Museums that we have visited
England, Porstmouth and Gosport
Text: Jouko MoisalaTranslation: Ralf Strandell Anyone interested in spending a weekend visiting maritime museums and diving museums should head to...
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Maritime museum of Kaliningrad
Text by Jouko MoisalaTranslation by Ralf Strandell Kaliningrad is a part of former Soviet Union, now part of Russia. It...
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Traveling around Finland to locate exhibitions
Historical diving equipment is on display in many museums. It is almost always related to professional diving, meaning helmets and...
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Estonia, Tallinn, Estonian maritime museum
The Estonian maritime museum is located on two sites. Part of the collection is on display in Thick Margareta, a...
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Poland, Warsaw, museum of diving
An actual museum of diving (not a maritime museum) resides in Warsaw at Grzybowska 88. It boasts one of the...
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Sweden, Stockholm, Vasa-museum
After a few minutes walk from Dyktankhus you will find yourself in the Vasa museum. It is a place well...
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Sweden, Stockholm, Dyktankhuset
The Historical Diving Society of Sweden, Svenska Dykerihistoriska Förening (SDF), is worlds oldest such society. It was founded in 1979....
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Poland, Gdynia, maritime museum
Divers in Gdynia Gdynia is a short and cheap journey away from Gdansk by train. The train goes from Glowny...
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Poland, Gdansk, maritime museum
Gdansk offers a lot to a visitor. The maritime museum on the banks of river Moltava features diving in addition...
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List of museums related to diving history
The museums of each geographic area have been ordered alphabetically according to the Finnish names of countries and cites. We do this because it simplifies the maintenance of two lists. If the list grows, we may consider a more database oriented solution, but for now, this simple list shall suffice.
Africa
- South Africa, Port Nolloth: Port Nolloth (Diamond) Diving Museum and a review.
Asia-Pacific
- Japan, Toba: Ama Cultural Museum and a review.
Central and South America and the Caribbean
- Cayman islands: International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame and read more and more
- Mexico, Veracruz: Veracruz Naval Museum
Europe
- Netherlands, Lemmer: Duikmuseum Lemmer, Duikmuseum Lemmer. Lemmer Diving Museum, Kadijk 15, 8531 XH Lemmer, Ind.terrein Lemsterhoek, Netherlands.
- Netherlands, Giethoorn: Duikersmuseum – Koppers Giethoorn, In den Coop’ren Duikhelm. Koppers Giethoorn Divers’ Museum, Binnenpad 62 8355BV Giethoorn, Netherlands.
- England/UK, Gosport: The Diving Museum
- England/UK, Gosport: Royal Navy Submarine Museum
- England/UK, Plymouth: Dive Museum, Yacht Haven Quay, Breakwater Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 7FE, United Kingdom
- Italy, Ravenna: MAS – Museo delle Attività Subacquee
- Italy, Torino: Museo torinese delle attività subacquee, Via Chambéry, 91/12, 10142 Torino TO, Italy
- Austria, Attersee: Taucher Museum Attersee
- Austria, Hallstatt: Tauchermuseum Hallstatt. Hallstatt Diving Museum, Pension Hallberg, Seestrasse 113, A-4830 Hallstatt, Austria. [small]
- Greece, Kalymnos: Nautical Museum of Kalymnos [sponge catching]
- Greece, Limnos: Nea Koutali Museum of Maritime Tradition & Sponge Fishing
- Croatia, Krapanj: Hotel Spongiola Diving Museum
- Norway, Vestlandet: Norsk Dykkehistorisk Forenings samling. [Open when the school is open] Høgskulen på Vestlandet dykkerutdanningen, Skåleviksveien 60 (Skålevik ca. 2 km fra Loddefjord), Norway.
Stein Stavdal Paulsens samling i Larkollen. Åpnes etter avtale. - Poland, Gdansk: National Maritime Museum
- Poland, Gdynia: Gdynia naval museum – Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej
- Poland, Szubin: Muzeum Wodnik and read more [private]
- Poland, Warzaw: Muzeum Nurkowania and read more (nurkomania.pl) and more (hds-poland)
- France, Espalion: Musée du Scaphandre
- France, Sanary-sur-Mer: Musée International de la Plongée Autonome Frédéric Dumas (Virtual visit to the museum)
- Sweden, Lysekil: Dykmuseum
- Sweden, Stockholm: Dyktankhuset
- Sweden, Stockholm: The Vasa-museum [salvage-related]
- Germany, Berlin: Sporttauchermuseum Berlin (-Köpenick/Wendenschloß), Tauchermuseum in Wendenschloß. Berlin-Wendenschloß Sports Diving Museum, Wendenschloßstraße 420, 12557 Berlin, Germany.
- Germany, Flensburg: Tauhermuseum Flensburg, Flensburg Diving Museum, Fahrensodde 20 (Dantronik-Gelände), 24944 Flensburg, Germany.
- Slovenia, Piran: The Museum of Underwater Activities and a review.
- Finland, Raahe: Raahen vanha herra (english: 18th-century cowskin diving suit at Crown Granary Museum / diving department). Kruununmakasiinin sukellusosasto. Merikatu 10, Raahe 92100, Finland.
- Finland, Turku: Suomen Sukellushistoriallisen yhdistyksen kokoelmat [private][contact us to visit]
- Hungary, Esztergom, Palatín: Búvármúzeum [under water]
North America
- USA, North Carolina, Hatteras Island: Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
- USA, California, Anchor Bay: Anchor Bay dive museum
- USA, California, Catalina island: Avalon Diving History Exhibit/Marine Animal Rescue
- USA, California: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (history of commercial diving in Santa Barbara)
- USA, Florida, st Augustine: Leon Lyons maritime museum [private museum]
- USA, Florida Keys: History of Diving Museum
- USA, Florida, Panama City: Man in the Sea Museum
- USA, Illinois: Lockwood Pioneer Scuba Diving Museum, 7307 N Alpine Rd, Loves Park, Illinoins
- USA, Indiana: Scuba Museum and read more
- USA, Louisiana, Toledo: Toledo-Bend Diving Museum [diveshop]
- USA, Ohio: The Scuba Museum
- USA, Washington: United States Naval Undersea museum [occasional diving exhibits]
- Estonia, Tallinn: Estonian maritime museum – Eesti Meremuuseum
Russia and Middle-East
- Russia, Kronstadt: Kronstadt Naval Museum and a related website
Web only
- Sukellusmuseo (language: Finnish)
- Diving heritage
- Divingmachines
- Frogman museum
Sources: Historical Diving Societies, Scubaboard, revistaelbuzo, Google (diving museum, dive museum, scuba museum, tauchermuseum, tauchmuseum)
Compiled by Ralf S.