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 optional 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.
New Jersey, USS (BB-61)
(Battleship USS Iowa Museum)
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Lead ship of the Iowa-class battleships
Niagra
Relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Part of the Erie Maritime Museum.
Noble Maritime Collection
Staten Island, NY, United States
Model collection and restored houseboat studio of John Noble, maritime artist featured in the December 1954 issue of National Geographic.
Norges Fiskerimuseum
(Norway Fisheries Museum)
Bergen, Norway
Interactive displays on the history of the local fishing industry, located in old fish warehouses.
Norsk Maritimt Museum
(Norwegian Maritime Museum)
Oslo, Norway
The exhibits on coast culture and maritime history cover a number of subjects including ship building, boat models, fishing, marine archaeology, and shipping.
North Carolina (USS)
Wilmington, NC, United States
USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy.
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort
Beaufort, NC, United States
The North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort reflects coastal life and interprets lighthouses and lifesaving stations, the seafood industry, motorboats, and more. The Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center teaches boatbuilding for all ages.
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport
Southport, NC, United States
Maritime museum focusing on history of local waterways plus exhibits on piracy, shipwrecks & storms.
Ocean City Historical Museum
Ocean City, NJ, United States
The four-masted Sindia, sailing from Kobe, Japan, on its way to New York City, ran aground near Ocean City in 1901. A museum exhibit displays scale models, photographs, and wonderful artifacts taken from the ship.
Old Point
1909 log-built crab dredger. Old Point also hauled freight fish in the summer and carried oysters during the fall. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Olympia, USS (C-6)
, United States
1892 cruiser – the oldest steel warship afloat in the world. Part of the Independence Seaport Museum.
Paterson Museum
Paterson, NJ, United States
Includes an exhibit on submarines developed by John Philip Holland