The John DuBois Maritime Museum 949 Ye Greate Street Greenwich, NJ 08323

The John DuBois Maritime Museum 949 Ye Greate Street Greenwich, NJ 08323

The John DuBois Maritime Museum

949 Ye Greate Street

Greenwich, NJ 08323

(609) 444-1774

https://www.americanheritage.com/content/john-dubois-maritime-museum

Open: Sunday 12:00pm-4:00pm/Monday-Friday Closed/Saturday 12:00pm-4:00pm

Admission: Free but donations are accepted.

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/12221179?m=19905

The Museum:

The John DuBois Maritime Museum at 949 Ye Greate Street in Greenwich, NJ.

I visited the John DuBois Maritime Museum when I was visiting the Gibbon House and the Carman Prehistoric Museum when I was visiting Greenwich, NJ. What a nice little museum explaining the maritime history of not just New Jersey but the local area as well.

The museum is one large gallery broken down into sections of the history of the area. The main gallery is well organized by section to explain the shipping history of the region.

The decoys and rafts that are part of the collection.

The nautical instruments to guide your way through the stars. These were part of the long voyage.

The Shipping display

The sign for the Oyster Dredge display

The Oyster Dredge display

The Oyster Dredge display explores the important of the oyster industry in the area’s waters and what an important source of food they were to the local population. It also showed their role in keeping the waterways clean and the water well circulated.

The Ship Building display

Ship building and the creation of the shipping industry’s planning on future boat was another important part of the economy before the Civil War.

The Ship’s Mascot greets all of her guests at the front of the museum.

The History of the Museum:

The John DuBois Maritime Museum houses a large collection of Southern New Jersey Maritime related items from the 19th and early 20th centuries. A large and unique collection of builders models of local craft, show the plans used to build a new ship from the model itself.

The anchor outside the museum

Exhibited are tools used to carve ribs, planking, masts and booms. Also displayed are many blocks, ‘deadlines’ and ‘rigging’. The museum is proud to have one of the largest collections on the East Coast of caulking tools. Videos are available to view by the New Jersey network on oyster schooners including an interview with John DuBois who donated most of the artifacts in the museum.

Also exhibited are early maritime engine parts, most from the Hettinger’s of Bridgeton, one of the first manufacturers in America of marine motors.

The Shipping displays in the heart of the collection.

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