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
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is an official museum of the United States Navy, dedicated to the study of over 240 years of naval history in the Hampton Roads region.
Heritage and Diving Village
The Diving Village explores the history of Dubai’s pearling industry. There are several traditional craft on display.
Herreshoff Marine Museum
The museum boasts over sixty significant boats, ranging from the 8 1/2′ dinghy Nathanael to the 75′ Defiant, built in 1992 for the successful defense of the America’s Cup. The model room contains 500 models reflecting the work of Nathanael Herreshoff.
Historic Ships in Baltimore
USS Constellation (sloop-of-war), Coast Guard cutter USCGC Taney (WHEC-37), submarine USS Torsk (SS-423), and lightship Chesapeake (LV-116).
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
The HCGL consists of manuscript and archival materials (more than 2,000 cubic feet and over 600 collections); books, pamphlets, and periodicals; naval architectural drawings, maps, and charts; and photographs.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Ship models, archival material, art, and other objects related to Hudson River transportation, industries and recreation. Steam tug Mathilda (on [glossary_exclude]land[/glossary_exclude]).
Huron Lightship Museum (LV-103)
Commissioned in 1921 as Lightship Number 103, she operated primarily in southern Lake Huron near Port Huron and the mouth of the St. Clair River.