Museums Listed Alphabetically

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.

Kon-Tiki Museum

Oslo, Norway

Houses vessels and maps from the Kon-Tiki expedition

Krigsmuseet

(Danish War Museum)

København K, Denmark

The museum contains a large selection of items from the former ‘Orlogsmuseet’ (Naval Museum). The history of the Danish Navy from the start of the 16th century to the present day is told through ship models and other miniatures, as well as large tableaus of iconic naval battles from Denmark’s history.

Kure Maritime Museum

Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

The main attraction is a 1:10 scale model of the battleship Yamato, measuring 26.3m (86’3″) in impressive detail.

Kursura, INS (S20)

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

INS Kursura (S20) was a Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.

Laffey, USS (DD-724)

Sumner-class destroyer. Part of Patriots Point.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Vergennes, VT, United States

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is building a healthy future for Lake Champlain. We connect people to our region’s history, ecology, and archaeology and create opportunities for hands-on learning that will last a lifetime. Through our work in water, on water, and underwater we inspire a new generation of leaders to shape the future for themselves and their communities.

The museum has a replica 1862 sailing canal boat Lois McClure and a replica of the Revolutionary War Gunboat Philadelphia II.

Lettie G. Howard

1893 schooner. Part of South Street Seaport Museum.

Lightship 101 (LV-101/WAL-524)

(Portsmouth)

Portsmouth, VA, United States

Lightship 101 was built in 1915 and served for 48 years off the coasts of Virginia, Delaware and Massachusetts. Although she was never stationed there, she has taken on the city’s name after being donated to the city of Portsmouth, Virginia in 1964.

Little Rock, USS (CL-92)

Cleveland-class light cruiser. Part of Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park.

Lois McClure

Vergennes, VT, United States

The schooner Lois McClure is the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s full-scale replica of an 1862-class sailing canal boat, based closely on two shipwrecks located in Burlington Harbor. Each season, the Lois tours regional waterways, welcoming the public aboard to experience local history in a modern context.