The models housed in our collection represent vessels dating back to New Amsterdam. Most were made after the 18th century, and includes models of merchant and fishing vessels, working vessels, ocean liners, warships, and other crafts of all sorts and sizes, as well as ship half models, and ships-in-a-bottle.
Among the 2,400 models at the Seaport Museum are Napoleonic-era Prisoner-of-War ship models, builder’s models of ocean liners, and waterline models by renowned builder Charles K. Van Ryper.
