List of museums of diving history?

[David Wilson]

I've added three more museums (German and Dutch) to my list, four messages up. There's a long list of real and virtual diving/underwater museums with comments in a Spanish-language blog at El Buzo: Museos de buceo.

 

[Subcooled]

South Africa: Port Nolloth (Diamond) Diving Museum and review.

Japan: Ama Cultural Museum (Freediving)

Greece, Kalymnos: Nautical Museum of Kalymnos (sponge fishing = freediving)

Greece, Limnos: Nea Koutali Museum of Maritime Tradition & Sponge Fishing

Finland, Raahe: 18th-century cowskin diving suit at Crown Granary Museum / diving department). Merikatu 10, Raahe 92100, Finland. And there is a replica.

Slovenia, Piran: The Museum of Underwater Activities

USA, California, Anchor Bay: Anchor Bay dive museum

USA, Indiana: Scuba Museum also has a facebook page

Maritime museums seem to have occasional diving exhibits. The Western Australia museum with its "Immerse: Exploring the Deep" and "James Cameron - Challenging the Deep" exhibits come to mind. But they were temporary

 

[Subcooled]

An update on polish museums (use Google Translate as needed): Two more museums found

• Poland, Gdansk: National Maritime Museum
• Poland, Szubin: Muzeum Wodnik and read more [private museum]

And in Russia...

• Russia, Kronstadt: Kronstadt Naval Museum and read more

And in Finland

• Finland, Turku: Historical Diving Society of Finland private collection. Open by agreement.

 

[Subcooled]

I would be happy to be informed of museums of diving history in
- Canada
- Central- and South-America
- Africa
- Middle East
- India
- China
- Japan
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Polynesia

Thanks

 

[KathyV]

United States Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, WA

U. S. Naval Undersea Museum | Keyport, Washington

 

[KathyV]

It was announced that the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame will have a new permanent home at the Pedro St. James Historical Site on Grand Cayman. Currently they are housed in the Cayman Islands National Museum:

Scuba Hall of Fame announces 2020 inductees | Cayman Compass

 

[АлександрД]

Museum of World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia
Home - The Museum of the World Ocean
История исследования океана | Виртуальный морской музей

 

[tursiops]

Although not a diving museum as such, they do have a lot of diving gear in their inventory and do have diving exhibits, check to see if one is on display. It's a good place to pass some time in any event, particularly if you are interested in Submarines and related technology.

http://www.navalunderseamuseum.org/past/

They even have Trieste II (DSV 1) and the Mystic (DSRV 1) sitting in the parking lot. And admission is free.

Located in Keyport Washington USA.



Bob

I visited this a few weeks ago. Fascinating, well-done, worth doing.