Maritime Museums

EAST COAST
Connecticut
The Custom House Maritime Museum New London, CT	www.nlmaritimesociety.org
Mystic Seaport Museum* Mystic, CT	www.mysticseaport.org
US Coast Guard Academy Museum* New London, CT	www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp.history/collect.html
Delaware
Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum Fenwick Island, DE	www.discoversea.com
District of Columbia
US Navy Museum* Washington DC	www.history.navy.mil
Maine
Maine Maritime Museum*  Bath, ME	www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
Penobscot Marine Museum* Searsport, ME	www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org
Portland Harbor Museum* South Portland, ME	www.portlandharbormuseum.org
Maryland
Annapolis Maritime Museum* Annapolis, MD	www.annapolismaritimemuseum.org
Calvert Marine Museum* Solomons, MD	www.calvertmarinemuseum.org
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum* Saint Michaels, MD	www.cbmm.org
Cheasapeake Beach Railway Museum Chesapeake Beach, MD	www.cbrm.org
Maryland Historical Society* and Fells Point Maritime Museum  Baltimore, MD	www.mdhs.org
US Naval Academy Museum* Annapolis, MD	www.usna.edu/museum
Massachusettes
Cape Cod Maritime Museum Hyannis, MA	www.capecodmaritimemuseum.org
MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collection*  Cambridge, MA	www.mit.edu/museum
Nantucket Historical Association* Nantucket, MA	www.nha.org
Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Nantucket Island, MA	www.nantucketshipwreck.org
New Bedford Whaling Museum* New Bedford, MA	www.whalingmuseum.org
Peabody Essex Museum* Salem, MA	www.pem.org
New York
American Merchant Marine Museum* Kings Point, NY	www.usmma.edu
Antique Boat Museum* Clayton, NY	www.abm.org
Cold Spring Whaling Museum  Cold Spring Harbor, NY	www.cshwhalingmuseum.org
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum* Lake Champlain, NY	www.lcmm.org
Long Island Maritime Museum* West Sayville, NY	www.limaritime.org
South Street Seaport Museum* New York, NY	www.southstseaport.org
New Jersey
Toms River Seaport Society & Marine Museum  Toms River, NJ	www.tomsriverseaport.org
North Carolina
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum* Hatteras, NC	www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com
North Carolina Maritime Museum* Beaufort, NC	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/
Museum of the Sea Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Buxton, NC	www.nps.gov/caha
Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station Rodanthe, NC	www.hatteras-nc.com/chicamacomico/
Fort Fisher Historical Site  Kure Beach, NC	http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/fisher.htm
Pennsylvania
Erie Maritime Museum US Brig Niagara* Erie, PA	www.brigniagara.org
Independence Seaport Museum* Philadelphia, PA	www.phillyseaport.org
Rhode Island
Herreshoff Marine Museum* Bristol, RI	www.herreshoff.org
South Carolina
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum Charleston Harbor, SC	www.patriotspoint.org
Virginia
Hampton Roads Naval Museum* Norfolk, VA	www.hrnm.navy.mil
The Mariner's Museum* Newport News, VA	www.mariner.org
USS Monitor Center Newport News, VA	www.monitorcenter.org
Old Coast Guard Station* Virginia Beach, VA	www.oldcoastguardstation.com
Oyster & Maritime Museum Chincoteague, VA	www.chincoteaguechamber.com/oyster
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum & Lightship Portsmouth* Portsmouth, VA	www.portsmouthnavalmuseums.com
Reedville Fisherman's Museum* Reedville, VA	http://www.rfmuseum.org
WEST COAST
Columbia River Maritime Museum* Astoria, OR	www.crmm.org
Hawaii Maritime Center* Honolulu, HI	http://holoholo.org/maritime/
Maritme Museum of Monterey* Monterery, CA	www.montereryhistory.org
Maritime Museum of San Diego* San Diego, CA	www.sdmaritime.com
Naval Undersea Museum* Silverdale, WA	http://naval.undersea.museum
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum* Newport Beach, CA	www.nhnm.org
San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum San Diego, CA	www.midway.org
Working Waterfront Museum Tacoma, WA	www.wwfrontmuseum.org
RIVERS & CANALS
Connecticut River Museum*   Essex, CT	www.ctrivermuseum.org
Erie Canal Museum* Syracuse, NY	www.eriecanalmuseum.org
Hudson River Maritime Museum* Kingston, NY	www.hrmm.org
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium  Dubuque, IA	www.rivermuseum.com
GULF COAST
Texas Seaport Museum Galveston, TX	www.tsm-elissa.org
Lake Ponchartrain Maritime Museum Madisonville, LA	www.lpbmaritimemuseum.org
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society Key West, FL	www.melfisher.org
Texas Maritime Museum Rockport, TX	www.texasmaritimemuseum.org
GREAT LAKES
Great Lakes Historical Society*  Vermillion, OH	www.inlandseas.org
Great Lakes Naval Museum Great Lakes, IL	www.greatlakesnavalmuseum.org
Leif Erikson Viking Ship Restoration Project Duluth, MN	www.duluthvikingship.com
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center Duluth, MN	www.lsmma.com
Michigan Maritime Museum* South Haven, MI	www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Minnesota Marine Art Museum Winona, MN	www.minnesotamarineart.org
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Alpena, MI	www.thunderbay.noaa.gov
Wisconsin Maritime Museum Manitowoc, WI	www.wisconsinmaritime.org
INTERNATIONAL
Australian National Maritime Museum* Sydney, NSW, Australia	www.anmm.gov.au
Batavia-yard Lelystad,  The Netherlands	www.bataviawerf.nl/en
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	www.maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes* Kingston, ON, Canada	www.marmuseum.ca
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic* Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	www.maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca
National Maritime Museum Greenwich, England	www.nmm.ac.uk
Musee National de la Marine  Paris, France	www.musee-marine.fr
Vancouver Maritime Museum* Vancouver, BC, Canada	www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com