About Barnegat Bay Maritime Museum
Founded in 1976, the Barnegat Bay Maritime Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the rich maritime heritage of the Toms River and Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. These waters have produced a number of boat types important to the shallow estuaries and bays that provide haven for the feisty blue crab, flat faces flounder, elusive bay scallop and sweet cherrystone clam. Our Maritime Museum is located on the northeast corner of Water Street and Hooper Avenue in Toms River. GPS address is 78 East Water Street, and the parking lot entrance is on Hooper Avenue.
Our historic watercraft collection reflecting these indigenous boat types has grown since our founding, and now includes the majestic 1924 A-Cat Spy built by Morton Johnson Boat Works in Point Pleasant, Barnegat Bay Sneakbox Sheldrake which was sailed by F. Slade Dale of Bay
Head, an Eight Ball Sneakbox built by Alan Chadwick, a Perrine Sneakbox built in 1902, a Beaton Sneakbox, a 1963 Melges Boatworks E Scow, an M Scow, a circa 1940 chicken-breasted (wishbone) tunnel hull/pocket drive Garvey, a William Krippendorf Snipe, an Atlantic City Surf Lifesaving Rowing Skiff built by Stanley Van Sant, a 1936 Comet, a 1963 Black Jack Powerboat built by Hubert Johnson, a Beardslee Rowboat, a Diamond Sailboat, a Catboat, a 1943 Lightning built in Skaneateles, a 1937 Snyder Skiff, a G Sloop, an early 1900s Moth, and an Old Town Canoe.
There are two boat sheds where the collection is displayed and the volunteers in the Joe Lappin Boat Restoration Workshop keep the boats in good condition. The Seaport Society’s offices, library, and gift shop are housed in the restored 1868 carriage house of the Joseph Francis
estate.
The Maritime Museum is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. To schedule a group tour call 732-349-9209 or email [email protected].
Our historic watercraft collection reflecting these indigenous boat types has grown since our founding, and now includes the majestic 1924 A-Cat Spy built by Morton Johnson Boat Works in Point Pleasant, Barnegat Bay Sneakbox Sheldrake which was sailed by F. Slade Dale of Bay
Head, an Eight Ball Sneakbox built by Alan Chadwick, a Perrine Sneakbox built in 1902, a Beaton Sneakbox, a 1963 Melges Boatworks E Scow, an M Scow, a circa 1940 chicken-breasted (wishbone) tunnel hull/pocket drive Garvey, a William Krippendorf Snipe, an Atlantic City Surf Lifesaving Rowing Skiff built by Stanley Van Sant, a 1936 Comet, a 1963 Black Jack Powerboat built by Hubert Johnson, a Beardslee Rowboat, a Diamond Sailboat, a Catboat, a 1943 Lightning built in Skaneateles, a 1937 Snyder Skiff, a G Sloop, an early 1900s Moth, and an Old Town Canoe.
There are two boat sheds where the collection is displayed and the volunteers in the Joe Lappin Boat Restoration Workshop keep the boats in good condition. The Seaport Society’s offices, library, and gift shop are housed in the restored 1868 carriage house of the Joseph Francis
estate.
The Maritime Museum is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. To schedule a group tour call 732-349-9209 or email [email protected].
