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.
U.S. Coast Guard Museum
New LondonCT 06320, CT, United States
The museum’s artifacts reflect the history of the U.S. Coast Guard and include ship models, carved figureheads, cannons, uniforms, medals, weapons, memorabilia and paintings.
United States Naval Academy Museum
Annapolis, MD, United States
The collection includes thousands of objects such as flags, uniforms, weapons, medals, books, instruments and photographs as well as art. Major collections are The Rogers Ship Model Collection, the Naval Academy Art Collection, the Malcolm Storer Naval Medals Collection and The Beverley R. Robinson Collection (prints of naval history).
United States Naval Undersea Museum
Keyport, WA, United States
The U.S. Naval Undersea Museum holds the country’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. Navy artifacts, documents, and reference material related to undersea subjects, and is renowned for several of these specialty collections, especially those in torpedoes, mines, diving and salvage, submarine technology, and unmanned underwater vehicles.
USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown, MA, United States
The world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat, this frigate is most noted for actions during the War of 1812, when it captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned the ship the nickname of “Old Ironsides”.
Vikingeskibs Museet
(Viking Ship Museum)
Roskilde, Denmark
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.
Vikingskipshuset
(Viking Ship Museum)
Oslo, Norway
See the world’s best preserved viking ships up close
Virginia
(Pilot Schooner)
Norfolk, VA, United States
The schooner Virginia is a 2005 recreation of its namesake, the last pure sailing vessel used by the Virginia Pilot Association. The original Virginia served from 1917 to 1926 in the Chesapeake Bay. As she participates in various events, contact Nauticus regarding opportunities to visit onboard.
Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum
Virginia Beach, VA, United States
The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum honors and preserves the history of Virginia’s coastal communities and maritime heritage. The scope of the Museum’s exhibits begins with the Virginia Beach Community and extends to subjects related to Virginia’s oceanfront, coastal and water-related heritage.
Watermen’s Museum
Yorktown, VA, United States
Preserving the heritage of the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay
