Council of American Maritime Museums

Council of American Maritime Museums

The Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) was established in 1974 to be a network for professionals working in North American maritime museums. It has a membership of some eighty museums in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda.

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