maritime heritage
Oceanic cultural inheritance
Maritime heritage encompasses the cultural legacy of human interaction with the sea—historic ships, lighthouses, ports, fishing traditions, naval architecture, and the communities built around seafaring.
It includes both tangible artifacts like shipwrecks and intangible elements like navigation skills and sailor folklore.
The museum preserves the region's maritime heritage through restored vessels and oral histories from retired fishermen.
- shipwrecksDestroyed vessels underwater
- ghost shipsUnmanned vessels found adrift
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- lighthousesCoastal towers with lamps
- sea shantiesSailors' rhythmic work songs
old salts · celestial navigation · nautical charts · fishing · figurehead · harbor · port of call · naval vessels · coastal forts · docks · scrimshaw · sextants · tall ships · compasses · ship's log · knot tying · sailing · fishing industry