An alphabetical listing of Council of American Maritime Museums’ 80+ members across North America and beyond. For a location map and listing by state, click here. Here are numerous and varied museums devoted to seafaring (and riverfairing) – some exploring naval history and exhibiting preserved ships, some devoted to local commercial maritime activities, some with interactive programs for boat building, sailing and racing instruction, and child-involving activities. Just click on a name to go to the institution’s website.
Adirondack Museum – NY
American Merchant Marine Museum – NY
Annapolis Maritime Museum – MD
Antique Boat Museum – NY
Bayfront Maritime Center – PA *
Center for Wooden Boats – WA *
Channel Islands Maritime Museum – CA
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum – MD
Columbia River Maritime Museum – OR
Door County Maritime Museum – WI *
East End Seaport Museum – NY *
Erie Canal Museum – NY
Erie Maritime Museum/U.S. Brig Niagara – PA
Florida Maritime Museum – FL *
Hampton Roads Naval Museum – VA
Historic Ships in Baltimore – MD
Historic Naval Ships Association – MD *
Houston Maritime Museum – TX *
Hudson River Maritime Museum – NY
Hull Lifesaving Museum – MA *
Independence Seaport Museum – PA
Institute for Nautical Archaeology – TX
Kalmar Nyckel – DE
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum – VT
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum – LA *
Lightship Overfalls (LV 118) – DE *
Long Island Maritime Museum – NY
Los Angeles Maritime Museum – CA
Lowell’s Boat Shop – MA
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes – Ontario
The Mariners’ Museum – VA
Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler – NY
Maritime Museum Association of San Diego – CA
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Maryland Historical Society – MD
MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collection – MA
Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum – MN *
Museum Small Craft Association – MD *
Mystic Seaport – CT
Nantucket Historical Association / Nantucket Whaling Museum – MA
Nantucket Shipwreck & Life-Saving Museum – MA *
National Coast Guard Museum Association – CT *
National Maritime Historical Society – NY *
National Museum of Bermuda – Bermuda *
National Museum of the Great Lakes / The Great Lakes Historical Society – OH
National Museum of the U.S. Navy – DC
Nautical Research Guild, Inc – IL *
Nauticus – VA
Naval Historical Foundation – DC *
New Bedford Whaling Museum – MA
New Hampshire Boat Museum – NH *
North Carolina Maritime Museum – NC
Northwest Seaport – WA *
Ocean Institute – CA
Peabody Essex Museum – MA
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the Lightship Museum – VA
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society – WA *
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum – VA
Salem Maritime National Historic Site – MA
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park – CA
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum – CA
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum –
GA *
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History – DC
South Carolina Maritime Museum – SC *
South Street Seaport Museum – NY
Steamship Historical Society of America – RI *
Tahoe Maritime Museum – CA *
Texas Seaport Museum/1877 Barque ELISSA – TX *
Tuckerton Seaport – NJ *
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Museum – CT
U.S. Lighthouse Society – WA *
U.S. Lightship Museum – MA *
U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association – MA *
U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II – S.S. Lane Victory – CA
U.S. Naval Academy Museum – MD
U.S. Navy Ship Model Program – MD *
Vancouver Maritime Museum – Vancouver