Maritime Bookstore

The Maritime Bookstore at Mystic Seaport offers one of the nation’s most complete selection of maritime books. Our shelves feature more than 90 of the Museum’s published titles, as well as new and noteworthy titles, used books, children’s books, rare volumes, pictorial books, magazines, and back issues of WoodenBoat Magazine. Book signing events with maritime authors, historians, and scholars are hosted year-round.

Relax in our upstairs viewing area while watching Around Cape Horn with Irving Johnson or one of several other DVD titles. Stop by the children’s section to read to your youngsters at our special pirate table and chairs. Wireless is also available for bookstore visitors.

Bookstore Subjects

Mystic Seaport publications (online purchase available), Adventure, Art, Audio books, Blacksmith, Boat Building, Boat Maintenance, Canoe, Coast Guard, Cookbooks, Cooperage, Crafts, Eric Sloane, Expeditions, Figureheads, Ghosts and Haunted, Kayak, Knots, Log Books and Journals, Maritime Calendars, Maritime Fiction, Maritime History, Model Making, Music of the Sea, Nautical Pictorial, Nautical Terminology, Naval History, New England Pictorial, History and Travel, Pirates, Power Boats, Rigging, Rowing and Sculling, Sailing and Sailboats, Scrimshaw, Sea History magazine, Seamanship, Navigation, and Boating, Shipwrecks and Storms, Special Value books, Voyages, Water, Earth and Sky, Whaling, Wood Carving, WoodenBoat magazine, WoodenBoat publications, and more than 200 youth titles.

Staff Picks

The Rockets’ Red Glare: The War of 1812 and Connecticut by Glenn S. Gordinier

“Rockets’ Red Glare is an exceptional collaborative effort by local historians and educators that bring forth the history behind Connecticut’s involvement in the War of 1812 into a work that can be appreciated by native New Englanders and those across the nation. Succinct and informative, this piece encapsulates a local narrative that highlights the greater picture of America’s birth and struggle for freedom in addition to telling the stories of those individuals and moments that shaped our nation and our history. A recommended read for those who enjoy learning and understanding historical accounts you may not hear about inside the classroom.”

– Dayne Rugh, Mystic Seaport Educator