Museums in Sitka, Alaska   Mount Edgecumbe. This now-dormant volcano features prominently in Tlingit history and culture.  Two virtually adjacent museums are well worth a visit for anyone travelling the […]

Virginia Air and Space Museum The Virginia Air and Space Centre is just one of the dozens of thriving military and civilian historical museums dotted along the coast between Washington, […]

Central Army Museum, Moscow  The Central Museum of the Armed Forces is spectacular and quite different from the Armoury found in the Moscow Kremlin. Out at 129110 Moscow, 2, Ulitsa […]

Australian National Maritime Museum  The first impact of the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is impressive. This is due in no small measure to its unique architecture (left) and perfect […]

The James Craig Originally Clan McLeod, the James Craig was a Clipper-era iron-hulled sailing ship. She foundered as a coal hulk in Recherche Bay, Tasmania, where she lay for four […]

 The USN Academy Museum, Annapolis The ship models housed in the “Class of 1951” Gallery in the United States Naval Academy Museum must rival any in the world for painstaking […]

The Madrid maritime museum The Madrid Maritime Museum’s crest. Very clearly, Museo Naval Madrid has been around for a very long time. Its carpeted and polished wood floors exude a […]

Barcelona maritime museum The Barcelona Maritime Museum must be one of the best-designed maritime museums in the world. It is presently housed in a Royal Shipyard dating back to the […]

Mikasa, the Tsushima Straits victor Don’t be misled by the “10 minutes walk, 8 if you run a bit” posted signs in Japan. The Mikasa website says the old museum […]

 RAN Heritage centre by John Ellis    The RAN Heritage Centre, Garden Island, has replaced the old Spectacle Island Repository. There is a story that there was a victualling storekeeper […]