Museum/Program/Site States: Massachusetts
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the associated Lightship Museum are located on the downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, United States waterfront.
The Nantucket Whaling Museum is a museum located in Nantucket, Massachusetts, dedicated to the history of whaling. It is run by the Nantucket Historical Association.
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) tells the inspiring stories of Nantucket through its collections, programs, and properties.
Ship models, artifacts & documents trace the area’s history as a seaport in this 1835 building.
Cape Cod Maritime Museum is a maritime museum with a focus on Cape Cod’s maritime history, boat building, yachting, and nautical art.
The museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting materials that serve as a resource for the study and interpretation of the intellectual, educational, and social history of the Massachusetts…
In its 3rd century of operation, Lowell’s Boat Shop is now a working boat shop and living museum. LBS continues to build dories and skiffs in the time-honored tradition of…
The USS Constitution Museum ensures that the stories of USS Constitution and those who shaped her history are never forgotten, always remain relevant, and inspire as many people as possible.…
The mission of the United States Lightship Museum (USLM) is to preserve and maintain Nantucket Lightship/LV-112 in perpetuity, reestablishing this National Historic Landmark in its homeport of Boston. It serves…
Salem Maritime National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park System, one of more than 400 parks that are important examples of our national and cultural heritage. The…
The mission of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, which governs the New Bedford Whaling Museum, is to educate and interest all the public in the historic interaction worldwide of humans…
The roots of the Peabody Essex Museum date to the 1799 founding of the East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem captains and supercargoes who had sailed beyond either…
In the 19th century, hundreds of ships passed by Nantucket Island each day, all navigating without the benefit of modern nautical technology. Unpredictable storms, dense fog and strong currents often…
The Hull Lifesaving Museum is so much more than a museum. Founded in 1978, it is an essential part of the community that for 36 years has provided not only…
The schooner Ernestina-Morrissey is the official vessel of Massachusetts, and a partner of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (nps.gov/nebe/). She is designated by the Department of the Interior as a National…