Research in the Museum Collections

In its Collections, the Park holds extensive library, archival, small craft, and object collections, making it the largest Museum Collection in the National Park Service.

These Collections are made available for research by the Park's Collections staff.

Visit the Historic Ships and the Maritime Museum

At Hyde Street Pier, you can visit the Park's Historic Ships, as well as boats from the Park's small craft collection.

Nearby is the Park's Maritime Museum in the 1939 Streamline Moderne Bathhouse Building, and the Park's Visitor Center housed in the Park's 1908 historic brick cannery warehouse.