The museum displays models of fishing boats and other maritime objects from different parts of Indonesia.

The museum also exhibits the celebrated Pinisi schooners of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi, which at present make up one of the last sea-going sailing fleets in the world.

Different dates on stones appear above some doors of the museum which probably refer to the years when repairs, extensions, or additions to the warehouses were executed.

[6] Between the warehouses and the city wall in front of the museum, the Company kept supplies of copper and tin.

[6] The Menara Syahbandar (also known as de Uitkijk), situated about 50 meters from the Maritime Museum, is the former watch tower that was built on the remains of the old bastion Culemborg.

The watch tower acted as a signal box and observation post since 1839 over the roads of Batavia.

There is also a scale model of the island Onrust which was the former shipyard for repair of the Dutch East Indian ships.

[9] In the field of traditional sailing, the museum owns various ship models from the Indonesian Archipelago.

[9] In the field of modern shipping, the museum displays various navigational aids, Indonesian Navy maps, information about lighthouses, and old pictures of voyages of the K.P.M.