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.
Herreshoff Marine Museum
Bristol, RI, United States
The museum boasts over sixty significant boats, ranging from the 8 1/2′ dinghy Nathanael to the 75′ Defiant, built in 1992 for the successful defense of the America’s Cup. The model room contains 500 models reflecting the work of Nathanael Herreshoff.
Historic Ships in Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, United States
USS Constellation (sloop-of-war), Coast Guard cutter USCGC Taney (WHEC-37), submarine USS Torsk (SS-423), and lightship Chesapeake (LV-116).
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Kingston, NY, United States
Ship models, archival material, art, and other objects related to Hudson River transportation, industries and recreation. Steam tug Mathilda (on land).
Independence Seaport Museum
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Home of the 1944 submarine BECUNA (SS-319) and 1892 cruiser Olympia (C-6) – the oldest steel warship afloat in the world.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
New York, NY, United States
Aircraft carrier Intrepid and guided missile submarine Growler.
Intrepid, USS (CV-11)
Essex-class aircraft carrier. Part of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
Jamestown Settlement
Williamsburg, VA, United States
The Settlement exhibits include replicas of three ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607: Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.
John DuBois Maritime Museum
Greenwich, NJ, United States
A large and unique collection of builders’ models of local craft show the plans used to build a new ship from the model itself. Closed until further notice for maintenance.
John Smith Shallop Replica
Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Chesapeake Bay. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
John Smith’s Barge
Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the Chesapeake Bay. Part of the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.
John W. Brown (SS)
Baltimore, MD, United States
One of two surviving fully operational Liberty ships preserved in the United States
Jylland
Ebeltoft, Denmark
A screw-propelled steam frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, it saw action at the Battle of Heligoland (1864).