Museum/Program/Site Type: Vessels - Historic

Shelburne Museum

Shelburne Museum is a museum of art, design, and Americana located in Shelburne, Vermont, United States. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in 39 buildings, 25 of which are historical and…

San Francisco Maritime National Park Association

The Maritime Park Association operates a number of education programs to realize our goal of increasing the understanding of our nation’s rich maritime history.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located in San Francisco, California, United States. The park includes a fleet of historic vessels, a visitor center, a maritime museum, and…

Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum

The Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum is dedicated to documenting the history of the United States Navy. The museum will be permanently housed in the USS Edson, a retired United…

Reedville Fishermen’s Museum

Reedville Fishermen’s Museum is located in the unincorporated town of Reedville along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Northumberland County, Virginia.

Presidential Yacht Potomac

The Potomac Association is committed to preserving the legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt through education for students and adults. Educational cruises highlight the impact of the FDR Era on…

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the Lightship Museum

In 1989, the Lightship PORTSMOUTH was designated a National Historic Landmark. Now a museum, the ship’s quarters are fitted out realistically and filled with fascinating artifacts, uniforms, photographs, models, and…

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum

The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the associated Lightship Museum are located on the downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, United States waterfront.

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston.

Northwest Seaport

The Northwest Seaport Alliance is a port authority based in the Puget Sound region of the United States, comprising the seaports of Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state.

Nauticus

Nauticus is a maritime-themed science center and museum located on the downtown waterfront in Norfolk, Virginia, also known as the National Maritime Center.

National Museum of the Great Lakes

The National Museum of the Great Lakes is a museum in the Toledo Maritime Center, a heritage location on the banks of the Maumee River on the east side of…

Museum Ship Valley Camp

SS Valley Camp is a lake freighter that served on the Great Lakes for almost 50 years and is now a museum ship in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Meriwether Lewis Dredge / Museum of Missouri River History

Today, the Captain Meriwether Lewis remains as a historic museum vessel along the banks of the Missouri River, in the Brownville’s Riverside Park. It is operated by a non-profit organization,…

Maritime Museum of San Diego

The Maritime Museum of San Diego, established in 1948, preserves one of the largest collections of historic sea vessels in the United States.