Founded in 1983 and based in the West of Scotland with sites in Irvine and Dumbarton, the Scottish Maritime Museum holds an important nationally recognised collection, encompassing a variety of historic vessels, artefacts, art, fascinating personal items and the largest collection of shipbuilding tools and machinery in the country.
The buildings and sites which the Scottish Maritime Museum occupies are themselves part of the collection. The Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine is housed within the vast, glass-roofed Victorian Linthouse. This A listed 'cathedral of engineering' was formerly the Engine Shop of Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyard in Govan before being salvaged and relocated to Irvine in 1991.
The buildings and sites which the Scottish Maritime Museum occupies are themselves part of the collection. The Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine is housed within the vast, glass-roofed Victorian Linthouse. This A listed 'cathedral of engineering' was formerly the Engine Shop of Alexander Stephen and Sons shipyard in Govan before being salvaged and relocated to Irvine in 1991.
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The Scottish Maritime Museum is home to Scotland's nationally recognised collection of maritime heritage, a new national art collection and the Scottish Boat Building School. UNLIMITED entry to our Museums on Irvine Harbourside and in Dumbarton throughout the year*. Historic vessels, shipbuilding engineering and inventions which influenced maritime history across the world and 1920s shipyard worker's tenement flat on Irvine Harbourside.
Your support will help the work we do in protecting Scotland's Maritime Heritage, the learning projects and community benefits we offer, as well as assisting us to care for our iconic buildings for generations to come. We'd love to keep you posted with our news, activities and how you can help in other ways in a short monthly newsletter.
The Scottish Maritime Museum is a member of Industrial Museums Scotland: a dynamic group of industrial museums in Scotland who are collectively known as GoIndustrial. The organisations aim is to ensure that Scotland's amazing industrial heritage continues to play an important role in our rich culture, and serves to inspire the future whilst safeguarding the past.
The Scottish Boat Building School was established in 2014 to provide education and qualification in both traditional and modern boat building and repair. Working with the local community, including young offenders, long-term unemployed, and general volunteers, the school gives its volunteers transferable skills that can lead to jobs for its trainees and, through its commercial boat-building and repair arm, another source of income for the Museum.
Free entry for Art Fund members and Scottish Maritime Museum Friends. To benefit from the above concessions, please bring supporting documentation with you such as your student card or membership card. Discover historic vessels such as MV Spartan, Scotland's last Scottish-built puffer, the harbour tug Garnock, and SY Carola, a steam yacht built in 1898.
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