The exhibits on coast culture and maritime history cover a number of subjects including ship building, boat models, fishing, marine archaeology, and shipping.
The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962. There is also a collection of more than 50 traditional Nordic boats from Norway, the Faroe Islands, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
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.
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.