This is a listing of maritime museums, museum ships, and libraries with significant maritime holdings.
You can also use the map, or view all alphabetically.
Please contact us if you would like a museum to be added to this list.
Use the form to limit (filter) the results based on type, country, state, distance from city, or distance from address.
-
Museum Type: Museum
100 Museum Drive
Newport News VA 23606
US+1.757.596.2222
Remains of the ironclad USS Monitor anchor this extensive museum exploring global maritime history. read more…
https://www.marinersmuseum.org/ -
Museum Type: Museum
75 Greenmanville Ave
PO Box 6000
Mystic CT 06355-0990
US+1.860.572.0711
https://www.mysticseaport.org/The largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and read more…
-
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
1 Waterside Drive
Norfolk VA 23510
US+1.757.664.1000
+1.800.644.1080 (toll free)
info@nauticus.org https://nauticus.org/battleship-wisconsin/USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship and now a museum ship that is part of Nauticus (separate entry). read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester MA 01930
US+1.978.283.0455
info@capeannmuseum.org https://www.capeannmuseum.org/Art and history museum with Fisheries and Maritime exhibit read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
1 Waterside Dr
Suite 248
Norfolk VA 23510
US+1.757.322.2987
hrnavalmuseum@navy.mil https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/hrnm.htmlThe Hampton Roads Naval Museum is an official museum of the United States Navy, dedicated to the study of over read more…
-
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
2110 Jamestown Rd.
Williamsburg VA 23185
US+1.757.253.4838
+1.888.593.4682 (toll-free)
https://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlementThe Settlement exhibits include replicas of three ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607: Susan read more…
-
Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Coal
- Impeller→ {Propeller+Sail}
- Engine→ Reciprocating Steam
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Wooden Navy→ Frigate
S.A. Jensens vej 4
Ebeltoft 8400
DK+45.86.34.10.99
info@fregatten-jylland.dk https://www.fregatten-jylland.dk/A screw-propelled steam frigate of the [glossary_exclude]Royal[/glossary_exclude] Danish Navy, it saw action at the Battle of Heligoland (1864). read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
2 High Street
Portsmouth VA 23704
US+1.757.393.8591
https://www.portsmouthnavalshipyardmuseum.com/Explores the 250+ year history of America’s oldest and largest naval shipyard read more…
-
Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Civil→ Lightship
Water and London Streets
Portsmouth VA 23704
US+1.757.393.8591
https://portsmouthlightship.com/Lightship 101 was built in 1915 and served for 48 years off the coasts of Virginia, Delaware and Massachusetts. Although read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
Vindeboder 12
Roskilde DK-4000
DK+45.46.300.200
museum@vikingeskibsmuseet.dk https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962. There read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
Bygdøynesveien 37
Oslo N-0286
NO+47.22.12.37.00
fellespost@marmuseum.no https://www.marmuseum.no/en/The exhibits on coast culture and maritime history cover a number of subjects including ship building, boat models, fishing, marine read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
Bygdøynesveien 39
Oslo N-0286
NO+47.23.28.29.50
https://frammuseum.no/The museum includes the ships Fram and Gjøa. The museum itself tells the story of Norwegian polar exploration. read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
Bygdøynesveien 36
Oslo 0286
NO+47.23.08.67.67
kon-tiki@kon-tiki.no https://www.kon-tiki.no/Houses vessels and maps from the Kon-Tiki expedition read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
Praça do Império
Lisboa 1400-206
PT+351.210.977.388
geral.museu@marinha.pt https://museu.marinha.pt/Museum dedicated to all aspects of the history of navigation in Portugal. read more…
-
Museum Type: Museum
Huk Aveny 35
Oslo 0287
NO+47.22.85.19.00
postmottak@khm.uio.no https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/index.htmlSee the world’s best preserved viking ships up close read more…
