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.
Red Star Line Museum
Antwerp, Belgium
Two million passengers traveled from Antwerp to North America on board Red Star Line ships. The museum focuses on their stories, that of the Red Star Line that transported them. and that of Antwerp.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum
Reedville, VA, United States
A local museum focused on the Chesapeake Bay. In addition to the indoor exhibits, the museum operates the buy boat Elva C, the skipjack Claud W. Somers, and a replica barge from 1608. There is a boat shop for new constructions and restorations.
Richardson Maritime Museum
Cambridge, MD, United States
Named after a local boat builder, the museum is dedicated to the craftsmen and culture of the traditional Eastern Shore wooden boat building industry. There is a unique collection of boat models: skipjacks, bugeyes, pungys, log canoes, rams & other vessels used over the years.
Roanoke Island Maritime Museum
Manteo, NC, United States
The Roanoke Island Maritime Museum is a working boat shop offering a look at local and regional maritime heritage through displayed watercraft, exhibits, restoration projects, and traditional skills workshops. Featured at the Museum is the North Carolina Shad boat Ella View, built in 1883.
Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum
Sag Harbor, NY, United States
Dedicated to the town’s past as a prosperous whaling port. It houses the largest collection of whaling equipment in the state of New York.
San Salvadore
San Salvador was the flagship of explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (João Rodrigues Cabrilho in Portuguese). She was a 100-foot, 200 ton, galleon. The replica, part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, was completed in 2015.
Ships of the Sea Museum
Savannah, GA, United States
hips of the Sea Museum exhibits ship models, paintings and maritime antiques, principally from the great era of Atlantic trade during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Skenesborough Museum
Whitehall, United States
The Skenesborough Museum concentrates on the history of the area, along with a focus the U.S. Navy and forms of transportation. It is located in a former canal terminal.
Slater, USS (DE 766)
(Destroyer Escort Historical Museum)
Albany, NY, United States
Cannon-class destroyer escort. Last destroyer escort afloat.
Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum
Sodus Point, NY, United States
Museum located in a historic lighthouse, with an emphasis on local maritime history.