Maritime
Maritime museums specialize in preserving local shipping history, naval history, or keeping alive traditional boat-building skills and crafts. Some maritime museums include static displays of large vessels, such as the USS Missouri or the USS Constitution. Others, such as Mystic Seaport, have a collection of tall ships; some may be working vessels. The map includes research libraries specializing in maritime subjects. If your museum is not listed, send information and photos to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Whalers Cabin and Whalers State Museum
The Whalers Cabin Museum and Whalers Station Museum are located within Point Lobos State Reserve on Highway 1 near Carmel. Built as a fishing cabin, it's unclear whether Portuguese whalers ever lived in the structure, but the name has stuck, and it's now a maritime museum.
Whalers Village Museum
The Whalers Village Museum is part of the Whalers Village retail district on Maui.
Whydah Museum
The Whydah Museum displays artifacts raised from the 1717 wreck of the pirate vessel Whydah.
Willapa Bay Interpretive Center
The Willapa Bay Interpretive Center traces the history of oystering in Willapa Bay, starting in the 1850s through the present day.
Willapa Seaport Museum
The Willapa Seaport Museum captures the breadth and depth of the seafaring with exhibits covering military and commercial life. The museum puts emphasis on the communities of Raymond, South Bend, and other towns around Willapa Bay in the southwest corner of Washington State.
Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum
The Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of historic canoes, and to the education of our visitors on the influence of canoe craft on the art and history of North America.
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Founded in 1970 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum has grown into one of the largest maritime museums in the Midwest.
Woods Hole Historical Museum
The Woods Hole Historical Museum is a lively small museum with several buildings and changing exhibits and diverse programs appealing to people with wide interests.
Wreckers Museum
The Wreckers Museum, located in the Oldest House in South Florida, documents the activities of legal wreckers, which saved crews and benefited from salvaged cargo.
Yorktown Battlefield Visitors Center
The Yorktown Visitors Center at the Yorktown Battlefield site features exhibits on the Battle of the Capes, the naval engagement that preceded the Battle of Yorktown.
Yorktown Victory Center
The Yorktown Victory Center at Jamestown Settlement feature artifacts from the Betsy, a British merchant ship scuttled during the Battle of Yorktown.