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.
Musée National de la Marine – Toulon
(National Navy Museum of France — Toulon)
Toulon, France
Displays on French naval history from the 17th century to the present day in the arsenal gatehouse.
Museet for Søfart
(Maritime Museum of Denmark)
Helsingør, Denmark
The museum tells the story of Denmark as one of the world’s leading maritime nations,
Museu de Marinha
(Navy Museum of Portugal)
Lisboa, Portugal
Museum dedicated to all aspects of the history of navigation in Portugal.
Museu Marítim
(Maritime Museum of Barcelona)
Barcelona, Spain
The Maritime Museum of Barcelona is located in the former royal arsenal of Barcelona. It is dedicated to shipbuilding between the 13th and 18th centuries.
Museum aan de Stroom
Antwerp, Belgium
Focused on Antwerp and its connection to the world, the collections include objects from the former National Maritime Museum.
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT, United States
The largest maritime museum in the United States. It is notable for its collection of sailing ships and boats and for the re-creation of an entire 19th-century seafaring village.
National Civil War Naval Museum
Columbus, GA, United States
The museum includes the wreck of the CSS Jackson and CSS Chattahoochee, and partial replicas of the USS Hartford, USS Monitor, and CSS Albemarle.
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
The museum has the most important holdings in the world on the history of Britain at sea, comprising more than two million items, including maritime art, cartography, manuscripts, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, instruments for time-keeping and astronomy.
National Museum of American History
Washington, DC, United States
Houses the wreck of the War of Independence gunboat ‘Philadelphia’. The permanent exhibit “One the Water” traces American maritime history. Items featured include rigged ship models, patent models, documents, and images from the Smithsonian’s National Watercraft Collection.
National Museum of Bermuda
, Sandys, Bermuda
The museum explores the maritime and island history of Bermuda though artifacts, models, plans and maps, photographs and artwork, and a collection of small watercraft.
National Museum of the American Sailor
National Museum of the American Sailor’s mission is to select, collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the United States Navy with particular emphasis on the Navy’s enlisted sailor.
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Washington, DC, United States
The flagship museum of the United States Navy, located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
National Naval Aviation Museum
Pensacola, FL, United States
The National Naval Aviation Museum is the world’s largest Naval Aviation museum, with more than 150 beautifully restored aircraft representing Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
New Jersey Maritime Museum
Beach Haven, NJ, United States
Museum packed with shipwreck finds, photos, navigation equipment & more.