gallery exhibitions and maritime museums

Interesting maritime museums to visit around the world…

Over the last 40 years, I’ve been fortunate to travel to many of the world’s Maritime Museums to see the historic ships, paintings, ship models, and artifacts, and to learn more about the role of ships in commerce, and the spread of civilization.

Here is a selection of museums both near and far, that I have found particularly enjoyable:

Within the United States:

Mystic Seaport is located In Mystic, Connecticut, just a ten minute drive from my art gallery.

Climb aboard the CHARLES W. MORGAN, the last of an American whaling fleet that numbered more than 2,700 vessels. Built and launched in 1841, the ‘Morgan’ is now America’s oldest commercial ship still afloat—only the USS Constitution is older.

https://mysticseaport.org/

Mystic Seaport

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM), a world-renowned museum of Art and Culture is located in the heart of downtown Salem, Massachusetts.

For over 220 years, PEM has been dedicated to collecting, preserving, and showcasing compelling artwork throughout history and from around the world. The museum was founded in 1799 by Salem sea captains, exploring a global array of art, history and culture, including a 200-year old Chinese home.

https://www.pem.org/

Peabody Essex Museum

The South Street Seaport Located in New York, New York

‘Where New York Begins’ - The South Street Seaport & Museum, is located in the heart of the historic Seaport District, preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967, the Seaport Museum includes an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, galleries, working 19th-century print shop, and a fleet of historic vessels.

https://southstreetseaportmuseum.org/

South Street Seaport

Minnesota Marine Art Museum is located in Winona, Minnesota.

‘Great Art Inspired by Water’ From contemporary exhibitions to historic works of art, the Minnesota Marine Art Museum engages visitors and the community with great art inspired by water since 2006.

https://mmam.org/

Minnesota Marine Art Museum

Channel Islands Maritime Museum is located in Oxnard, California.

A renowned institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting maritime arts and culture since 1991.

https://www.cimmvc.org/

Channel Islands Maritime Museum

The Maritime Museum of San Diego is located at Star of India Wharf in San Diego, California

Step aboard legendary ships, discover maritime history through our exhibits, and set sail on unforgettable harbor tours and sailing adventures at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. The Maritime Museum of San Diego is renowned for its excellence in restoring and operating historic vessels, including the world’s oldest active ship, Star of India.

https://sdmaritime.org/

Maritime Museum of San Diego

The Penobscot Marine Museum is located in Searsport, Maine.

The Penobscot Marine Museum is Maine's oldest maritime museum and is designed to preserve and educate people regarding Maine's and Searsport's rich and unique maritime and shipbuilding history. Searsport is noted for its rich maritime history. During the 19th century the port had 17 shipyards and built 200 ships, while supplying fully one-tenth of the United States' merchant marine deep water captains. The ‘Museum In The Streets’ is a walking tour along the streets of Searsport.

https://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/

The Penobscot Marine Museum

Maine Maritime Museum

The Maine Maritime Museum is located on the banks of the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. Visit to learn why Bath, Maine is known as the “City of Ships.”

https://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/

past gallery exhibitions

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, October/November 2025

Marine Art of Today and Yesterday
at The Union League Club, Winter 2024/2025

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, Winter 2024/2025

Marine Art Masters
at Riverside Yacht Club, Greenwich, CT 2011/2025

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, Winter 2023/2024

Marine Art Masters
at The Riverside Yacht Club, Riverside, CT Winter 2023/2024

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2022/2023

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2021/2022

Marine Art of Today and Yesterday
at The Union League Club, 2020/2021

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2020/2021

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art
at The Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2018/2019

Marine Art of Today and Yesterday
at The Union League Club, 2018/2019

Marine Art at The Ocean House
Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2017-2018

Masters of Marine Art
At The Ocean House 2016

Marine Art of Today and Yesterday
at The Union League Club, 2016

Marine Art at The Ocean House
Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2015

Rowing: Contemporary Marine Art Masters
Greenwich Water Club

Don Demers: Marine Masterworks
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, 2014

The Curious and Charming World of Ed Parker
The Union League Club, 2014

Jim Griffiths: U.S. Navy Ships of War, 1898-1991
U.S. Naval Acdemy Museum, 2014

Marine Art of Yesterday and Today
The Union League Club, May 2014

Marine Art at The Ocean House
Ocean House Resort, Watch Hill, RI, 2014

19th Annual Exhibition 
The Union League Club, 2013

Marine Art of Yesterday and Today
The Union League Club, Dec. 2012

The War of 1812 At Sea

Ocean House Lobby Exhibition 2012

Ocean House Tower Suite Exhibition 2012

Marine Art of Yesterday and Today
The Union League Club, Nov. 2010

Patricia Warfield - Birds & Nests

Ian Marshall - Cruisers and Hunting Warfare, La Guerre de Course

Contemporary Masters of Marine Art

Bound for Blue Water, 2003