largest ship in the world until 1955. She operated for 47 years.
Musée National de la Marine
A collection of models of ships and naval installations dating to the time of Louis XV.
Musée National de la Marine – Brest
Shipbuilding traditions & naval history in a maritime museum set in a medieval fortress with bay views.
Musée National de la Marine – Port-Louis
Located in a fortress at the harbor entrance, the museum has a fine collection of boats, weapons and historic models.
Musée National de la Marine – Rochefort
Located in the former residence of the Commanders of the Navy, the collections give insight to the French navy of the past.
Musée National de la Marine – Toulon
Displays on French naval history from the 17th century to the present day in the arsenal gatehouse.
Museet for Søfart
The museum tells the story of Denmark as one of the world’s leading maritime nations,
Museu Marítim
The Maritime Museum of Barcelona is located in the former [glossary_exclude]royal[/glossary_exclude] arsenal of Barcelona. It is dedicated to shipbuilding between the 13th and 18th centuries.
Museum aan de Stroom
Focused on Antwerp and its connection to the world, the collections include objects from the former National Maritime Museum.
Mystic Seaport Museum
The largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of an entire 19th-century seafaring village.
National Civil War Naval Museum
The museum includes the wreck of the CSS Jackson and CSS Chattahoochee, and partial replicas of the USS Hartford, USS Monitor, and CSS Albemarle.
National Lighthouse Museum
The National Lighthouse Museum is dedicated to maintaining the navigational significance and maritime heritage of lighthouses throughout the world.
National Maritime Museum
The museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, comprising more than two million items, including maritime art, cartography, manuscripts, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, instruments for time-keeping and astronomy.
National Museum of American History
Houses the wreck of the War of Independence gunboat ‘Philadelphia’. The permanent exhibit “One the Water” traces American maritime history. Items featured include rigged ship models, patent models, documents, and images from the Smithsonian’s National Watercraft Collection.
National Museum of Bermuda
The museum explores the maritime and island history of Bermuda though artifacts, models, plans and maps, photographs and artwork, and a collection of small watercraft.