Collections websites

The Museum's collection of manuscripts is the largest and most important dedicated archive for the study of maritime history in the world.

The Library collection includes over 100,000 books, 20,000 pamphlets, 20,000 bound periodicals including 200 current titles and 8000 rare books.

Discover the diverse maritime histories and cultures of the port cities of the UK.

The Museum's archive collections hold many hidden narratives which unfold through the objects themselves.

Maritime memorials features details of nearly 5000 church, cemetery and public memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters.

An insight into the explorer and chartmaker Matthew Flinders, the first-known European to circumnavigate Australia.