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 Great Britain and Ireland

http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~mhe1000/marmus.htm
An extensive list of Maritime Museums in Britian and Ireland, great collection

http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~mhe1000/shorturl.htm
A more concise version of the list mentioned above

http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/
A similar list maintained by The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London

http://www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk/
The Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby

http://www.maryrose.org/
The Mary Rose virtual museum - virtually one of the best website you'll find in this directory!

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/
Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool

http://www.rrm.co.uk/
The Henley River and Rowing Museum in Henley, England

http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/
The Museum in Docklands, London

http://www.maritimebritain.org.uk/
A directory of sites with maritime themes

http://www.aagm.co.uk/code/emuseum.asp
Aberdeen Maritime Museum

http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/
The Anderton Boat Lift

http://www.boatmuseum.org.uk/
The Boat Museum in Cheshire

http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/
The HMS Cavalier

http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/
The Dockmuseum in Barrow-in-Furness

http://www.dover.gov.uk/museum/
Dover Museum in - guess where - Dover

http://www.chdt.org.uk/
The HMS Gannet

http://www.hartlandquayhotel.com/Shipwreck-Museum.htm
he Harland Quay Shipwreck Museum

http://www.iwm.org.uk/
The Imperial War Museum

http://www.rnli.org.uk/
The Lifeboat Museum

http://www.molg.org.uk/english/
The Museum of London

http://www.marinelifecentre.co.uk/
The Marine Life and Fishing Heritiage Centre

http://www.mizenhead.net/
The Mizen Head Visitor Center

http://www.motorboatmuseum.org.uk/home/
The Motor Boat Museum

http://www.national-aquarium.co.uk/
The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth

http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/
The Royal Naval Museum

http://www.greenwichfoundation.org.uk/
The Old Royal Naval College

http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/
The Royal Navy Submarine Museum

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
The London Science Museum

http://sheringhammuseum.co.uk/
The Sheringham Museum in Norfolk

http://www.steamboat.co.uk/
Windermere Steamboat Museum

 

Further Reading

Back to "directory"

History of Sailing Part I and Part II

Maritime Museums in the US and Canada

Maritime Museums in other countries

Naval Paintings by J. M. W. Turner

 

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