Exhibits
The museum and gallery are currently closed to the public. For more information, please email info@houstonmaritime.org
Virtual Exhibits and Tours
Houston Maritime Center & Museum is working hard to create online exhibits to visit from the comfort and safety of your own home. Content will be added to our virtual collection regularly. Even more exhibits are available to members!
Coast Guard Art Program – 2023
The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the Coast Guard. View the 2022 Collection.
6 Feet Below the Waves
6 Feet Below The Waves An Underwater Graveyard Shipwrecks have always been a topic of intrigue and fascination by people across the world. James Cameron’s Titanic, HBO’s the Terror, and Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise to name a few…
2022 Coast Guard Art
The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the Coast Guard. View the 2022 Collection.
The Houston Ship Channel
The ship channel covers a huge part of Eastern Houston, stretching from nearly downtown, to the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston. The channel is 530 feet wide by 45 feet deep, allowing ships to pass one another, but with as much…
2021 Coast Guard Art
2021 Coast Guard Art Program About the Coast Guard Art Program The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the Coast Guard. Today, more than ever, the Service addresses an…
Amphora
Our amphora dates back to around 300 BCE and is one of the first examples of containerization.
Maritime Traffic
Houston plays a small, but significant role in a massive global shipping and transit system that moves many tons of cargo all over the world. This industrial feet of organization requires entities to share a huge amount of data with…
Houston Ship Channel 101
The Houston Ship Channel accounts for over 16% of the total GDP for the state of Texas. That is a HUGE economic impact that many Houstonians are completely unaware of. The ship channel stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to…
2020 Coast Guard Art
2020 Coast Guard Art Program About the Coast Guard Art Program The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the Coast Guard. Today, more than ever, the Service addresses an…
2019 Coast Guard Art
2019 Coast Guard Art Program The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the United States Coast Guard. Through displays at museums, libraries and patriotic events, Coast Guard art tells…
In-person Exhibits
Come visit our gallery! We have a variety of exhibits covering centuries of maritime history and Houston’s impact on the maritime world. Please click below for our current hours and admission rates.
It all started with a small and determined steamboat that made it up the Bayou and docked at present-day downtown Houston.
Civilizations took to the high seas in search of resources and power, resulting in a blending of cultures and the world as we know it.
Admiral Horatio Nelson sailed on this ship for the Royal Navy and revolutionized naval combat for the many wars to come.
They provided people an opportunity to see beautiful parts of the world that were relatively unknown and seek enjoyment on the water. Plus until the advent of air travel, ocean liners were the only way people were able to immigrate to other countries.
Its incredible history includes a caring president, hundreds of brave crewman, and thousands of patriotic volunteers
Oil tankers and container ships unload their cargo at one of the country’s busiest and most important ports, the Port of Houston.
Our museum was founded in 2000 and is the result of the inspirational work of one mariner, James Manzolillo, and continues to build on his vision