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Museum Type: Museum
Hamngatan 2
Mariehamn
FI+358.0.18.19930
Models are displayed on a uniform scale so differences can be easily discerned. Separate or joint ticket entry with the read more…
info@sjofartsmuseum.ax https://sjofartsmuseum.ax/en -
Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Merchant→ Cargo→ Bulk
Hamngatan 2
Mariehamn
FI+358.0.18.19930
info@sjofartsmuseum.ax https://www.pommern.ax/en/Pommern, formerly Mneme, is an iron-hulled, four-masted barque built in 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland at the J. Reid & Co read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
Kjøpmannsgata 75
Trondheim 7010
NO+47.73.52.89.75
post@trondheimsjofart.no https://trondheimsjofart.no/The exhibits include models of sailing ships, figureheads, marine instruments and pictures of local sailing ships. The museum has a read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
Tøjhusgade 3
København K DK-1220
DK+45.4120.6850
post@natmus.dk https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/danish-war-museum/The museum contains a large selection of items from the former ‘Orlogsmuseet’ (Naval Museum). The history of the Danish Navy read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
Ny Kronborgvej 1
Helsingør 3000
DK+45.4921.0685
info@mfs.dk https://mfs.dk/en/The museum tells the story of Denmark as one of the world’s leading maritime nations, read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
2-chōme-1-1 Minatomirai
Nishi-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa 220-0012
JP+81.045.221.0280
https://www.nippon-maru.or.jp/A museum focused on the port of Yokohama and a former sail training ship. read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
504 Main Street
Reedville VA 22539
US+1.804.453.6529
office@rfmuseum.org https://www.rfmuseum.org/A local museum focused on the Chesapeake Bay. In addition to the indoor exhibits, the museum operates the buy boat read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Steam Turbine
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Aircraft Carrier
910 N. Harbor Drive
San Diego CA 92101
US+1.619.544.9600
https://www.midway.org/USS Midway is a former aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Commissioned a week after the end of World War read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
1492 North Harbor Drive
San Diego CA 92101-3309
US+1.619.234.9153 Ext 101 (general information)
https://www.sdmaritime.org/A museum full of fantastic ship models displayed on the steam ferry Berkely. Also: full-rigged ship Star of India, replica read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
309 Water Street
Yorktown VA 23690-0519
US+1.757.887.2641
info@watermens.org https://watermens.org/Preserving the heritage of the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
12th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC 20560-0601
US+1.202.633.3270
+1.202.357.1729 (TDD)
archivescenter@si.edu https://americanhistory.si.edu/Houses the wreck of the War of Independence gunboat ‘Philadelphia’. The permanent exhibit “One the Water” traces American maritime history. read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
736 Sicard St SE
Washington DC 20374
US+1.202.685.0589
navymuseum@navy.mil https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn.htmlThe flagship museum of the United States Navy, located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
National Museum of the American Sailor’s mission is to select, collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the United States read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
1750 Radford Blvd
Suite C, Naval Air Station Pensacola
Pensacola FL 32508
US+1.850.452.2894
+1.850.452.3296
https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/The National Naval Aviation Museum is the world’s largest Naval Aviation museum, with more than 150 beautifully restored aircraft representing read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
1 Garnett Way
Keyport WA 98345
US+1.360.396.4148
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/undersea.htmlThe U.S. Naval Undersea Museum holds the country’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. Navy artifacts, documents, and reference material related read more…
