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.
Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum
(Bergen Maritime Museum)
Bergen, Norway
Bergen Maritime Museum presents Norwegian seafaring through the ages.
Berkely
A former Southern Pacific Railroad ferry that operated between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Built in 1898 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. Part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
Buffalo, NY, United States
Guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock, destroyer USS The Sullivans, WWII submarine USS Croaker (SSK-246), fast patrol boat PTF-17, and a museum with models and artifacts.
Buffalo Harbor Museum
(Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society)
Buffalo, NY, United States
Models, artifacts, and displays provide an overview of the evolution of the Buffalo waterfront and the vessels that sailed the Great Lakes.
Buffel (HNLMS)
Hellevoetsluis
HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship, the first ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy without sails.
Bufflehead
Replica Chesapeake Bay’s racing log canoe built in 2014 from 1893 plans. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Californian
Californian was built in San Diego, launched in 1984, as a replica of the United States Revenue Cutter ‘Lawrence’, which operated off the coast of California in the 1850s. Part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego
Calvert Marine Museum
Solomons, MD, United States
In addition to maritime history exhibits, the museum collection includes the bugeye Wm. B. Tennison (converted to power c. 1908), the skipjack Dee of St. Mary’s, and a number of smaller craft.
Cape Ann Museum
Gloucester, MA, United States
Art and history museum with Fisheries and Maritime exhibit
Chesapeake (LV-116)
(LV-116/WAL-538/WLV-538)
Lightship built in 1930. Part of Historic Ships in Baltimore.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St. Michaels, MD, United States
The museum is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels.
City Island Nautical Museum
Bronx, NY, United States
This museum houses models, artifacts, and photos on City Island and its boating history.