List of maritime museums in the United States
List of maritime museums in the United States is a sortable list of American museums which display objects related to ships and water travel. Many of these maritime museums have museum ships in their collections. Member museums of the Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) are indicated in the last column.
Museum ships not affiliated with a museum appear on a separate list of museum ships.
Table[]
State | City | Museum | Link | CAMM |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Mobile | Battleship Memorial Park | [1] | |
Alabama | Mobile | GulfQuest Maritime Museum | [2] | |
Alaska | Kodiak | [3] | ||
Arkansas | Little Rock | Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum | [4] | |
California | Dana Point | [5] | ||
California | Alameda | USS Hornet Museum | [6] | |
California | China Lake | Naval Museum of Armament & Technology | [7] | |
California | Homewood | Tahoe Maritime Museum | [8] | |
California | Los Angeles | Battleship USS Iowa Museum | [9] | |
California | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Maritime Museum | [10] | |
California | Monterey | Monterey Maritime and History Museum | [11] | Y |
California | Newport Beach | [12] | Y | |
California | Oxnard | [13] | ||
California | Port Hueneme | [14] | ||
California | Richmond | [15] | ||
California | Samoa | Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum | [16] | |
California | San Diego | San Diego Maritime Museum | [17] | Y |
California | San Francisco | San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park | [18] | Y |
California | San Francisco | [19] | ||
California | San Francisco | [20] | ||
California | San Pedro | Los Angeles Maritime Museum | [21] | |
California | Santa Barbara | [22] | Y | |
California | Sausalito | Spaulding Wooden Boat Center | [23] | |
California | Vallejo | [24] | ||
Connecticut | Bridgeport | [25] | ||
Connecticut | Essex Village | Connecticut River Museum | [26] | Y |
Connecticut | Groton | U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum | [27] | |
Connecticut | Mystic | Mystic Seaport Museum | [28] | Y |
Connecticut | New London | Custom House Maritime Museum | [29] | |
Connecticut | New London | [30] | Y | |
Delaware | Fenwick Island | [31] | ||
Delaware | Georgetown | [32] | ||
Delaware | Lewes | [33] | ||
Delaware | Lewes | United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118) | [34] | |
Delaware | Rehoboth Beach | [35] | ||
District of Columbia | Washington, DC | National Museum of the United States Navy | [36] | Y |
District of Columbia | Washington, DC | Naval History & Heritage Command | [37] | |
District of Columbia | Washington, DC | [38] | ||
Florida | Apalachicola | Apalachicola Maritime Museum | [39] | |
Florida | Daytona Beach | [40] | ||
Florida | DeLand | [41] | ||
Florida | Fort Pierce | National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum | [42] | |
Florida | Jacksonville | [43] | ||
Florida | Key West | Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum | [44] | |
Florida | Key West | [45] | ||
Florida | Key West | Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum | [46] | |
Florida | Fort Lauderdale | Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum | [47] | |
Florida | Panama City Beach | Man in the Sea Museum | [48] | |
Florida | Pensacola | National Naval Aviation Museum | [49] | |
Florida | Seminole | Panama Canal Museum | [50] | |
Florida | St. Augustine | St. Augustine Light | [51] | |
Florida | St. Augustine | [52] | ||
Florida | Sebastian | Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum | [53] | |
Florida | Seminole | Panama Canal Museum | [54] | Y |
Florida | Stuart | House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar | [55] | |
Florida | Stuart | Maritime & Yachting Museum | [56] | |
Florida | Tampa | [57] | ||
Florida | Vero Beach | McLarty Treasure Museum | [58] | |
Florida | West Palm Beach | [59] | ||
Georgia | Athens | |||
Georgia | Columbus | National Civil War Naval Museum | [60] | |
Georgia | St. Simons Island | St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum | [61] | |
Georgia | Savannah | Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum | [62] | Y |
Hawaii | Honolulu | Hawaii Maritime Center | [63] | Y |
Hawaii | Lahaina | [64] | ||
Hawaii | Pearl Harbor | USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park | [65] | |
Illinois | Chicago | Chicago Maritime Museum | [66] | |
Illinois | Naval Station Great Lakes | Great Lakes Naval Museum | [67] | |
Indiana | Delphi | Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center | [68] | |
Indiana | Jeffersonville | Howard Steamboat Museum | [69] | |
Indiana | Michigan City | Old Michigan City Light | [70] | |
Iowa | Dubuque | National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium | [71] | |
Iowa | Keokuk | [72] | ||
Kansas | Olathe | [73] | ||
Kansas | Wichita | [74] | ||
Kentucky | Paducah | [75] | ||
Louisiana | Baton Rouge | USS Kidd Veterans Museum | [76] | |
Louisiana | Madisonville | [77] | ||
Louisiana | Plaquemine | Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site | [78] | |
Louisiana | Lake Charles | USS Orleck Naval Museum | [79] | |
Maine | Bath | Maine Maritime Museum | [80] | Y |
Maine | Bristol | [81] | ||
Maine | Cape Elizabeth | Portland Head Light | [82] | |
Maine | Eastport | |||
Maine | Georgetown | [83] | ||
Maine | Greenville | [84] | ||
Maine | Kittery | [85] | ||
Maine | Northeast Harbor | [86] | ||
Maine | Port Clyde | Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum | [87] | |
Maine | Portland | [88] | Y | |
Maine | Rockland | [89] | ||
Maine | Searsport | Penobscot Marine Museum | [90] | Y |
Maine | Swan's Island | [91] | ||
Maine | Thomaston | [92] | ||
Maryland | Annapolis | [93] | ||
Maryland | Annapolis | U.S. Naval Academy Museum | [94] | Y |
Maryland | Baltimore | Baltimore Maritime Museum | [95] | |
Maryland | Baltimore | [96] | ||
Maryland | Baltimore | Fells Point Maritime Museum | [97] | Y |
Maryland | Cambridge | [98] | ||
Maryland | Chesapeake City | [99] | ||
Maryland | Havre de Grace | [100] | ||
Maryland | North East | [101] | ||
Maryland | Ocean City | Ocean City Life-Saving Station | [102] | |
Maryland | Patuxent River | Patuxent River Naval Air Museum | [103] | |
Maryland | Piney Point | Piney Point Lighthouse Museum | [104] | |
Maryland | Rock Hall | [105] | ||
Maryland | St. Michaels | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum | [106] | Y |
Maryland | Shady Side | [107] | ||
Maryland | Solomons | Calvert Marine Museum | [108] | Y |
Maryland | West Denton | [109] | ||
Massachusetts | Barnstable | Coast Guard Heritage Museum | [110] | |
Massachusetts | Billerica | [111] | ||
Massachusetts | Boston | Boston Marine Museum | ||
Massachusetts | Boston | Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum | [112] | |
Massachusetts | Boston | USS Constitution Museum | [113] | |
Massachusetts | Cambridge | Hart Nautical Gallery | [114] | Y |
Massachusetts | Charlestown | Charlestown Navy Yard | [115] | |
Massachusetts | Cohasset | [116] | ||
Massachusetts | Essex | Essex Shipbuilding Museum | [117] | Y |
Massachusetts | Fall River | Battleship Cove | [118] | |
Massachusetts | Fall River | Marine Museum at Fall River | [119] | |
Massachusetts | Gloucester | [120] | ||
Massachusetts | Gloucester | Cape Ann Museum | [121] | |
Massachusetts | Hull | Hull Lifesaving Museum | [122] | Y |
Massachusetts | Hyannis | Cape Cod Maritime Museum | [123] | |
Massachusetts | Indian Orchard | [124] | ||
Massachusetts | Nantucket | Nantucket Historical Association | [125] | Y |
Massachusetts | Nantucket | [126] | Y | |
Massachusetts | New Bedford | New Bedford Whaling Museum | [127] | Y |
Massachusetts | Newburyport | Custom House Maritime Museum | [128] | |
Massachusetts | Osterville | [129] | ||
Massachusetts | Provincetown | [130] | ||
Massachusetts | Quincy | United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum | [131] | |
Massachusetts | Salem | Peabody Essex Museum | [132] | Y |
Massachusetts | Salem | Salem Maritime National Historic Site | [133] | Y |
Massachusetts | Scituate | [134] | ||
Massachusetts | Truro | Cape Cod Highland Light | [135] | |
Michigan | Alpena | Great Lakes Maritime Heritage | [136] | |
Michigan | Cedarville | [137] | ||
Michigan | Copper Harbor | Copper Harbor Lighthouse | [138] | |
Michigan | Detroit | Dossin Great Lakes Museum | [139] | |
Michigan | Douglas | Keewatin Maritime Museum | [140] | |
Michigan | Eagle Harbor | Eagle Harbor Light | [141] | |
Michigan | Glen Arbor | Sleeping Bear Point Lifesaving Station | [142] | |
Michigan | Glen Haven | Cannery Boathouse Museum | [143] | |
Michigan | Grand Marais | or | [144] | |
Michigan | Gulliver | Seul Choix Light | [145] | |
Michigan | Harrisville | Sturgeon Point Light | [146] | |
Michigan | Marquette | Marquette Maritime Museum | [147] | |
Michigan | Muskegon | USS Silversides Submarine Museum | [148] | |
Michigan | Northport | Grand Traverse Light | [149] | |
Michigan | Paradise | Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum | [150] | |
Michigan | Port Hope | Pointe aux Barques Light | [151] | |
Michigan | Rogers City | Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum | [152] | |
Michigan | Sault Ste. Marie | [153] | ||
Michigan | Sault Ste. Marie | Soo Locks Visitor Center | [154] | |
Michigan | South Haven | Michigan Maritime Museum | [155] | Y |
Michigan | White Hall | White River Light | [156] | |
Minnesota | Alexandria | [157] | ||
Minnesota | Duluth | Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center | [158] | |
Minnesota | Tofte | North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum | [159] | |
Minnesota | Two Harbors | Split Rock Light | [160] | |
Mississippi | Biloxi | Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum | [161] | |
Missouri | Branson | The Titanic Museum | [162] | |
Missouri | Kansas City | Steamboat Arabia Museum | [163] | |
Nebraska | Brownville | [164] | ||
Nebraska | Omaha | [165] | ||
New Hampshire | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | USS Albacore (AGSS-569) | [166] | |
New Hampshire | Wolfeboro | [167] | ||
New Jersey | Beach Haven | [168] | ||
New Jersey | Camden | Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial | ||
New Jersey | Greenwich Township | [169] | ||
New Jersey | Hackensack | New Jersey Naval Museum | [170] | |
New Jersey | Linwood | [171] | ||
New Jersey | Lower Township | Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum | [172] | |
New Jersey | Point Pleasant | [173] | ||
New Jersey | Toms River | [174] | Y | |
New Jersey | Tuckerton | Tuckerton Seaport | [175] | Y |
New York | Buffalo | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park | [176] | |
New York | Buffalo | [177] | ||
New York | Buffalo | Buffalo Maritime Center | [178] | |
New York | Cape Vincent | Tibbetts Point Light | [179] | |
New York | Chittenango | [180] | ||
New York | Clayton | Antique Boat Museum | [181] | Y |
New York | Cold Spring Harbor | Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum | [182] | Y |
New York | Dunkirk | Dunkirk Light | [183] | |
New York | East Hampton | [184] | Y | |
New York | Greenport | East End Seaport Maritime Museum | [185] | Y |
New York | High Falls | Delaware and Hudson Canal Museum | [186] | |
New York | Kings Point | American Merchant Marine Museum | [187] | Y |
New York | Kingston | Hudson River Maritime Museum | [188] | Y |
New York | Lockport | [189] | ||
New York | Montauk Point | Montauk Point Light | [190] | |
New York | New York City | City Island Nautical Museum | [191] | |
New York | New York City | Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | [192] | |
New York | New York City | Maritime Industry Museum | [193] | |
New York | New York City | [194] | ||
New York | New York City | [195] | ||
New York | New York City | Noble Maritime Collection | [196] | |
New York | New York City | South Street Seaport Museum | [197] | Y |
New York | New York City | Waterfront Museum | [198] | |
New York | Oswego | H. Lee White Marine Museum | [199] | |
New York | Penn Yan | [200] | ||
New York | Sag Harbor | Sag Harbor Whaling Museum | [201] | |
New York | Skenesborough | [202] | ||
New York | Sodus Point | Sodus Point Light | [203] | |
New York | West Sayville | Long Island Maritime Museum | [204] | Y |
New York | Syracuse | Erie Canal Museum | [205] | Y |
North Carolina | Beaufort | North Carolina Maritime Museum | [206] | Y |
North Carolina | Hatteras | Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum | [207] | Y |
North Carolina | Manteo | North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island | [208] | |
North Carolina | Rodanthe | Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station | [209] | |
North Carolina | Southport | North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport | [210] | |
North Carolina | Wilmington | North Carolina Battleship Memorial | [211] | |
North Dakota | Devils Lake | [212] | ||
Ohio | Ashtabula | [213] | ||
Ohio | Fairport Harbor | Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse | [214] | |
Ohio | Marietta | Ohio River Museum | [215] | |
Ohio | Sandusky | [216] | ||
Ohio | Toledo | National Museum of the Great Lakes | [217] | |
Ohio | Vermilion | [218] | Y | |
Oklahoma | Catoosa | [219] | ||
Oregon | Astoria | Columbia River Maritime Museum | [220] | Y |
Oregon | North Bend | [221] | ||
Oregon | Port Orford | Port Orford Lifeboat Station | [222] | |
Oregon | Portland | Oregon Maritime Museum | [223] | |
Pennsylvania | Erie | Erie Maritime Museum | [224] | Y |
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Independence Seaport Museum | [225] | Y |
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | [226] | ||
Rhode Island | Bristol | Herreshoff Marine Museum | [227] | Y |
Rhode Island | Newport | Museum of Yachting | [228] | Y |
Rhode Island | Newport | Naval War College Museum | [229] | |
Rhode Island | Warwick | Steamship Historical Society of America | [230] | Y |
South Carolina | Charleston | Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum | [231] | Y |
Tennessee | Memphis | Mississippi River Museum | [232] | |
Texas | Corpus Christi | [233] | ||
Texas | Fredericksburg | Chester Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War | [234] | |
Texas | Galveston | Seawolf Park | [235] | |
Texas | Galveston | [236] | Y | |
Texas | Galveston | Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum | [237] | |
Texas | Houston | [238] | ||
Texas | Rockport | [239] | ||
Vermont | Vergennes | Lake Champlain Maritime Museum | [240] | Y |
Virginia | Deltaville | [241] | Y | |
Virginia | Irvington | [242] | ||
Virginia | Kinsale | [243] | ||
Virginia | Mathews | [244] | ||
Virginia | Morattico | [245] | ||
Virginia | Newport News | Mariners' Museum and Park, the official National Maritime Museum | [246] | Y |
Virginia | Norfolk | Hampton Roads Naval Museum | [247] | Y |
Virginia | Portsmouth | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum | [248] | Y |
Virginia | Quantico | National Museum of the Marine Corps | [249] | |
Virginia | Reedville | Reedville Fisherman's Museum | [250] | Y |
Virginia | Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum | [251] | Y |
Virginia | Yorktown | Waterman’s Museum | [252] | |
Washington | Aberdeen | Grays Harbor Historical Seaport | [253] | |
Washington | Anacortes | [254] | Y | |
Washington | Bellingham | [255] | ||
Washington | Blaine | [256] | ||
Washington | Bremerton | Puget Sound Navy Museum | [257] | |
Washington | Keyport | Naval Undersea Museum | [258] | |
Washington | Raymond | [259] | ||
Washington | Seattle | Center for Wooden Boats | [260] | Y |
Washington | Seattle | Coast Guard Museum/Northwest | [261] | |
Washington | Seattle | Northwest Seaport | [262] | Y |
Washington | Seattle | [263] | ||
Washington | Seattle | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society | [264] | Y |
Washington | Tacoma | Working Waterfront Maritime Museum | [265] | |
Washington | Westport | [266] | Y | |
West Virginia | Point Pleasant | [267] | ||
Wisconsin | Bayfield | [268] | ||
Wisconsin | Gills Rock | [269] | ||
Wisconsin | Manitowoc | Wisconsin Maritime Museum | [270] | Y |
Wisconsin | Milwaukee | [271] | ||
Wisconsin | Milwaukee | http://www.wmhs.org/] | ||
Wisconsin | Port Washington | [272] | ||
Wisconsin | Sturgeon Bay | Door County Maritime Museum | [273] | Y |
See also[]
- U.S. Navy museums
References[]
- Aymar, Brandt (1967). A pictorial treasury of the marine museums of the world. New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. OCLC 1303121.
- Howe, Hartley Edward (1987). North America's maritime museums: an annotated guide. New York, New York: Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-1001-3.
- Poutre, Joseph. "Naval and Maritime Museums List United States of America". Retrieved July 3, 2008.
- Saini, Vik. "Maritime and naval museum links". Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- Smith, Robert. "Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites". Retrieved July 3, 2008.
- Smith, Robert H. (2005). Smith’s guide to maritime museums of North America. Del Mar, California: C Books Publisher. ISBN 0-941786-07-2.
- Stanford, Joseph (1990). Sea History's Guide to American and Canadian Maritime Museums. Croton-on-Hudson, New York: National Maritime Historical Society. ISBN 0-930248-03-1.
Categories:
- Lists of museums in the United States
- Maritime museums in the United States