Maritime and Naval Museums: Pennsylvania, USA

Easton

Hugh Moore Historical Park

200 South Delaware Drive
Easton, PA.

Telephone: +1 215 250 6700

Josiah White, canal boat.

American canal history and technology.

Erie

Erie Maritime Museum

150 East Front Street,
Erie, PA 16507.

Telephone: +1 814 452 2744.
WWW: http://www.brigniagara.org/museum.htm
E-mail: SAIL@brigniagara.org

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 09:00-17:00; Sunday 12:00-17:00.

This museum opened in May 1998.

Museum ship: USB Niagara (1988), a brig-of-war. A reconstruction of Perry's flagship on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.

Philadelphia

Penn's Landing

P.O. Box 928,
Philadelphia, PA 19105.

Telephone: +1 215 922 1898

Opening hours: 10:00-16:00; Memorial Day and Labor Day 10:00-16:30; Closed Christmas and New Year's Day.

USS Olympia (1895), cruiser CA-15.
USS Becuna (1944), Balao-class submarine SS 319.

The USS Olympia was Admiral Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay in Spanish American War. The current 8 in. turrets are fabrications, as the originals were replaced with barbettes during the First World War.

Independence Seaport Museum

Penn's Landing at
211 South Columbus Boulevard and Walnut Sreet,
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1415.

Telephone: +1 215 925 5439
telefax: +1 215 625 9635

Opening hours: Daily 10:00-17:00; Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.

Museum Ship:

Principia (1928), small passenger steamer.

Note: The museum which was previously called the Philadelphia Maritime Museum moved to the facilities of the Port of History Museum in 1995.
Maritime US history, 30 small boats, 10.000 artifacts. The Principia was added to the collection in 1994.

The library is open by appointment: Tuesday-Friday, 10:00-16:00 and first Saturday of the month, 10:00-16:00.

The primary emphasis of the collection of the more than 12,000 volumes is on the regional maritime history. The Lenthall collection consists of 342 volumes of books on naval architecture and related subjects.

Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild

Chestnut St. and Delaware Ave.

Gazela of Philadelphia ex Gazela Primeiro (1901), barquentine. Originally a Portuguese Grand Banks fishing ship.
Jupiter (1902), tug.
Barnegat (1904), lightship No. 79.

Pittsburgh

Carnegie Science Center,
One Allegheny Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5850.

Telephone: +1 412 237 3400

USS Requin (1945), submarine AGSS 481.

Willow Grove/Hatboro

Willow Grove Naval Air Station

Rt. 611

WWII and more recent aircraft, including a P-2 Neptune, on static display.

Updated 2002-02-07 by Lars Bruzelius

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