Museum Report

The Puget Sound Navy Museum is located in a handsome two-story building outside the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where the Navy has built and repaired ships since 1891.

Big Steel and Catapult Launches: The Puget Sound Navy Museum

The Puget Sound Navy Museum vividly connects its visitors with the industrial might of a major U.S. Navy shipyard and the demanding life of sailors on board an aircraft carrier.

Captain William Galvani, U.S. Navy (Retired)

May 2025

Museumgoers view an exhibit showing artifacts excavated from the tunnel complex and describing the battle.

The Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters: A Must-Visit in Okinawa

In preparation for the Battle of Okinawa, Japan constructed a tunnel complex to serve as the headquarters of its naval forces on the island in 1944. Japanese forces fought from ...

Major Walker D. Mills, U.S. Marine Corps

March 2025

The Intrepid Museum opened in 1982 after a successful campaign to save the ship from being scrapped. She was signed over to a private business, and now her storied history lives on at Manhattan’s Pier 86.

‘A Walk into the Past’: The Intrepid Museum

One of the top museums of the Big Apple, more steel than marble and glass, is a true piece of living history.

Sam Caggiula

January 2025

In 1994, the SS Jeremiah O’Brien steamed through the Golden Gate, down the West Coast, through the Panama Canal, and across the Atlantic to England and France, where she and her crew (a mix of old salts whose average age was 70 and a few cadets from the California Maritime Academy) participated in the 50th Anniversary of Operation Overlord.

The SS Jeremiah O’Brien: Historic Liberty Ship

If you’ve seen the movie Titanic, you’ve seen the engine room of the Liberty ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien.

November 2024

The Maritime Museum of San Diego, about a half mile from the famous Midway Museum, comprises nine ships—some originals, some replicas.

Ships Throughout History: Maritime Museum of San Diego

The Maritime Museum of San Diego exists not quite in the shadow of the bigger and better known USS Midway Museum.

Brian O’Rourke

September 2024

A gallery in the Museo Naval with a mural depicting Spanish voyages of discovery.

Museo Naval in Madrid Holds Its Own

Just two blocks north of the world-famous Prado Museum on Paseo del Prado in Madrid is the Museo Naval—Spain’s naval history museum

Captain Walker Mills, U.S. Marine Corps

August 2024

The museum is bursting with artifacts, exquisite ship models, navigation tools, weapons, uniforms, and maps. Display descriptions are in Portuguese and English.

From the Age of Discovery to the Modern Era: Portugal’s Museu de Marinha

A statue of Prince Henry the Navigator welcomes visitors at the entrance hall, and behind him is a map of the world, showing the routes of Portuguese explorers.

Commander Thomas Clemons III, U.S. Navy (Retired)

June 2024

The International Maritime Museum in Hamburg, Germany, highlights the city’s importance as a trading hub and boasts a large miniature and model ship collection.

Miniature Ship Models Dazzle in Hamburg’s International Maritime Museum

The International Maritime Museum in Hamburg, Germany, reflects the importance of the city in world shipping and commerce. From the 13th through 16th centuries.

William Galvani

March 2024

HMS Vampire is permanently moored at, and is a part of, the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Her Majesty’s Australian Ship Vampire: ‘The Bat’

The Australian National Maritime Museum opened in 1991 and is operated by the federal government. Located in Darling Harbour, it houses seven galleries, each dedicated to one topic, such as ...

William Twaddell

November 2023

Mystic Seaport Broadens Focus With Voyages

On 17 June 2000, Mystic Seaport will launch its greatly anticipated new exhibit, Voyages: Stories of America and the Sea . During the past several years, Mystic Seaport, well known ...

Lieutenant Tom Stuhlreyer, U.S. Coast Guard

August 2023

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