Links: Maritime Museums

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• Maritime Museum News from Cubberley & Shaw.

South Africa

• South African Maritime Museum, Cape Town.

• Macau Martime Museum
• The Tamkang University Maritime Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Turkish Naval Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.

• Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW.
• Sydney Heritage Fleet, Sydney, NSW.
• Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane, QLD.
• The Western Australian Maritime Museum, Freemantle, WA.

• New Zealand National Maritime Museum, Auckland.

Belgium

• Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum "Het Steen", Antwerp.

Croatia

• Dubrovnik Maritime Museum. [1996-02-23: Slow and un-reliable link]

Cyprus

• The Kyrenia Shiwreck Museum. The text seems to have been scanned from a booklet and never been proofread. [Warning: The size of this file is 126 kB and it also contains 48 small gif images.]

Denmark

• Fiskeri- og søfartsmuseer. Fishery and Maritime Museums in Denmark from Per Billesø's Museums Håndbogen, Billesø & Baltzer, Værløe, 1995. This book which is available in both an online and a printed version describes all museums in Denmark.
• Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet, Esbjerg.
• Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg, Helsingør.
• Kolding Submarine Center. The museum which features the Russian Wisky-class submarine U-359 was opened in 1994.
• Marstal Søfartsmuseum, Marstal.
• Orlogsmuseet, Copenhagen.
• Strandingsmuseum St. George, Thorsminde. [In Danish, English & German]

Finland

• Finlands Sjöhistoriska Museum/Suomi Meri Musea, The Maritime Museum of Finland, Helsingfors.
• Ålands Sjöfartsmuseum, Mariehamn, Åland.

France

• Amermi, Villette, Paris. L'Argonaute a submarine launched in 1958. [In French & English]
• L'Archéologie sous les mers. The french ministry of culture is pleased to announce a virtual exhibition on the Web dedicated to sub-marine archeology.
• Musée du Débarquement, Arromanche. [1997-07-10: Missing]
• Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Lorient.
• Musée de la Marine. Château de Brest, Brest (Finistère).
• Musée de la Marine. Palais de Chaillot, Paris.
• Musée de la Mer Atlantique: croiseur Colbert, Bordeaux. [1997-07-10: Missing]
• Musée Portuaire, Dunkerque. [1997-07-10: Missing]
• A la recontre de Sinbad, La route maritime de la soie. An exhibition at the Musée de la Marine, Paris, March 18 - June 15, 1994. This exhibition now seems to have been removed [1995-09-05].

Germany

• Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik., München.
• Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven - Official site. [In German & English]
• Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven. [In German]
• Marinemuseum Dänholm, Stralsund.
• Reinmuseum, Emmerich.

Great Britain

• Guide to Naval & Maritime Museums in the UK, a flat text file maintained by Dr Martin H Evans and Dr Janet West.
• Aberdeen Maritime Museum.
• HMS Belfast, London.
• Exeter Maritime Museum.
• Guide to Historic Ship Wrecks in Great Britain. Descriptions of 41 wreck sites designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act of 1973.
• The Mary Rose, Portmouth.
• The Mary Rose Trust, News and Press Releases: The Mary Rose Sword - The Dover Boat and more.
• Mary Rose - a site dedicated to educational visits.
• National Historic Ships Project, University of St Andrews, Fife.
• National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Great Britain. [Official]
  Alternative.
  Alternative.
• Plymouth Naval Base Museum, Devonport, by Michael Phillips.
• Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth.
• Portsmouth Historic Ships. The HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, the Royal Naval Museum and the Dockyard itself.
• Seminars at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
• Science Museum, London:
  • Docks and Diving
  • Marine Engineering
  • Marine Engineering [Extensive. 1997-08-16: Missing]
  • Ships
  [1995-09-05: Nothing much here yet].
• HMS Victory, Portsmouth.

Greece

• Aegean Maritime Museum, Mykonos.
• Maritime Museum of Crete, Crete.

Italy

• Museo delle Navi at the Università di Bologna. Ten 18th Century shipmodels.
• Museo Navale Romano, Albenga.
• The Punic Ship at the Marsala Museum, Sicily. [In Italian or English]

The Netherlands

• Marinemuseum, Den Helder. [In Dutch and English]
• Maritiem en Jutters Museum, Oudeschild, Texel. [In Dutch]
• Maritiem Museum 'Prins Hendrik', Rotterdam. [In Dutch]
• Maritiem Buitenmuseum, Rotterdam. [In Dutch]
• Museum Lichtschip Texel, Den Helder. [In Dutch]
• Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam. [In Dutch and English]
• Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam. A short one-page unofficial description of the museum.
• The Library of the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.
• Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, Groningen. [In Dutch]
• Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen. [In Dutch]

Norway

• Marinemuseet i Horten, Norway. [In Norwegian]
• Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum, Oslo. [In Norwegian, English and German]
• Sandefjords Sjøfartsmuseum.

Portugal

• Museu de Marinha, Lisbon. [In Portuguese or English. A text file is also available in French and German]

Romania

• Muzeul Marinei Romane, Constanta.

Russia

• Central Naval Museum, St Petersburg.

Spain

• Museo Naval, Madrid.

Sweden

• Fotevikens Museum, Skanör, Sweden. A nautical archaeological museum built around the Foteviken viking ship finds. [In Swedish and English]
• Göteborgs Maritima Centrum, Gothenburg. [In Swedish, English & German]
• Kalmar Sjöfartsmuseum, Kalmar. [In Swedish, English & German]
• Marinmuseum, Karlskrona. [In Swedish]
• Malmö Teknik- och Sjöfartsmuseum, Malmö. [In Swedish]
• Rċċ Museum, Rċċ, Sweden. [In Swedish]
• Sjöfartsmuseet, Göteborg. [In Swedish & English]
• Sjöfartsmuseet, Oskarshamn. [In Swedish]
• Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm. The National Maritime Museum of Sweden. [In Swedish & English]
• Säffle Marinmotor Museum, Säffle, Sweden. [In Swedish]
• Vasamuseet, Stockholm. [In Swedish, English, German, French, and Spanish]. From the museum of the 64-gun warship Wasa which foundered at its maiden voyage in 1628 and which was raised in 1961.

• Robert H. Smith's Master Index of North American Maritime Museums Internet Resources.

Canada

• Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg, NS.
• Three Waterfront Museums, Kingston, Ontario.
  New servers under development:
  • Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
  • Museum Ship Alexander Henry
  • Pump House Steam Museum.
• HMCS Haida Naval Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A 1942 a Tribal class destroyer.
• Musée naval de Québec, Québec, [In French & English].
• Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS.
• Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria, BC.
• The Marine Transportation section of the National Museum of Science & Technology, Ottawa. [In English & French]
• Mariners Park Museum, South Bay, Prince Edward County.
• Naval Museum of Alberta, Calgary.
• Naval Museum of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• HMCS Sackville, Canada's Naval Memorial. Halifax, NS.
• Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, BC.

United States of America

• Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA.
• The USS Saratoga Museum Foundation Inc., "Save Our Sara".

California

• Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Los Angeles.
• National Maritime Museum Association, San Francisco. [New]
• National Maritime Museum Association, San Francisco. [Old]
• Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, Newport Beach.
• Queen Mary Seaport, from the RMS Foundation.
• San Diego Maritime Museum, San Diego.

Connecticut

• Connecticut River Museum, Essex.
• Mystic Seaport, Mystic.

District of Columbia

• Hall of American Maritime Enterprise at The Smithsonian Museum, Washington.
• The Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard.

Florida

• Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum.
• Maritime & Yachting Museum, Stuart.

Georgia

• The St Marys Submarine Museum, St Marys, is currently under renovation and will be re-opened at the completion of this project.

Hawaii

• USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu.
• Hawai'i Maritime Center, Honolulu.

Illinois

• U-505 (1941) at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. A German Type IXC submarine captured by the US CVE Guadalcanal during the WWII.

Kansas

Louisiana

• The Palquemine Lock Museum, Palquemine.

Maine

• Maine Maritime Museum, Bath.
• The Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport.
• Portland Harbor Museum, South Portland.

Maryland

• Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons.
• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St Michaels.
• Havre de Grace Maritiem Museum, Havre de Grace.
• U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis. The Class of 1951 Gallery of Ships page describes six of the magnificant ship models in the Henry Huddleston Rodgers' Collection. [1996-02-21: Large graphics and a slow link]

Massachusetts

• Battleship Cove, Fall River.
• USS Constitution Museum, Boston.
• Hart Nautical Collection at MIT, Cambridge.
• The Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon.
• Marine Museum of Fall River.
• The Nantucket Life Saving Museum, Nantucket.
• Peabody Essex Museum, Salem.
  • Across the Western Ocean: American Ships by Liverpool Artists. A new exhibition at the museum, September 14, 1995, through January 28, 1996.
  • Marine Paintings & Drawings. A marvellous collection of 80 marine paintings from the collections of the Peabody Essex Museum. These pictures are well-known to anyone who have studied the beautiful catalogues of the collection by the Brewingtons and P.C.F. Smith.
• United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, with the heavy cruiser USS Salem.

Michigan

• Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, MI. [1996-09-14: One incomplete page. Nothing of interest yet]

Mississippi

• Biloxi Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum, Biloxi.

Missouri

• The Arabia Museum, Kansas City.

New Jersey

• New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack.
• New Jersey Shipwreck Museum. A projected Shipwreck History Museum to be housed in the former US Life-saving Station No. 4, Monmouth Beach.

New York

• American Merchant Marine Museum, Kings Point, NY. [1997-07-22: Only one page]
• The S.S. Canadiana Preservation Society, Cheektowaga, NY.
• The Chittenango landing Canal Boat Museum, Chittenango.
• The Erie Canal Museum, Syracuse.
• Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston.
• Sodus Bay Lighthouse & Museum, Sodus Point.
• South Street Seaport Museum, New York.

North Carolina

• USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial, Wilmington.
• North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort.
• The Southport Maritime Museum, Southport.

Ohio

• The Steamer William G. Mather Museum, Cleveland. An excellent presentation of this museum.
• Sandusky Area Maritime Museum, Sandusky.

Oregon

• Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR.
• Oregon Maritime Center and Museum, Portland, OR.

Pennsylvania

• Erie Maritime Museum, Erie.
• Independence Seaport Museum Library, Philadelphia.
• USS Requin at the Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburg.
• Shipbuilding on the Delaware, an Exhibition at the Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA. Nothing much here yet.

Rhode Island

• Naval War College Museum, Newport.

Vermont

• Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor, Vergennes.
• The Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, with the paddle steamer Ticonderoga (1906), a lighthouse, canoes, and guideboats.

Virginia

• Fishermen's Museum, Reedville.
• The Mariners' Museum, Newport News.
• The Life-Saving Museum, Virginia Beach.
• The Life-Saving Museum Scrapbook, Virginia Beach.

Washington

• Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA. A hands-on museum devoted to preserving small craft and associated maritime skills.
• Westport Maritime Museum, Westport, WA, USA.

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc.

SOUTH AMERICA

Chile

• Museo Naval y Marítimo, Valparaiso, Chile.

West Indies

Antigua

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