Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum

Located on the Eastern tip of the Biloxi peninsula, the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum preserves the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is housed in a more than 19,000-square-foot building with exhibits, gallery spaces, meeting rooms, and a gift shop The main atrium is designed around the Nydia, a 30-foot wooden vessel built in the late 1800s on Biloxi’s Back Bay. 

The current facility replaces the Musuem’s previous home shich was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The former building was a Spanish-influenced structure built in 1934 as part of a U.S. Coast Guard station.

The museum was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It accomplishes this mission through an array of exhibits containing historic photographs and objects.

Visitors can experience the tremendous impact of hurricanes on Biloxi through an exhibit and film on Hurricane Camille, which devastated the Gulf Coast in 1969. the museum has brought Biloxi’s maritime history to life by replicating two full-size Biloxi schooners, which sail the Gulf waters daily.

Address: 115 First Street, Biloxi, MS 39530

Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (Sunday 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Memorial Day through Labor Day)

Admission: $10 adults; $8 Seniors (60 and up), AAA, and Military; $6 Students (5-12)

Group tours and schooner trips available, please call for reservations.

For additional information, call 228-435-6320 or visit http://www.maritimemuseum.org


(updated 8/3/2022)