The Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City, Michigan showcases a wealth of memories of the history of people who risked everything to sail the waterways and Great Lakes, and make their living on the waters back in the day. Artifacts and exhibits include uniforms, personal possessions, navigational and other maritime tools and group tours are welcome, they also have School Classroom Educational Tours available on request. The Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum presents the history of the Great Lake Shipping industry and the men and women who served then, there's also a wonderful Nautical Gift Shop with T-shirts, commemorative mugs, caps, lighthouses, compasses, and more, including one of Michigan's best maritime art galleries, come visit.READ MORE

The Noble Maritime Collection in Staten Island, New York, was officially opened in 2000, and is a maritime museum and study center that is dedicated to preserving and interpreting historical maritime artifacts, writings and art work of John A Noble, a well known marine artist. The main attraction at this maritime museum is the houseboat studio of Noble, and the museum offers history and art programs in their classrooms known as Soul of Sail and Maurice L Shaw Navigation, and these programs are available to children and adults. The Noble Maritime Collection is accessible to disabled visitors, and includes a printmaking studio, areas for performances, a excellent archive and an interesting gift shop. A day spent at our maritime museum ensures a fun, family outing that is interesting as well as educational. READ MORE

The Marine Art Gallery of the Atlantic is located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and this marine and maritime art gallery encapsulates the true spirit of past and present maritime life through marine art, nautical oil painting and exquisite maritime paintings by Yves Berube. The gallery overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, and displays the works of the owner, Yves Berube, as well as many interesting nautical artefacts such as ship models, early French coins, sets of dishes from the Queen Mary, a bell rescued from a US Naval ship, and much more. The artist spent many years working at sea which resulted in his deep interest in all maritime connections, and this insatiable interest is aptly reflected in his marine and maritime art. This interesting maritime art gallery should be on your list of things to do and see when next you visit the shores of Nova Scotia. READ MORE

Richard Linton Maritme Art Gallery based in Frankston South, Australia offers works by this world renowned artist depicting the history of ships in bygone eras. The works of the sailing ships are painted in Richard Linton's unique style showing exquisite detail and excellent use of light, and he has won many awards for his artwork and lithographs. Take a browse through the maritime art gallery where originals and prints are for sale, and marvel as the historic events and scenes from the past are brought to life by the phenomenal artist.READ MORE

ART of the SEA Galleries in South Thomaston, Maine features the nations most spectacular collection of marine art. This maritime art gallery even does ship model restorations by a world class model builder and restorer, and offers a vast and detailed selection of ship's models at small scales, plus half full models are available. The gallery offers views of the famous reversing falls and the old harbour and is spacious with 9 gallery areas featuring works by many marine masters and emerging stars. Come view the scrimshaw and carvings, the instruments, rare and special editions as well as nautical prints, oils, watercolours, photographs and so much more.READ MORE

The Ancient Mariner at Seagifts.com based in San Diego, CA is no maritime art gallery, but a specialty retailer of all things nautical and historical plus great gifts of nature. Come browse the fantastic selection of nautical decor and unique collections of products that cover a vast array of gift selections. All items are available for your shopping cart on-line and are carefully checked, packed and shipped. Come view an unbelievable list of gift items and decor including world globes, figurines, ship's models, weathervanes and instruments, fossils and minerals, clocks, nautical gifts and decor, nautical antiques and so much more. READ MORE

Visit Meridian Galleries in Old Greenwich for fine art works, oil paintings, watercolours, pastelsREAD MORE

St Ives Gallery offers stunning maritime art by artist Donald Macleod, who works from his studio in St Ives, Cornwall. This maritime art gallery depicts pictures by gallery themes and there are paintings of famous ships, historic naval battles, old harbour paintings created from photographs and so much more. The St Ives Gallery is open throughout the year and visitors are welcome to visit on-line as well and order prints and artworks. Donald Macleod also does commissioned artworks if you are interested in an original and unique oil painting of your own.READ MORE

Visit The Maritime Shop in Antwerp for nautical artifacts, scientific instruments, maritime paintings, marine themed art, sextants, hour glassesREAD MORE

The Maritime Art Gallery in Knokke Belgium offers one of the largest and finest collections of maritime paintings and marine themed art worldwide. The Maritime Art Gallery also houses a fascinating array of nautical artifacts and scientific instruments from days of old and you can spend hours browsing, steeped in shipping lore of days gone by. Open from Friday till Sunday and holidays plus viewing by appointment, visitors are welcome to view the ship's models, marine art, old wooden cabinets, telescopes, sculptures, sextants and so much more, it's a wonderful maritime journey.READ MORE