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.
Patriots Point
Mt. Pleasant, SC, United States
aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, destroyer USS Laffey, submarine USS Clamagore, 3-acre Vietnam Experience, Medal of Honor Museum, 28 historic aircraft.
PCF-816
Swift Boat, formerly C24/P24 of the Armed Forces of Malta. Now part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
Philadelphia II
Vergennes, VT, United States
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s replica of the gunboat Philadelphia (referred to in contemporary documents as a gundalow or gondola) of the Continental Navy. Manned by Continental Army soldiers, she was part of a fleet under the command of General Benedict Arnold that fought the 11 October 1776 Battle of Valcour Island against a larger Royal Navy fleet on Lake Champlain. Although many of the American boats in the battle were damaged, Philadelphia was one of the few that actually sank that day. On the days following the main battle, most of the other boats in the American fleet were sunk, burned, or captured. She is one of a few such vessels used during the American Revolutionary War to be raised.
Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
Philidelphia, PA, United States
The guild maintains two ships, the barkentine Gazela and the 1902 tug Jupiter. The Gazela can be rented for dockside events. The Jupiter takes part in festivals and boat parades. It may be worth contacting them to see if a visit can be arranged.
Pommern
Mariehamn, Finland
Pommern, formerly Mneme, is an iron-hulled, four-masted barque built in 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland at the J. Reid & Co shipyard. Separate or joint ticket entry with Ålands Sjöfartsmuseum.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
Portsmouth, VA, United States
Explores the 250+ year history of America’s oldest and largest naval shipyard
Pride of Baltimore II
Baltimore, MD, United States
A replica Baltimore clipper that serves as an ambassador to the city of Baltimore. Check the website for the sailing schedule. Locations vary.
Providence Public Library
(Alfred S. Brownell Collection on Maritime History)
Providence, RI, United States
The collection consists of 320 printed books, 550 blueprints and technical drawings, several prints and photographs and most notably, the 11 ship models of Atlantic Coast fishing vessels largely made by Mr. Brownell. The collection is strong in books on ship model building and naval architecture, and there are also a number of scarce, early books on rigging and artillery.
Puget Sound Navy Museum
Bremerton, WA, United States
The Puget Sound Navy Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the naval heritage of the Pacific Northwest from 1840 to the present.
Queen Mary
Long Beach, CA, United States
Take a tour or stay overnight this ship which now operates as a hotel and venue for meetings and weddings
