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[edit]

State  | City  | Museum  | Link  | CAMM

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Alabama | Mobile | Battleship Memorial Park | [1] |
Alabama | Mobile | GulfQuest Maritime Museum | [2] |
Alaska | Kodiak | Kodiak Maritime Museum | [3] |
Arkansas | Little Rock | Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum | [4] |
California | Dana Point | Orange County Marine Institute | [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 | Morro Bay, California | Morro Bay Maritime Museum | [12] |
California | Newport Beach | Newport Harbor Maritime Museum | [13] | Y
California | Oxnard | Channel Islands (Ventura County) Maritime Museum | [14] |
California | Port Hueneme | US Navy SeaBee Museum | [15] |
California | Richmond | Rosie the Riveter National Historic Site | [16] |
California | Samoa | Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum | [17] |
California | San Diego | San Diego Maritime Museum | [18] | Y
California | San Francisco | San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park | [19] | Y
California | San Francisco | San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, USS Pampanito | [20] | Y
California | San Francisco | National Liberty Ship Memorial | [21] |
California | San Pedro | Los Angeles Maritime Museum | [22] |
California | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | [23] | Y
California | Sausalito | Spaulding Wooden Boat Center | [24] |
California | Vallejo | Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum | [25] |
Connecticut | Bridgeport | Captain's Cove Seaport | [26] |
Connecticut | Essex Village | Connecticut River Museum | [27] | Y
Connecticut | Groton | U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum | [28] |
Connecticut | Mystic | Mystic Seaport Museum | [29] | Y
Connecticut | New London | Custom House Maritime Museum | [30] |
Connecticut | New London | US Coast Guard Museum | [31] | Y
Delaware | Fenwick Island | Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum | [32] |
Delaware | Georgetown | Treasures of the Sea | [33] |
Delaware | Lewes | Cannonball House and Marine Museum | [34] |
Delaware | Lewes | United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118) | [35] |
Delaware | Rehoboth Beach | Indian River Lifesaving Station Museum | [36] |
Delaware | Wilmington | Kalmar Nyckel Foundation | [37] | Y
District of Columbia | Washington, DC | National Museum of the United States Navy | [38] | Y
District of Columbia | Washington, DC | Naval History & Heritage Command | [39] |
District of Columbia | Washington, DC | Navy Art Collection | [40] |
Florida | Apalachicola | Apalachicola Maritime Museum | [41] Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine |
Florida | Daytona Beach | Daytona Maritime Museum | [42] |
Florida | DeLand | DeLand Naval Air Station Museum | [43] |
Florida | Fort Pierce | National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum | [44] |
Florida | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Maritime Heritage Center | [45] |
Florida | Key West | Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum | [46] |
Florida | Key West | Lighthouse Museum & Keepers Quarters Museum | [47] |
Florida | Key West | Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum | [48] |
Florida | Fort Lauderdale | Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum | [49] |
Florida | Panama City Beach | Man in the Sea Museum | [50] Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine |
Florida | Pensacola | National Naval Aviation Museum | [51] |
Florida | St. Augustine | St. Augustine Light | [52] |
Florida | St. Augustine | The Lyons Maritime Museum | [53] |
Florida | Sebastian | Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum | [54] |
Florida | Seminole | Panama Canal Museum | [55] | Y
Florida | Stuart | House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar | [56] |
Florida | Stuart | Maritime & Yachting Museum | [57] |
Florida | Tampa | SS American Victory Mariners Museum | [58] |
Florida | Vero Beach | McLarty Treasure Museum | [59] |
Florida | West Palm Beach | Palm Beach Maritime Museum | [60] |
Georgia | Athens | Navy Supply Corps Museum |  |
Georgia | Columbus | National Civil War Naval Museum | [61] |
Georgia | St. Marys | St. Marys Submarine Museum | [62] |
Georgia | St. Simons Island | St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum | [63] |
Georgia | Savannah | Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum | [64] | Y
Hawaii | Honolulu | Hawaii Maritime Center | [65] | Y
Hawaii | Lahaina | Whalers Village Museum | [66] |
Hawaii | Pearl Harbor | USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park | [67] |
Illinois | Chicago | Chicago Maritime Museum | [68] |
Illinois | Naval Station Great Lakes | Great Lakes Naval Museum | [69] |
Indiana | Delphi | Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center | [70] |
Indiana | Jeffersonville | Howard Steamboat Museum | [71] |
Indiana | Michigan City | Old Michigan City Light | [72] |
Iowa | Dubuque | National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium | [73] |
Iowa | Keokuk | George M. Verity River Museum | [74] |
Kansas | Olathe | Old Olathe Naval Air Museum | [75] |
Kansas | Wichita | Wichita Boathouse | [76] |
Kentucky | Paducah | River Heritage Museum | [77] Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine |
Louisiana | Baton Rouge | USS Kidd Veterans Museum | [78] |
Louisiana | Madisonville | Maritime Museum Louisiana | [79] |
Louisiana | Plaquemine | Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site | [80] |
Louisiana | Lake Charles | USS Orleck Naval Museum | [81] |
Maine | Bath | Maine Maritime Museum | [82] | Y
Maine | Bristol | Fisherman's Museum | [83] |
Maine | Cape Elizabeth | Portland Head Light | [84] |
Maine | Eastport | Quoddy Maritime Museum |  |
Maine | Georgetown | Seguin Island Light Station | [85] |
Maine | Greenville | Moosehead Marine Museum | [86] |
Maine | Kittery | Kittery Historical and Naval Museum | [87] |
Maine | Northeast Harbor | Great Harbor Maritime Museum | [88] |
Maine | Port Clyde | Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum | [89] |
Maine | Portland | Portland Harbor Museum | [90] | Y
Maine | Rockland | Maine Lighthouse Museum | [91] |
Maine | Searsport | Penobscot Marine Museum | [92] | Y
Maine | Swan's Island | Swan's Island Lobster & Marine Museum | [93] |
Maine | Thomaston | Maine Watercraft Museum | [94] |
Maryland | Annapolis | Annapolis Maritime Museum | [95] |
Maryland | Annapolis | U.S. Naval Academy Museum | [96] | Y
Maryland | Baltimore | Baltimore Maritime Museum | [97] |
Maryland | Baltimore | Frederick Douglas Isaac Myers Maritime Park | [98] |
Maryland | Baltimore | Fells Point Maritime Museum | [99] | Y
Maryland | Cambridge | Richardson Maritime Museum | [100] |
Maryland | Chesapeake City | Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Museum | [101] |
Maryland | Havre de Grace | Havre de Grace Maritime Museum | [102] |
Maryland | North East | Upper Bay Museum | [103] |
Maryland | Ocean City | Ocean City Life-Saving Station | [104] |
Maryland | Patuxent River | Patuxent River Naval Air Museum | [105] |
Maryland | Piney Point | Piney Point Lighthouse Museum | [106] |
Maryland | Rock Hall | Waterman's Museum | [107] |
Maryland | St. Michaels | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum | [108] | Y
Maryland | Shady Side | Captain Salem Avery House Museum | [109] |
Maryland | Solomons | Calvert Marine Museum | [110] | Y
Maryland | West Denton | Joppa Wharf Museum | [111] |
Massachusetts | Barnstable | Coast Guard Heritage Museum | [112] |
Massachusetts | Billerica | Middlesex Canal Museum | [113] |
Massachusetts | Boston | Boston Marine Museum |  |
Massachusetts | Boston | Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum | [114] |
Massachusetts | Boston | USS Constitution Museum | [115] |
Massachusetts | Cambridge | Hart Nautical Gallery | [116] | Y
Massachusetts | Charlestown | Charlestown Navy Yard | [117] |
Massachusetts | Cohasset | Cohasset Historical Society's Maritime Museum | [118] |
Massachusetts | Essex | Essex Shipbuilding Museum | [119] | Y
Massachusetts | Fall River | Battleship Cove | [120] |
Massachusetts | Fall River | Marine Museum at Fall River | [121] |
Massachusetts | Gloucester | Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center | [122] |
Massachusetts | Gloucester | Cape Ann Museum | [123] |
Massachusetts | Hull | Hull Lifesaving Museum | [124] | Y
Massachusetts | Hyannis | Cape Cod Maritime Museum | [125] |
Massachusetts | Indian Orchard | Titanic Museum | [126] |
Massachusetts | Nantucket | Nantucket Historical Association | [127] | Y
Massachusetts | Nantucket | Nantucket Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum | [128] | Y
Massachusetts | New Bedford | New Bedford Whaling Museum | [129] | Y
Massachusetts | Newburyport | Custom House Maritime Museum | [130] |
Massachusetts | Osterville | Crosby Boat Yard | [131] |
Massachusetts | Provincetown | Whydah Museum | [132] |
Massachusetts | Quincy | United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum | [133] |
Massachusetts | Salem | Peabody Essex Museum | [134] | Y
Massachusetts | Salem | Salem Maritime National Historic Site | [135] | Y
Massachusetts | Scituate | Maritime and Irish Mossing Museum | [136] |
Massachusetts | Truro | Cape Cod Highland Light | [137] |
Michigan | Alpena | Great Lakes Maritime Heritage | [138] |
Michigan | Cedarville | Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum | [139] |
Michigan | Copper Harbor | Copper Harbor Lighthouse | [140] |
Michigan | Detroit | Dossin Great Lakes Museum | [141] |
Michigan | Douglas | Keewatin Maritime Museum | [142] |
Michigan | Eagle Harbor | Eagle Harbor Light | [143] |
Michigan | Glen Arbor | Sleeping Bear Point Lifesaving Station | [144] |
Michigan | Glen Haven | Cannery Boathouse Museum | [145] |
Michigan | Grand Marais | Grand Marais Maritime Museum or Pictured Rocks Nautical and Maritime Museum | [146] |
Michigan | Gulliver | Seul Choix Light | [147] |
Michigan | Harrisville | Sturgeon Point Light | [148] |
Michigan | Marquette | Marquette Maritime Museum | [149] |
Michigan | Muskegon | USS Silversides Submarine Museum | [150] |
Michigan | Northport | Grand Traverse Light | [151] |
Michigan | Paradise | Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum | [152] |
Michigan | Port Hope | Pointe aux Barques Light | [153] Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine |
Michigan | Rogers City | Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum | [154] |
Michigan | Sault Ste. Marie | River of History Museum | [155] |
Michigan | Sault Ste. Marie | Soo Locks Visitor Center | [156] |
Michigan | South Haven | Michigan Maritime Museum | [157] | Y
Michigan | White Hall | White River Light | [158] |
Minnesota | Alexandria | Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum | [159] |
Minnesota | Duluth | Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center | [160] |
Minnesota | Tofte | North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum | [161] |
Minnesota | Two Harbors | Split Rock Light | [162] |
Mississippi | Biloxi | Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum | [163] |
Missouri | Branson | The Titanic Museum | [164] |
Missouri | Kansas City | Steamboat Arabia Museum | [165] |
Nebraska | Brownville | Museum of Missouri River History | [166] |
Nebraska | Omaha | Freedom Park Navy Museum | [167] |
New Hampshire | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | USS Albacore (AGSS-569) | [168] |
New Hampshire | Wolfeboro | New Hampshire Boat Museum | [169] |
New Jersey | Beach Haven | Museum of New Jersey Maritime History | [170] |
New Jersey | Camden | Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial |  |
New Jersey | Greenwich Township | John DuBois Maritime Museum | [171] |
New Jersey | Hackensack | New Jersey Naval Museum | [172] |
New Jersey | Linwood | Jim Kirk Maritime Museum | [173] |
New Jersey | Lower Township | Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum | [174] |
New Jersey | Point Pleasant | New Jersey Museum of Boating | [175] |
New Jersey | Toms River | Toms River Seaport Society Maritime Museum | [176] | Y
New Jersey | Tuckerton | Tuckerton Seaport | [177] | Y
New York | Buffalo | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park | [178] |
New York | Buffalo | Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society | [179] |
New York | Buffalo | Buffalo Maritime Center | [180] |
New York | Cape Vincent | Tibbetts Point Light | [181] |
New York | Chittenango | Chittenango Landing Boat Museum | [182] |
New York | Clayton | Antique Boat Museum | [183] | Y
New York | Cold Spring Harbor | Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum | [184] | Y
New York | Dunkirk | Dunkirk Light | [185] |
New York | East Hampton | East Hampton Town Marine Museum | [186] | Y
New York | Greenport | East End Seaport Maritime Museum | [187] | Y
New York | High Falls | Delaware and Hudson Canal Museum | [188] |
New York | Kings Point | American Merchant Marine Museum | [189] | Y
New York | Kingston | Hudson River Maritime Museum | [190] | Y
New York | Lockport | Erie Canal Discovery Center | [191] |
New York | Montauk Point | Montauk Point Light | [192] |
New York | New York City | City Island Nautical Museum | [193] |
New York | New York City | Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | [194] |
New York | New York City | Maritime Industry Museum | [195] |
New York | New York City | New Netherland Museum | [196] |
New York | New York City | Museum of Maritime Navigation and Communication | [197] |
New York | New York City | Noble Maritime Collection | [198] |
New York | New York City | South Street Seaport Museum | [199] | Y
New York | New York City | Waterfront Museum | [200] |
New York | Oswego | H. Lee White Marine Museum | [201] |
New York | Penn Yan | Finger Lakes Boating Museum | [202] |
New York | Sag Harbor | Sag Harbor Whaling Museum | [203] |
New York | Skenesborough | Skenesborough Museum | [204] |
New York | Sodus Point | Sodus Point Light | [205] |
New York | West Sayville | Long Island Maritime Museum | [206] | Y
New York | Syracuse | Erie Canal Museum | [207] | Y
North Carolina | Beaufort | North Carolina Maritime Museum | [208] | Y
North Carolina | Hatteras | Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum | [209] | Y
North Carolina | Manteo | North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island | [210] |
North Carolina | Rodanthe | Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station | [211] |
North Carolina | Southport | North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport | [212] |
North Carolina | Wilmington | North Carolina Battleship Memorial | [213] |
North Dakota | Devils Lake | North Dakota Maritime Museum | [214] |
Ohio | Ashtabula | Ashtabula Maritime Museum | [215] |
Ohio | Fairport Harbor | Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse | [216] |
Ohio | Marietta | Ohio River Museum | [217] |
Ohio | Sandusky | Maritime Museum of Sandusky | [218] |
Ohio | Toledo | National Museum of the Great Lakes | [219] |
Ohio | Vermilion | Inland Seas Maritime Museum | [220] | Y
Oklahoma | Catoosa | Arkansas River Historical Society Museum | [221] |
Oregon | Astoria | Columbia River Maritime Museum | [222] | Y
Oregon | North Bend | Coos Historical & Maritime Museum | [223] |
Oregon | Port Orford | Port Orford Lifeboat Station | [224] |
Oregon | Portland | Oregon Maritime Museum | [225] |
Pennsylvania | Erie | Erie Maritime Museum | [226] | Y
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Independence Seaport Museum | [227] | Y
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild | [228] |
Rhode Island | Bristol | Herreshoff Marine Museum | [229] Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine | Y
Rhode Island | Newport | Museum of Yachting | [230] | Y
Rhode Island | Newport | Naval War College Museum | [231] |
Rhode Island | Warwick | Steamship Historical Society of America | [232] | Y
South Carolina | Charleston | Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum  | [233] | Y
Tennessee | Memphis | Mississippi River Museum | [234] |
Texas | Corpus Christi | USS Lexington on the Bay Museum | [235] |
Texas | Fredericksburg | Chester Nimitz Museum of the Pacific War | [236] |
Texas | Galveston | Seawolf Park | [237] |
Texas | Galveston | Texas Seaport Museum | [238] | Y
Texas | Galveston | Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum | [239] |
Texas | Houston | Houston Maritime Museum | [240] |
Texas | Rockport | Texas Maritime Museum | [241] |
Vermont | Vergennes | Lake Champlain Maritime Museum | [242] | Y
Virginia | Deltaville | Deltaville Maritime Museum | [243] | Y
Virginia | Irvington | Steamboat Era Museum | [244] |
Virginia | Kinsale | Kinsale Maritime Museum | [245] |
Virginia | Mathews | Mathews Maritime Museum | [246] |
Virginia | Morattico | Morattico Maritime Museum | [247] |
Virginia | Newport News | Mariners' Museum and Park, the official National Maritime Museum  | [248] | Y
Virginia | Norfolk | Hampton Roads Naval Museum | [249] Archived 2015-07-17 at the Wayback Machine | Y
Virginia | Portsmouth | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum | [250] | Y
Virginia | Quantico | National Museum of the Marine Corps | [251] Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine |
Virginia | Reedville | Reedville Fisherman's Museum | [252] | Y
Virginia | Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum | [253] | Y
Virginia | Yorktown | Waterman’s Museum | [254] |
Washington | Aberdeen | Grays Harbor Historical Seaport | [255] |
Washington | Anacortes | Anacortes History Museum | [256] | Y
Washington | Bellingham | Bellingham International Maritime Museum | [257] |
Washington | Blaine | Semiahmoo Park Maritime Museum | [258] |
Washington | Bremerton | Puget Sound Navy Museum | [259] |
Washington | Keyport | Naval Undersea Museum | [260] |
Washington | Raymond | Willapa Seaport Museum | [261] |
Washington | Seattle | Center for Wooden Boats | [262] | Y
Washington | Seattle | Coast Guard Museum/Northwest | [263] |
Washington | Seattle | Northwest Seaport | [264] | Y
Washington | Seattle | Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center | [265] |
Washington | Seattle | Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society | [266] | Y
Washington | Tacoma | Working Waterfront Maritime Museum | [267] |
Washington | Westport | Westport Maritime Museum | [268] | Y
West Virginia | Point Pleasant | Point Pleasant River Museum | [269] |
Wisconsin | Bayfield | Bayfield Maritime Museum | [270] |
Wisconsin | Gills Rock | Gills Rock Museum | [271] |
Wisconsin | Manitowoc | Wisconsin Maritime Museum | [272] | Y
Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Maritime Center | [273] |
Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Wisconsin Marine Historical Society | http://www.wmhs.org/]  |
Wisconsin | Port Washington | Port Washington Historical Society Light House Museum | [274] |
Wisconsin | Sturgeon Bay | Door County Maritime Museum | [275] | Y

## See also[edit]

* U.S. Navy museums

## References[edit]

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