Hours: Thursday – Saturday 10 am – 4 pm & Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm.
Museum Store is open for Newburyport Invitation Nights Dec. 3, 10, & 17 from 6 pm – 9 pm.
The Museum has reinstated the original COVID protocol and requires masks indoors.
The Maritime Holiday Tree is back! Buy your Life Ring at BUYALIFERINGCOM.
Stewards of Your History
Join us as we bring our past to life
It’s about where we’ve been. Where we are. Where we’re going.
From High Street to the shores of the Merrimack, the neighborhoods of Newburyport are steeped in maritime history, rich with stories of the people who helped build this city, explore these waters, and found our nation. From its settlement to its rise as a maritime hub to its rebirth, we’re here to tell its story. To share its legacy. To show you how you’re a part of where we will go. We are the Custom House Maritime Museum, the stewards of your maritime history.
NOW
at the Custom House Maritime Museum
Extended through December 31, 2021
Current exhibit
THE EARLY AMERICAN TAVERN
Entertainment for Man and Horse: Victuals Libations and Distractions in an Early American Tavern
Current exhibit
THE EARLY AMERICAN TAVERN
Entertainment for Man and Horse: Victuals Libations and Distractions in an Early American Tavern
What’s going on around here?
Maritime Holiday Tree 2021
Shortly after Thanksgiving, you will begin to see the shape of a tree erected on the back lawn of the Custom House. Many thanks to our presenting sponsor, the Newburyport Bank for supporting our efforts. This Maritime Tree, made from rope rigging will display life...
The Things We Find!
In an effort to improve space and assess the holdings of the Custom House Maritime Museum, we have begun to review the 250 linear feet of books. Books are in every room, mostly historical or relating to Newburyport, maritime, or the Custom House history. However,...
Jacob Little: “Great Bear of Wall Street”
Descended from George Little, who arrived from England to the 5-year-old Newberry Plantation in 1640, Jacob Little was born March 19, 1797, to Jacob Sr., a merchant, and Hannah (Sawyer). Jacob Sr. made his fortune throughout the 1790s and early 1800s, until the...
Header Photo Credit: Mary Johnson