Herreshoff Marine Museum

The Herreshoff Marine Museum was established in 1971 by A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff and Rebecca Chase Herreshoff to honor their family's manufacturing company. Nearly a century earlier, in 1878, brothers John Brown Herreshoff and Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff partnered to build some of the world's fastest steam yachts, torpedo boats, and racing and cruising sailboats.

Today, the Herreshoff Marine Museum includes the museum facility, the family's old home, several of the company's former buildings, and a significant portion of its waterfront. The museum displays more than 60 boats, ranging in size from 8.5 feet to 75 feet, and their interiors have been restored to their original design. Additionally, the museum features 500 models and hundreds of artifacts. Through its impressive collection, the museum seeks to illuminate the creative and mechanical ingenuity of its founders and inspire the next generation of inventors.