CANADA
- Bluenose II Preservation Trust
121 Bluenose Drive
P.O. Box 1963
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia B0J 2C0
Phone: 902-634-1963
Toll Free: 1-800-763-1963
Fax: 902-634-1995
The Bluenose
II Preservation Trust is a volunteer organization dedicated to preserving
Nova Scotia's maritime heritage through the operation of the Bluenose
II, a replica of the schooner, the Bluenose. The Bluenose was legendary
as the winner of the International Fisherman's Trophy for 18 consecutive
years. This trophy was awarded as part of the friendly racing competition
held between Canadian and U.S. working fishing schooners in the
1920-30s.
- The Canadian Nautical
Research Society
Founded in 1984,
CNRS is an organisation for people interested in Canadian, North
Atlantic and North Pacific nautical history.
Membership is CAN$30 for individuals, CAN$55 for institutions from:
CNRS, PO Box 21076, 151A Second Ave
Ottawa, ON K1S 5N1
This includes
a quarterly publication The Northern Mariner and a newsletter, The
Argonauta, which are both published through the facilities of Memorial
University, Newfoundland.
- Maritime History Archive
- Memorial University, Newfoundland
- Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 1S3 Canada
Tel: (902) 424-7490
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest Maritime
Museum in Canada. Having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998,
the Museum has developed a unique history of its own. The mandate of the Maritime
Museum of the Atlantic: to create for all an awareness, appreciation
and understanding of Nova Scotia's marine heritage through collection,
preservation, research, interpretation and exhibition.
- Maritime Museum of British Columbia
28 Bastion Square
Victoria, B.C.
V8W 1H9
Canada
Tel: (250) 385-4222
Fax: (250) 382-2869
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia is committed to promoting,
presenting and interpreting to the residents of British Columbia and
their visitors our vibrant maritime heritage, through stimulating
exhibits and dynamic educational and performing arts programs. On
an ongoing basis, the museum will collect, document, preserve, store,
study and display artifacts, scientific and technological specimens,
works of art and archival material of maritime interest.
- Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at
Kingston, Canada
- Vancouver Maritime Museum
1905 Ogden Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1A3 Canada
Fax: (604) 737-2621
E-mail: genvmm@vmm.bc.ca
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is the principal maritime museum on
the Pacific Coast of Canada, and Greater Vancouver region's link to
maritime history, art, culture and technology. Our programs and exhibits
relate the past, to the present, and look to the future.
AUSTRALIA
- Australian Maritime
Museum
2 Murray St, Darling Harbour, Sydney,
New South Wales 1042 Australia
Tel: 61 2 9298 3777
- Western Australian Maritime Museum
Cliff Street
Fremantle, WA 6160
Tel: (09) 431 8444 430 5120; Fax: (09) 335 7224
Email: wrecks@mm.wa.gov.au
The Western Australian
Maritime Museum is part of the Western Australian Museum. It is
located in Fremantle and consists of the Maritime Museum, the Historic
Boats Museum as museum venues and the Departments of Maritime Archaeology,
Maritime History and Education. The Western Australian Maritime
Museum has developed an internationally important collection of
shipwreck relics and the largest museum collection of Australian
Boats.
Maritime Museum
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 10.30am - 5.00pm
Friday-Sunday, Anzac & Boxing Days 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Other public holidays 9.30am - 5.00pm
DENMARK
- Danish Fisheries and Maritime Museum
Fiskeri-og Sofartsmuseet
Tarphagevej 2
6710 Esberg V
Denmark
Tel: + 45 7612 2000
Fax: + 45 7612 2010
fimus@fimus.dk
The Fisheries and Maritime Museum is the largest institution of its
kind in Denmark focusing on Danish fisheries and marine biology, the
tidal wetlands (Wadden Sea), west Jutland coastal shipping and the
North Sea offshore industries. So the theme of the museum can truly
be said to be "people and the sea".
FRANCE
- Paris Maritime Museum
Musée de la Marine
Palais de Chaillot,
Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre,
F-75116 Paris.
Tel: +33 (0)1 45533170
Fax: +33 (0)1 53656942
GERMANY
- German Maritime Museum
Hans-Scharon-Platz 1,
D27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Tel: + 49 471 48 20 70
postmaster@dsm.de
Exhibitions on Medieval Shipping, Shipping in the early modern period,
Shipping in the industrial age, Open-air museum, Fishing and whaling,
Tidal research and forecasting, Oceanography and polar research, Pilotage
and navigation, andSailing and boating.
IRELAND
- National Maritime
Museum of Ireland
Haigh Terrace
Dun Laoghaire
Co Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0)1 280 0969
Fax: +353 (0)1 284 4602
NORWAY
PORTUGAL
SCOTLAND
- Scottish Fisheries Museum
St Ayles
Harbourhead
Anstruther
Fife KY10 3AB, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1333 310628
andrew@scottish-fisheries-museum.org
The Scottish Fisheries Museum tells the story of Scottish fishing
and its people from the earliest times to the present.
SWEDEN
- Swedish Maritime Museum
Marinmuseum
Stumholmen SE37132
Karlskrona, Sweden
Tel: + 46 455 53902
Fax: + 46 455 53949
marinmuseum@sshm.se
UNITED KINGDOM
- Hasting’s Fisherman’s
Museum
Rock-a-Nore Road
Hastings
East Sussex TN34 3DW, England
Tel: +44 (0)1424 461446
- International Sail Training Association
5 Mumby Road
Gosport
Hants, UK
Tel: +44 1705 586367
Fax: +44 1705 584661
Race Office: raceoffice@ista.co.uk
- The
Historic Dockyard
Chatham, Kent
Tel: (01634) 812551
The 18th century
dockyard, historic birthplace of the Royal Navy, is now a living,
working museum.
- The Lighthouse Society of Great
Britain
Contact: Ken Trethewey
Gravesend Cottage
Gravesend, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2LX, UK
Email: kt1@soton.ac.uk
The Lighthouse
Society mission is to help collect, archive, and desseminate information
about lighthouses of all kinds and in all eras. By encouraging the
preservation of lighthouse artifacts and developing an extensive
lighthouse information archive, the Society hopes that future generations
will benefit from this rich nautical heritage.
- Merseyside Maritime
Museum
Albert Dock
Liverpool
Merseyside L3 4AQ, England
Tel: +44 (0)151 207 0001
Tells the story of Liverpool's
seafaring heritage and the merchant navy.
- National Maritime Museum
Romney Road
Greenwich, SE10 UK
Tel: 081-858-4422; Fax: 081-312-6632
The National
Maritime Museum houses an extensive nautical collection which traces
the story of Britain and the sea from earliest times until the present
day.
- Portsmouth Historic
Ships
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Portsmouth, UK
A voyage through
800 years of naval history. Featuring the Mary Rose Exhibition and
Ship Hall, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860, and the Royal Naval Museum.
Open: 10am -
5.30pm April to Oct.; 10am - 5pm Nov. to March. Open every day of
the year except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Royal Naval
Museum is closed on Boxing day.
- Guide
to Naval & Maritime Museums in the United Kingdom
This guide contains
two parts: (1) a list of 205 Naval and other maritime museums in
England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland (Ulster) and the
offshore islands, and (2) a list of 245 historic vessels.
Naval museums
include Royal Marines (RM) & Fleet Air Arm (FAA) collections.
Civil maritime sites include Royal National Lifeboat Institution
(RNLI), local and national museums with collections related to fisheries,
trade, shipbuilding, inland waterways, Customs & Excise, maritime
exploration and other nautical interests.
- The Nautical Institute
202 Lambeth Road
London, SE1 7LQ
Phone: 0171 928 1351
Fax: 0171 401 2817
UNITED STATES
California
- Orange County
Marine Institute
P.O. Box 69
Dana Point, CA 92629
- Monterey Marine
Museum
5 Custom House Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940 USA
- San Diego Maritime
Museum
1306 N. Harbor Dr.
San Diego, CA 92101 USA
Tel: (619) 234-9153
Connecticut
- "HMS" Rose Foundation
1 Bostwick Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06605 USA
Tel: (203) 335-1433; Fax: (203) 335-6793
- Historic Ship Nautilus (SSN 571)
and Submarine Force Library
and Museum Naval Submarine Base
Off Route 12
Groton, CT 06349-5571
Tel: (203) 449-3558, (800) 343-0079
The Submarine
Force Library and Museum presents the history of the U.S. Submarine
Force from the Revolutionary War to the present. In conjunction
with the Museum, tour the world's first nuclear-powered ship USS
Nautilus (SSN 571).
Open: Apr 15 - Oct 14, Wed-Mon 9am-5pm, Tue. 1pm-5pm; Oct. 15 -Apr
14, Wed-Mon 9am-4pm, closed Tues.
- Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave. (1 mile from I-95, exit 90)
P.O. Box 6000
Mystic, CT 06355-0990 USA
Tel: (203) 572-5315 - Information, (203) 572-0711 - Offices
Mystic Seaport
Museum, founded in 1929, actively pursues the collection, preservation,
and exhibition of artifacts and skills related to maritime history
and its influence on American life. The Seaport resides on a 17-acre
waterfront site and includes tall ships, a seaport village, museum
exhibits, special events and demonstrations. The Seaport's collection
of famous ships include the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan, 1882
square-rigged ship Joseph Conrad, Grand Banks Schooner L.A. Dunton,
and 1908 coal-fired steamboat Sabino.
Open: 9am-5pm daily
- Coast Guard Museum
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Mohegan Ave. (Route 32 off I-95)
New London, CT
Observe cadets
pass in review most Friday afternoons at 4pm, April-May and Sept.-
Oct. Waesche Hall contains a museum displaying maritime artifacts.
When in port, the training barque Eagle can be toured on Sat.- Sun.
noon-5pm.
- Operation Sail,
Inc.
2 Greenwich Plaza, Suite 100
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel: (203) 629-4600
Fax: (203) 629-1992
Operation Sail™,
Inc. is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to sail training
and good will among nations. Operation Sail is the original and
oldest tall-ships organization in the world. The first Parade of
Sail in the United States was organized by OpSail and took place
on the Hudson River on July 4, 1964. Since then, in 1976, 1986 and
1992, thousands of sailing ships, their cadets and crews have made
the journey to OpSail events in New York Harbor.
Delaware
- Delaware Bay Schooner Project
2800 High Street
Port Norris, NJ 08349
Fax: (609) 785-2893
E-mail: ajmeerwald@qbc2.com
The Delaware
Bay Schooner Project operates the schooner A.J. MEERWALD, an authentically
restored oyster schooner, as a hands on classroom for stewardship
of the Delaware Estuary and its environs. She is designated as New
Jersey’s Official tall ship, and as such she travels from near Trenton
on the Delaware river to the Atlantic coast and Hudson River. The
student program includes, sailing the ship, trawling for marine
life, as well as prepared learning stations.
Florida
- Destin Fishing
Museum
Moreno Plaza
Destin, FL
This small museum
provides insights into the local fishing industry in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Open: Tue.-Sat. 11am-4pm, Sun. 1pm-4pm
- Florida Lighthouse Association
4931 South Peninsula Drive
Ponce Inlet, Florida 32127
Phone: (904) 761-1821; Fax:(904) 761-182
E-mail: fla@ponceinlet.org
A special, non-profit,
state-wide organization to promote the preservation and
interpretation of Florida lighthouses.
- Gilbert's Bar
House of Refuge
301 S.E. MacArthur Blvd
Fort Pierce, FL
This house was
a sailors refuge provided by the U.S. Life Saving Service, the forerunners
of the U.S. Coast Guard. The house dates from 1875 and contains
nautical artifacts and life-saving equipment.
Open: Tue.-Sun. 11am-4:15pm
- Key West Lighthouse
Museum
938 Whitehead St.
Key West, FL 33040 USA
Climbing the
88 steps to the viewing balcony provides a wonderful view of Key
West. The present lighthouse structure was built in 1847-8 with
an additional 20 feet added in 1894. The lighthouse contains memorabilia
from past lighthouse keepers.
Open: 9:30am-5pm daily
- Maritime Museum
of the Florida Keys
Route 1
Key West, FL 33040 USA
Contains artifacts
from several shipwrecks in the Florida Keys and Caribbean Islands.
Collection includes items from the wreck Atocha discovered by Mel
Fisher. Pirate lore and treasure hunting maps help you recapture
the feel of the buccaneering days.
Open: Mon. - Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm.
- Mel Fisher
Maritime Heritage Society
200 Greene St.
Key West, FL 33040 USA
The museum features
treasures discovered by Mel Fisher, who perservered for 16 years
before discovering the famous Atocha riches in 1985. The Spanish
galleon Atocha sank of the Florida Keys in 1622 with a cargo of
gold, silver, and jewelry worth $200 million.
Open: 9:30am-5pm daily
- Museum of Man
in the Sea
17314 Back Beach Road
Panama City Beach, FL
This museum traces
the history of diving, for the earliest apparatus and techniques
to modern innovations. Models, dioramas, and equipment exhibits
cover topics, such as marine salvage and construction, oil drilling
and exploration, scuba, saturation diving.
Open: 9am-5pm daily
- Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
4931 South Peninsula Drive
Ponce Inlet, Florida 32127
Telephone and Fax: (904) 761-1821
Completed in
1887 the old Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse, now known as the Ponce de
Leon Inlet Lighthouse is still active and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. It is one of only a handful of light
stations in the United States which have all of the original buildings
still standing.
Open: Daily except
Christmas May 1st through Labor Day
Lighthouse admissions: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Labor Day through April 30th Lighthouse admissions: 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
- U.D.T.-S.E.A.L. Museum
3300 N. A1A (at Pepper Park)
Ft. Pierce, FL
The museum traces
the history of the U.S. Navy's World War II Underwater Demolition
Teams (U.D.T.) and their present successors, the Sea, Air, and Land
Teams (S.E.A.L.).
Open: Tue.-Sat. 10am-4pm, Sun. noon-4pm
- Wreckers' Museum
322 Duval St.
Key West, FL 33040 USA
The museum resides in the "oldest house in Key West" built around
1829. The interior of the house has plankings that resemble a ship's
hull. The museum traces the history of the 19th wrecking industry.
Open: 10am-4pm daily
Maine
- Maine Maritime Museum
243 Washington St.
Bath, ME 04530 USA
Tel: (207) 443-1316
The museum resides
on a 15 acre site where two former shipyards built majestic wooden
sailing boats. The maritime history building contains paintings,
ship models, displays of ship artifacts and interpretive exhibits
of life at sea and maritime technology. Tall ships may be visited
when docked at the museum. The shipyard houses the Apprenticeshop
where traditional boat construction and repair skills are taught.
Open: 9:30am-5pm daily
- Maine Watercraft
Museum
4 Knox Street Landing
Thomaston, Maine 04861
Phone 800-923-0444 or 207 354-0444
E-mail: oldboats@midcoast.com
The Maine Watercraft
Museum is an in-the-water hands-on eclectic display of antique and
classic smallcraft of unique design and construction and wide array
of associated memorabilia. The museum has collected and displays
many of the last surviving examples of some of Maine's well known
boat-building companies as well as the fascinating works of several
of Maine's obscure but highly respected artisans.
- Lighthouse Park
Pemaquid Point, Maine
Tel: (207) 677-2494
This 6 acre park
contains the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse and Fishermen's Museum. The
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was commissioned by John Quincy Adams
in 1827. Its 11,000-candlepower beam is visible up to 14 miles at
sea. The Fishermen's Museum contains exhibits that trace the history
of the local fishing industry.
Open: Memorial Day - Columbus Day, by appointment rest of year *
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm * Sun 11am-5pm
- Penobscot Marine
Museum
Church St. (off US Route 1)
Searsport, ME USA
Tel: (207) 548-2529
Maine's oldest
maritime museum. Explore 8 historic buildings, 19th century Sea
Captain's home, and maritime and genealogical research library.
Museum store.
Open: Memorial Day Weekend through October 15. * Monday-Saturday
10am-5pm * Sunday noon-5pm
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Battleship
Cove
Off Rt. 195, Exit 5
Fall River, MA
Tel: (508) 678-1100
This riverside
site showcases the 680-foot battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts as well
as other 20th century U.S. Naval vessels. Also featured are the
destroyer, U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the World War II attack
submarine U.S.S. Lionfish, and the PT Boats 797 and 617. A maritime
museum contains a fine collection of ship models and features
the world's largest Titanic exhibit. Open: Daily 9am-6pm, July 1-Labor
Day, 9am-5pm, rest of year.
A replica of
the 18th century H.M.S. Bounty
is now part of the Battleship Cove fleet. The Bounty is famous for
the mutiny that occured in the South Pacific in 1789 while under
command of Captain William Bligh. The Bounty is open for tours every
half hour on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when it is in port.
- Cape Ann Historical
Association
Fisheries and Maritime Collections
27 Pleasant Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
- Kendall Whaling
Museum
P.O. Box 297
Sharon, MA 02067-0297
Tel: 617-784-5642
Robert Kotta, Curator of Education
- Lighthouse Preservation
Society
4 Middle St.
Newburyport, MA 01950 USA
Tel: (978) 499-0011; (800) 727-BEAM (out of state)
Fax: (978) 499-0026
The Lighthouse
Preservation Society was founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization
to help restore lighthouses and create new new uses for these landmarks,
such as parks and museums. The Society's mission is to document
the history of the lights and to find creative ways to preserve
them and make them more accessible to the public.
- New Bedford Whaling
Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, MA 02740-6398
Tel: (508) 997-0046
Fax: (508) 997-0018
The New Bedford
Whaling Museum is the largest museum devoted to the history of American
whaling. There are galleries devoted to ship models, whaling tools
and gear, scrimshaw, a fully-equipped whaleboat and a 100-foot mural
of sperm whales. Across the street from the museum is the Seamen's
Bethel, which Melville describes in Moby-Dick.
Open: daily 9am - 5pm, Thurs. nights open until 8 pm (Memorial Day
- Labor Day)
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
- Peabody & Essex Museum
East India Square Salem, MA USA
Tel: (508) 745-9500 - recorded information, (508) 745-1876 - offices
The nation's
oldest continuously operating museum, the Peabody Museum of Salem,
was founded in 1799 by the mariners and merchants of the East India
Marine Society. In July 1992, the Peabody Museum consolidated with
the Essex Institute, the fourth oldest historical society in the
United States. The museum contains an extensive collection of maritime
art and historical artifacts.
Open: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm * Thursday until 8 pm * Sunday noon-5pm
- Sea Education Association
P.O. Box 6
Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
Tel: (508) 540-3954; (800) 552-3633
Fax: (508) 457-4673
For 25 years,
the Sea Education Association (SEA) has been challenging its students
with exciting, multidisciplinary academic programs ashore and at
sea. Extraordinary opportunities in education, combining the worlds
of science and humanities with a unique experience on a sailing
vessel at sea, allow you to study the oceans and to test your limits
in the world offshore.
- Nantucket Life
Saving Museum
57 Old South Road
Nantucket, MA 02554
Executive Director, CDR Maurice E. Gibbs
Email: mo72506@nantucket.net
Tel: (508) 228-1885
This outstanding
museum is dedicated to the human drama of man's efforts against
the relentless sea and is testimony to those early Nantucketers
who saved hundreds of lives in and near the island's treacherous
shores and shoals.
Open: Daily from 9:30am - 4:00pm from June 15 through the Columbus
Day weekend.
- U.S.S. Constitution
Museum
Charlestown Naval Yard Off Route I-93 Charlestown, MA
The museum contains
an interactive display allowing visiters to command 'Old Ironsides'.
Hours: June 1- Labor Day 10am-5pm. Rest of year 10am-4pm. Closed
Jan1, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Tel: (617) 426-1812
U.S.S. Constitution
is located at Pier 1. The ship was launched in 1797 and is the oldest
commissioned warship still afloat in the world. The 54-gun frigate
wooden hull was so well constructed that she earned the nickname
'Old Ironsides' during engagements with the British during the War
of 1812.
Hours: Guided
tours 9:30-3:50
Phone: (617) 242-5670
Michigan
Missouri
- Arabia Steamboat
Museum
400 Grand Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64112
Tel: (816) 471-1856
New York
- Long Island Maritime
Heritage Society, Inc.
315 East Main Street, P.O. Box 388
Riverhead, New York 11901
Tel: (516) 369-2020
The Long Island
Maritime Heritage Society, a Riverhead-based non-profit organization
dedicated to the preservation of Long lsland's nautical past and
the protection of our sensitive marine environment. The organization
maintains and operates the Little Jennie an 86 foot bugeye ketch
built in 1884. The Little Jennie worked as an oyster dredge and
is one of the oldest, still sailing merchant vessels in the world
today.
- South Street Seaport Museum
207 Front St.
New York, NY 10038
Tel: (212) 748-8600
- U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY 11024 USA
- National Maritime
Historical Society
P.O. Box 68
Peekskill, NY 10566 USA
Tel: (914) 737-7878
North Carolina
- Battleship North
Carolina
PO Box 480
Wilmington, NC 28402
Tel: (910) 251-5797
The battleship
USS North Carolina, commissioned in 1941, was one of the greatest
fighting ship during World War II. During the war it participated
in every major naval offensive in the Pacific, earning a total of
15 battle stars. You can take a 2 hour self-guided tour of the ship,
including the galley, sick bay, engine room, pilot house, crew's
quarters, gun turrets, powder magazine, and mess hall. There is
also a 70-minute sound-and-light production of "The Immortal Showboat,"
which can be viewed on board from a 1,000 seat grandstand.
Open daily 8-dusk; "The Immortal Showboat" presented at 9pm from
June - Labor Day.
Ohio
- Western Lake Erie
Historical Society
P.O. Box 5311
Toledo, OH 43611
The Western Lake
Erie Historical Society was founded in 1978 to collect, preserve,
display and disseminate information relating to the maritime history
of the United States and Canada, with particular emphasis on the
western end of Lake Erie.
Oregon
- Oregon Maritime
Center & Museum
113 S.W. Front Ave.
Portland, OR 97204 USA
Tel: (503) 224-7724
Rhode Island
- American Sail
Training Association
P.O. Box 1459
Newport, Rhode Island, 02840
Tel/fax: (401) 846-1775
Email: astanpt@aol.com
- Herreshoff Marine
Museum
7 Burnside St.
Bristol, RI 02809
Tel: (401) 253-5000
This marine museum
traces the history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, designers
and builders of the greatest racing and cruising yachts in the world.
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, started in 1863 by John Brown
Herreshoff and Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, was reknowned for its
standards of design, engineering, and craftsmanship. The museum
features many of their exquisite racing and cruising yachts, including
Sprite, the oldest yacht in America (built in 1859). The America's
Cup Hall of Fame presents the history and highlights the legends
of this great racing tradition. The high-tech sophistication of
the America Cup's racer America3 stands in sharp contrast to the
quiet dignity of the traditional wooden craft.
- North Light Interpretive
Center
Block Island, RI
Features the newly restored lighthouse and maritime museum on the
Island's North Point.
Open: Daily 10am-5pm
South Carolina
- Patriots Point
Naval and Maritime Museum
US Rt 17 at 40 Patriots Point Rd
Charleston, SC
Tel: (803) 884-2727
This Charleston
Harbor museum features the USS Yorktown, the World War II aircraft
carrier, nicknamed the "Fighting Lady." The museum also includes
the nuclear merchant ship Savannah, the submarine Clamagore, the
destroyer Laffey, which participated in the D-Day invasion, and
the Coast Guard Cutter Ingham. A Medal of Honor Museum is also part
of the site.
Open daily: 9-6
Texas
- Texas Maritime
Museum
P.O. Box 1836
Rockport, TX 78381 USA
Tel: (512) 729-1271
Vermont
- Lake Champlain Maritime
Museum
Museum at Basin Harbor & Maritime Research Institute
4472 Basin Harbor Road
Vergennes, VT 05491
Tel: (802) 475-2022 / Fax: (802) 475-2953
Email: info@lcmm.org
Virginia
- Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Dr.
Newport News, VA 23606 USA
Tel: (804) 596-2222
Washington
- Naval Undersea
Museum & Library
Keyport, Washington
Contact: Pam Lingbloom (librarian)
E-mail: plingblo@kpt.nuwc.navy.mil
Fax: (360) 396-7944
Phone: (360) 396-4148 x230
NUM is the nation's
newest national museum and is operated by the Department of the
Navy. The museum includes history, reference and technical manuals,
diving and undersea habitats, submarines, ROV's, and submersibles,
undersea weapons and weapons systems, undersea archeology and exploration,
platforms-drilling, mining, and exploration, oceanography and biology.
- Northwest Seaport Maritime
Heritage Center
1002 Valley St.
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: (206) 447-9800
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Maritime
Museum
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI 54220 USA
Tel: 414) 684-0218
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