The main exhibits include:
• LIFEBOAT Queenscliffe - the core of the Museum collection
• Port Phillip Sea Pilots
• Port Phillip Steamer trade
• Lighthouses
• Boat Building Shed
Other exhibits include:
• In the Same Boat - exhibition of shipwrecks in Port Phillip and around the Heads
• Hydrographic model of the Rip - the treacherous entrance to Port Phillip
• Dive display
• Shipwrecks and artefacts
• Lifesaving equipment
• Historical postcards
• Model ships
• Sea Kayak display
• HMVS Lonsdale interpretive panel
More Historic Vessels represented in the collection include:
• DAVID CLARKE - The first ship to arrive in Melbourne carrying assisted migrants
• CLIPPER LIGHTNING - The fastest wooden ship ever built. The Lightning burned to her waterline in Geelong in 1869
• PILOT SCHOONER RIP - The model of the Pilot schooner Rip is magnificent