H. Lee White Maritime Museum - Oswego (NY)

5 /5 Bill Sutorius: Really nice historic Maritime museum. There is a store in there where you can purchase some nice items. There are some great paintings and exhibits and two floors of things to look at. Its also good for children. I went during the Lake Ontario Waterfront Festival on 5/17/25. Which was cut short due to bad weather, but it was nice because everything is indoors at the Maritime Museum. This is a nice place also because it is adjacent to the pier where several large vessels are tied up. One of them is the historic tugboat that was used in the Normandy invasion in World War II on D-Day. Its a nice location because its right on the water and theres a lot to see. They are accepting donations there. If you have some extra money to spare to help this good cause, showing the history of Oswegos Waterfront as well as some other things that are very interesting and important to the history of the United States.

3 /5 Christine Kazlauskas: Pulled into the parking lot and saw The Dredge and the tugboat and there was parking there so we stopped walked up inside and saw that you could do a self tour through an app or just self-guided. Then we went over to the tugboat read the information boards there and saw that you could not go on it to view it until summer of next year-June 2024. Then we walked down to the actual Maritime Museum where there was more parking and where we probably should have stopped at first. There was no signage to direct you to the museum first. So after looking at the dredge and the tugboat we now had to pay $10 to go through a small museum that while somewhat informative I feel is a little overpriced especially since there was nobody there that seemed very knowledgeable or willing to provide some extra informationto make the museum more interesting. Gift shop had some decent stuff. It would have definitely been worth the $10 if the price of admission included actually touring on the tugboat. Unfortunately unless you also purchase a separate ticket you have no access to get close enough or even take decent pictures unless you have a professional camera of the lighthouse. Unless you are a true maritime buff this one is a hit or miss.

5 /5 Theresa St. John: The maritime museum and boat were wonderful to learn about, walk through, learn about the history and culture of maritime years ago in that area.

5 /5 Pam T: Informative museum with kid-friendly exhibits. Seeing the Derrick 8 canal boat with engines and boiler was fascinating. The LT-5 tug boat that participated in the D-Day invasion was very interesting and surprising. Highly recommend a stop at this museum if you are in Oswego.