Coast Guard History Near You
More than 20,000 artifacts and memorials representing the Coast Guard's long and distinguished history, including those from its predecessor agencies such as the U.S. Lighthouse Service, U.S. Life-Saving Service, U.S. Revenue Marine & Revenue Cutter Service, Bureau of Navigation and the Steamboat Inspection Service, may be found in museums and other locations throughout the United States. If you are unable to visit the Coast Guard Museum in New London, Connecticut, perhaps you can find Coast Guard history near you!
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Hawaii; Illinois; Indiana;
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Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon;
Pennsylvania; Rhode
Island; South Carolina; Texas;
Virginia; Washington; Wisconsin.
| State | City | organization |
|---|---|---|
| ALABAMA | Gulf Shores | Fort Morgan Museum |
| Mobile | USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park | |
| ALASKA | Anchorage | Anchorage Museum of History and Art |
| Cordova | Cordova Historical Society | |
| Dutch Harbor | Coast Guard Bering Sea Patrol Monument | |
| Juneau | Alaska State Museum | |
| Kenai | American Merchant Marine Memorial | |
| Ketchikan | Tongass Historical Museum | |
| Valdez | Valdez Museum | |
| Wasilla | Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry | |
| CALIFORNIA | Avila Beach | Port San Luis Harbor District |
| Cambria | The Pinedorado Grounds | |
| Crescent City | Del Norte County Historical Society | |
| Eureka | Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum | |
| Ferndale | City of Ferndale | |
| Marshall | Marconi Conference Center Museum | |
| Monterey | Point Sur State Historic Park | |
| Pacific Grove | Point Piņos Lighthouse Museum | |
| San Diego | Cabrillo National Monument | |
| San Francisco | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | |
| Pigeon Point Light Station | ||
| San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park | ||
| U.S. Lighthouse Society | ||
| San Luis Obispo | Point San Luis Harbor District Commission | |
| San Pedro | Los Angeles Maritime Museum | |
| Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | |
| Ventura | Channel Islands National Park | |
| W. Sacramento | Liberty Maritime Museum | |
| CONNECTICUT | Mystic | Mystic Seaport Maritime History Museum |
| New Haven | New Haven Harbor Lighthouse | |
| New London | U.S. Coast Guard Museum | |
| U.S. Custom House Museum | ||
| Stonington | Stonington Lighthouse Museum | |
| DELAWARE | Bethany Beach | Indian River Lifesaving Station |
| Lewes | Lewes Historical Society Museum | |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Washington, DC | National War College, Fort McNair |
| The Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard | ||
| The Smithsonian Institution | ||
| FLORIDA | Crystal River | Douglas Munro Memorial Monument |
| Key West | Key West Lighthouse Museum | |
| Pensacola | National Museum of Naval Aviation | |
| Ponce Inlet | Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum | |
| Port St. Joe | St. Joseph Historical Society | |
| St. Augustine | Flagler College | |
| St. Augustine Lighthouse Museum | ||
| Coast Guard E-2C Aircraft No. 3501 Memorial | ||
| St. Petersburg | CGC Blackthorn Memorial Park | |
| Sanibel Island | Sanibel Historical Village & Museum | |
| Sebring | Military Sea Services Museum | |
| Tampa | Veterans Memorial Museum and Park | |
| GEORGIA | St. Simons | Museum of Coastal History |
| Tybee Island | Tybee Museum Association | |
| HAWAII | Honolulu | Hawaii Maritime Center |
| Kalaupapa | Kalaupapa National Historic Park | |
| ILLINOIS | Evanston | Grosse Ille Lighthouse Museum |
| INDIANA | Michigan City | Old Lighthouse Museum, Michigan City Historical Society |
| KENTUCKY | Louisville | Coast Guard Inland Lifesaving Station Monument |
| Paducah | River Heritage Museum | |
| LOUISIANA | New Orleans | CGC White Alder Memorial |
| National D-Day Museum | ||
| MAINE | Bath | Maine Maritime Museum |
| Camden | Town of Camden | |
| Cape Elizabeth | Museum at Portland Head Light | |
| Town Hall Building | ||
| Kittery | Kittery Historical & Naval Museum | |
| Port Clyde | Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum | |
| Rockland | Maine Lighthouse Museum | |
| South Portland | Portland Harbor Museum | |
| Southern Maine Vocational Technical College | ||
| Wells | American Lighthouse Foundation Museum of Lighthouse History | |
| MARYLAND | Baltimore | Baltimore Maritime Museum: CGC Taney, Lightship 116 Chesapeake, & Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse |
| Berlin | Assateague Island National Seashore | |
| Colton Point | St. Clements Island-Potomac River Museum | |
| Havre de Grace | Concord Point Lighthouse | |
| Piney Point | Piney Point Lighthouse Museum | |
| Solomons | Calvert Maritime Museum | |
| St. Michaels | Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum | |
| MASSACHUSETTS | Barnstable | Coast Guard Heritage Museum |
| Boston | The Children's Museum | |
| Boston Harbor | Boston Harbor Lighthouse | |
| Cohasset | Cohasset Historical Commission | |
| Edgartown | The Vineyard Museum, Duke County Historical Society | |
| Gloucester | City of Gloucester | |
| Gloucester Harbor | "Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl" Monument | |
| Hull | Hull Lifesaving Museum | |
| Nantucket Island | Nantucket Life-Saving Museum | |
| New Bedford | Vineyard Sound Lightship Memorial | |
| Newburyport | Custom House Maritime Museum | |
| Orleans | Orleans Historical Society Museum | |
| Quincy | USS Salem | |
| Scituate | Scituate Historical Society | |
| South Wellfleet | Cape Cod National Seashore | |
| Swansea | Friends of the Bluffs Ocean Grove Neighborhood | |
| MICHIGAN | Alpena | Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival |
| Jesse Besser Museum | ||
| Brimley | Bay Mills-Brimley Historical Society Museum | |
| Charlevoix | Harsha House Museum, Charlevoix Historical Society | |
| Copper Harbor | Fort Wilkins Historic Complex | |
| DeTour Village | DeTour Passage Historical Museum | |
| Detroit | Detroit Historical Museum1 | |
| Dossin Great Lakes Museum | ||
| Eagle Harbor | Keweenaw County Historical Society Museum | |
| Empire | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore | |
| Escanaba | CGC Escanaba National Memorial | |
| Sand Point Lighthouse Museum, Delta County Historical Society | ||
| Grand Haven | Tri-Cities Historical Museum | |
| CGC Escanaba National Memorial | ||
| Grosse Ile | Grosse Ile Historical Society Museum | |
| Harbor Beach | Grice House Museum, City of Harbor Beach | |
| Houghton | Rock Harbor Museum, Isle Royale National Park | |
| Lansing | Michigan States Historical Museum | |
| Ludington | Mason County Historical Society | |
| White Pine Village Maritime Museum | ||
| Mackinaw City | Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum | |
| Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, State Historic Park | ||
| Marquette | Marquette Maritime Museum | |
| Muskegon | CGC McLane | |
| Northport | Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum | |
| Port Hope | Point Aux Barques Lighthouse Society | |
| Port Huron | Port Huron Museum, CGC Bramble | |
| Lightship Huron Museum: Lightship 103 (WAL-526) Huron | ||
| Presque Isle | Presque Isle Lighthouse Museum | |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum | |
| South Haven | Michigan Maritime Museum | |
| MINNESOTA | Duluth | Canal Park Marine Museum |
| Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center | ||
| NEW JERSEY | Atlantic City | Historic Gardner's Basin |
| Cape May | Historic Cold Spring Village | |
| Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts | ||
| Cape May Court House | Cape May County Historical Museum | |
| Highlands | Twin Lights of the Navesink Museum | |
| Rio Grande | Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum | |
| Sandy Hook | Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Fort Hancock Museum | |
| Tuckerton | Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum | |
| NEW YORK | Bronx | New York City Harbor Police |
| State University of New York Maritime College | ||
| Buffalo | Buffalo Lighthouse Association | |
| Corning | Corning Museum of Glass | |
| Dunkirk | Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse & Veterans Museum | |
| East Setauket | Veterans of Foreign Wars, East Setauket Post 3054 | |
| Freeport | Incorporated Village of Freeport | |
| Greenport | East End Seaport Marine Museum | |
| Kings Park | Kings Park Heritage Museum | |
| Kings Point | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Museum | |
| Kingston | Hudson River Maritime Museum | |
| Montauk | Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum | |
| New York | Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum | |
| Historic Lighthouse Tender Lilac Preservation Society | ||
| Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse | ||
| Oswego | H. Lee White Marine Museum | |
| Oyster Bay | Incorporated Village of Centre Island | |
| Patchogue | Fire Island National Seashore | |
| Rochester | Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society | |
| Saugerties | Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy | |
| Sodus Point | Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum | |
| Staten Island | National Lighthouse Center and Museum | |
| Stony Point | Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site | |
| West Sayville | Long Island Maritime Museum | |
| Youngstown | Old Fort Niagara | |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Beaufort | Cape Lookout National Seashore |
| North Carolina Maritime Museum | ||
| Corolla | Currituck Beach Lighthouse | |
| Elizabeth City | Museum of the Albemarle | |
| Hatteras | Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum | |
| Manteo | Cape Hatteras National Seashore | |
| Wright Brothers National Memorial | ||
| Nags Head | Bodie Island Lighthouse | |
| Rodanthe | Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station | |
| OHIO | Ashtabula | Great Lakes Marine & Coast Guard Memorial Museum |
| Cleveland | Great Lakes Science Center | |
| Columbus | Ohio Division of Natural Resources | |
| Toledo | Ohio's Center of Science & Industry | |
| Vermilion | Great Lakes Historical Society | |
| OKLAHOMA | Muscogee | Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bristow Post 3656 |
| OREGON | Astoria | Columbia River Maritime Museum |
| Columbia River Bar Memorial | ||
| Florence | Heceta Head Lighthouse | |
| Harbor | Port of Brookings Harbor | |
| Newport | Yaquina Bay Lighthouse Museum | |
| Yaquina Head Lighthouse | ||
| North Bend | Coos County Historical Society Museum | |
| USCG Air Station North Bend: Cape Arago Lighthouse lens | ||
| Port Orford | Cape Blanco Lighthouse | |
| Port Orford Lifeboat Station | ||
| PENNSYLVANIA | Erie | Erie Maritime Museum |
| Philadelphia | Independence Seaport Museum | |
| RHODE ISLAND | Newport | Naval War College Museum |
| Providence | Beavertail Maritime Museum | |
| Rhode Island Parks Association | ||
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Charleston | Seaman Bernt Ruse Memorial |
| Mt. Pleasant | Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum: CGC Ingham (WHEC-35) | |
| TEXAS | Fredericksburg | Admiral Nimitz National Museum of the Pacific War |
| Galveston | Galveston College | |
| Galveston Island | Galveston County Historical Museum | |
| VIRGINIA | Arlington | Women in Military Service for America Memorial |
| Bedford | National D-Day Memorial | |
| Chincoteague | Oyster and Maritime Museum | |
| Machipongo | Barrier Islands Center | |
| Newport News | The Mariner's Museum | |
| Norfolk | Hampton Roads Naval Museum | |
| Nauticus | ||
| Portsmouth | Lightship Portsmouth Museum | |
| Virginia Beach | The Old Coast Guard Station Museum | |
| WASHINGTON | Olympia | Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission |
| Port Angeles | Clallam County Historical Society & Museum | |
| Port Orchard | Kitsap County Board of Commissioners | |
| Seattle | Coast Guard Museum of the Northwest | |
| Westport | Westport Maritime Museum | |
| WISCONSIN | Baileys Harbor | The Ridges Sanctuary |
| Manitowoc | Wisconsin Maritime Museum | |
| Sturgeon Bay | Door County Maritime Museum | |
| Superior | Head of the Lakes Maritime Society | |
| Two Rivers | Great Lakes Coast Guard Museum |
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