Maritime Museums, historic ships and archives

Historic ships, ancient ports and lighthouses or the maritime heritage in your local village - in many parts of the world you can find people proudly preserving and presenting their ties with the oceans.

Many of the world's great maritime museums have nice websites. Here I show a collection of links that I enjoyed and that might serve you as a guidance cue when it comes to planning your next trip to the coast.
 

Maritime Museums in other countries

http://www.sjofartsmuseum.aland.fi/sjomuseum/
The Ålands sjöfartsmuseum in Finland

http://www.anmm.gov.au/
The Australian National Maritime Museum, a great website

http://www.baggermuseum.nl/
The bilingual website of the Dutch National Museum of Dredging at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands

http://www.gardenroute.net/mby/
Mossel Bay Maritime Museum in South Africa

http://www.bataviawerf.nl/
Bilingual Website on the Batavia werf Museum, Netherlands

http://www.bodrum-museum.com/
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Bodrum, Turkey

http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/dauer/schiff/schiff.htm
Deutsches Museum fuer Schifffahrt in Munich, Germany

http://www.dsm.de/
Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven, Germany

http://www.abc.se/~m10354/mar/meremuus.htm
The Estonian State Maritime Museum (Meremuuseum)

http://www.fimus.dk/
Fisheries and Naval Museum in Esbjerg, Denmark

http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/maritime.html
Geelong Naval & Maritime Museum in Victoria, Australia

http://www.maritime-museum.dk/
Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg in Helsing, Denmark

http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/index.htm
Kilens Skeppsbyggnadsmuseum in Ostrobothnia, Finland

http://www.marinha.pt/Marinha/pt
Portugal War Navy Museum in Lisbon, Portugal

http://www.marinmuseum.se/Marinmuseum/Om.aspx
Swedish Naval Museum in Karlskrona, Sweden

http://www.townsvillemaritimemuseum.org.au/
Maritime Museum of Townsville in Australia

http://www.ilesdelamadeleine.com/musee/index2.htm
The Musée de la Mer on the Magdalene Islands

http://www.musee-marine.fr/
Musée national de la Marine in Paris, France

http://museu.marinha.pt/museu/site/pt
Museu de Marinha in Lisbon, Portugal

http://www.museumaritimbarcelona.com/
Museu Marítim de Barcelona, Spain

http://www.greece.org/poseidon/work/museums/santorini_museum/santorini.html
The Naval Museum of Thera in Santorini, Greece

http://www.norsk-sjofartsmuseum.no/
The Norsk Sjofartsmuseum in Oslo, Norway

http://yarrampa.customer.netspace.net.au/pamm.html
Port Albert Maritime Museum in Port Albert, Australia

http://www.portofechuca.org.au/
The steam port of Echuca, Australia

http://www.maritimemuseum.com.au/index.htm
The Queensland Maritime Museum in South Brisbane, Australia

http://www.scheepvaartmuseum.nl/
The Scheepvartsmuseum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://www.history.sa.gov.au/maritime/maritime.htm
The South Australian Maritime Museum, Port Adelaide, Australia

http://www.stavanger.museum.no/
Stavanger Sjøfartsmuseum in Stavanger, Norway

http://www.sdhf.se/
Svensk dykerihistorisk förening in Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.gipuzkoa.net/kultura/museos/um/euskara/01untzie.htm
Untzi Museoa - Museo Naval in San Sebastian, Spain

http://www.vasamuseet.se/
The Vasa Museet in Stockholm, Sweden

 

Further Reading

Back to "directory"

History of Sailing Part I and Part II

Maritime Museums in the US and Canada

Maritime Museums in Britain and Ireland

Naval Paintings by J. M. W. Turner
 

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