Maritime Museums

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•  Arabia Steamboat Museum - explore the museum and learn how the handsome steamer Arabia prospered on the rivers, perished in 1856 and was finally rediscovered 132 years later, precious cargo intact
•  Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - dedicated to preserving the history of North America's largest and most productive estuary
•  DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum
•  Historic Ship Nautilus and the Submarine Force Museum - visit the worlds first nuclear powered ship, the Historic Ship Nautilus and the US Submarine Force Museum
•  Hudson River Maritime Museum - dedicated to the preservation of the maritime history of the Hudson River
•  ISCA Maritime Museum - collection of ethnic working boats, some exhibits are of designs hundreds of years old
•  Kendall Whaling Museum - twelve maritime galleries house an international collection of art, history, and ethnology celebrating the age-old human fascination with whales
•  Lake Champlain Maritime Museum - one of the largest collections of wooden shipwrecks in North America
•  Lake Superior Marine Museum Association
•  Marine Museum at Fall River - includes a Titanic exhibit
•  Mariners' Museum - discover galleries filled with an international collection of intricately carved figureheads, detailed ship models, paintings, decorative arts, and other maritime artifacts
•  Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum - history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Offers schooner tours, models and artifacts, events calendar, and newsletter
•  Maritime Museum of Monterey - project of the Monterey History and Art Association
•  Mary Rose - Tudor-period warship raised after more than 400 years on ocean floor. Hull remains and more than 1000 artifacts on display
•  Mystic Seaport
•  National Museum of Naval Aviation - features aircraft exhibits, an IMAX theater, planes, simulators, and historical exhibits
•  Naval Tour and Information Center
•  Navy Museum - learn U.S. Navy history from the Revolution to the present through exhibits, programs, and events
•  New Bedford Whaling Museum - telling the story of American whaling history with a collection of art and artifacts
•  Penobscot Marine Museum
•  Portland Harbor Museum - features the maritime and local history of Portland harbor
•  S. S. Canadiana Restoration - effort to resail a 214', three decked, passenger steamboat
•  S.S. Lane Victory - information about an operational World War II era victory ship, museum, and memorial
•  South Street Seaport Museum - contains square-rigged tall ships, schooners and maritime exhibits and galleries. Provides maritime history, entertainment and education
•  Steamer Columbia - dedicated to the restortion and return to service of the historic former Bob-Lo steamer Columbia
•  Steamer William G. Mather Museum - Northeastern Ohio's only floating maritime museum The Mather is a restored 1925 Great Lakes ore boat. She was retired in 1980 and became a museum in 1990
•  U.S. Merchant Marine Museum - honoring the merchant seamen of World War II
•  USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park - dive into WWII and the history of USS Bowfin, one of only 15 U.S. WWII submarines still in existence today
•  USS Constellation - last surviving ship of the Civil War
•  USS Constitution Museum - the USS Constitution is due to set sail for the first time in 116 years. Site includes information on the voyage, museum, program schedule and more
•  USS Forrestal - America's first super carrier is now a Naval Heritage Museum
•  Yahoo! USS Lexington Museum on the Bay
•  Vasa Museum - the world's only 17th century warship, on display at Scandinavia's most visited museum

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•  Australian National Maritime Museum - includes virtual reality museum tours
•  Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration
•  Queensland Maritime Museum - non-profit, voluntary organisation and home of S.S. Forceful and H.M.A.S. Diamantina
•  Sydney Heritage Fleet - Sydney's oldest maritime museum and home of Sydney's own tall ship, the 1874 barque James Craig

•  New Zealand National Maritime Museum - online bookshop, exhibits, education resources, and information for harbour charters and functions

•  Estonian State Maritime Museum

•  Aegean Maritime Museum

•  Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik - features information on Maritime Museum's exhibitions, museum library, and more

•  Polish Maritime Museum - documenting and popularizing Poland's maritime traditions

•  Göteborgs Maritima Centrum - the Gothenburg Maritime Center is a floating ship museum in Sweden

•  National Maritime Museum - promotes understanding of history and future of Britain and the sea, the story of time, astronomy and navigation and of the historic buildings at Greenwich
•  River and Rowing Museum - Henley-on-Thames, UK
•  Portsmouth Historic Ships

•  Naval Museum of Alberta - three beautifully restored Royal Canadian Navy fighter aircraft and other exhibits representing the history of the Royal Canadian Navy

•  Vancouver Maritime Museum - the principal maritime museum on the Pacific Coast of Canada

•  Manitoba Museum of the Titanic - presenting a collection of Titanic and related artifacts

•  Huron Lightship Museum - this former Coast Guard lightship (floating lighthouse) is now a floating museum
•  San Diego Maritime Museum - home of the Star of India - the world's oldest active tall ship
•  San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park - celebrating the maritime history of the US Pacific Coast. Historic fleet, museum, maritime library, sea music, boatbuilding classes, and many educational and fun public programs
•  Santa Barbara Maritime Museum - preserves and presents the maritime history of the Santa Barbara Channel and its National Marine Sanctuary
•  National Maritime Museum Association - operates the USS Pampanito, a WWII submarine and assists with the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

•  Connecticut River Museum - located on the river, it focuses on martime history of the Connecticut River in New England

•  National Canal Museum - exhibits on the regional canal system that connected the area's anthracite coal mines and the two largest metropolitan areas of that time, New York and Philadelphia

•  Maritime and Yachting Museum - Stuart, FL

•  Yahoo! USS Arizona Memorial

•  Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum - in Madisonville
  •  Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival - in Madisonville; 3d weekend in October; 100 boats on display on land and in the water, live music, food artists and a large children's activity area

•  Maine Maritime Museum - Thousands of paintings, ship models and other artifacts celebrating Maine's maritime heritage

•  Pride of Baltimore II - Maryland's goodwill ambassador to the world, modeled after a topsail schooner

•  Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum
•  Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - features shipwreck exhibits, theater presentations, mariners memorial, and an online gift shop

•  North Carolina Maritime Museum

•  Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum - displaying the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and other ships in Charleston Harbor

•  Texas Seaport Museum - explores Texas' rich legacy of seaborne commerce and immigration

• The Mariners' Museum - in Newport News

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last edited Sunday, February 24, 2008