Coast Guard Museum

Not quite worth the effort. A bit difficult to get to, the U.S. Coast Guard Museum is open only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. To get there, you can drive onto the Coast Guard base (be prepared to show vehicle registration and current insurance) or there is plenty of off-​base parking. You have to enter through the main gate (show ID) and a volunteer from the Museum will pick you up and drive you through the base to the Museum.
I almost would have preferred that the volunteer drove me the long way to the museum, because the base itself seem fascinating — with one of the large ice-​cutters homeported. According to the website, the ice cutters may be available to visitors, but I never asked and the volunteer never mentioned.
The museum itself is a one-​room building, with hundreds of Coast Guard items one display, including large models of coast guard ships, the ship’s bell from an Admiral Peary ship, items from a captured German trawler, ships wheels, uniforms, etc. Not much in the way of explanatory materials or historical context — but the volunteers are friendly, knowledge and looking for visitors to talk to.