PORT GLASGOW’S SHIPBUILDING STORY BROUGHT TO LIFE IN 250TH ANNIVERSARY TALK 5pm Saturday 19 September Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Harbourside From pioneering steamships to Scotland’s biggest cargo ship, Alastair Hart will chart nearly 200 years of shipbuilding in Port…
SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM INVITES EVERYONE TO FREE CLOSING CELEBRATION OF ‘THE BEACH TODAY’ EXHIBITION Family Fun Day & Meet the Artist Event Scottish Maritime Museum Harbour Road, Irvine 10am – 4pm Thursday 23 July The Scottish Maritime Museum invites visitors…
The Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside brings back the ever-popular Glassblowing Workshops with a fresh programme of Spring sessions running from March to May. The workshops offer participants the chance to experience the excitement of shaping molten…
A powerful new exhibition exploring the stark contrast between life in harbour and out on the open sea is now on show at the Scottish Maritime Museum (Denny Tank) in Dumbarton. Harbour and Horizon brings together artworks, historical photographs and artefacts…
“MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DIE” NEW SHORT FILM AT SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM CAPTURES POIGNANT REUNION BETWEEN SURVIVOR AND LIFEBOAT NEARLY 60 YEARS ON A moving new short film capturing the emotional reunion between a fisherman…
By Paola Folicaldi Suh Opens Saturday 27 September Scottish Maritime Museum Irvine Harbourside A powerful exhibition exploring Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Antarctic expedition aboard the Endurance (1914-1917) opens at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside on Saturday 27 September. Fortitudo by Italian…
It was a full house at the Scottish Maritime Museum last night (Thursday 11 September) as Doug Allan OBE, one of the world’s foremost wildlife cameramen and a passionate environmental advocate, delivered a special talk on climate change. Described by…
Scottish Maritime Museum (Denny Tank) Castle Street, Dumbarton Now Open! A fascinating new exhibition now open at the Scottish Maritime Museum (Denny Tank) in Dumbarton charts the legacy of one of the world’s most innovative shipbuilders - William Denny and Brothers -…
DISCOVER THE SECRET LIFE OF IRVINE’S SAND DUNES In partnership with the Scottish Maritime Museum, Ayrshire-based artist, photographer, writer and founder of The Nature Library, Christina Riley, invites everyone to explore the hidden wonders of Irvine’s sand dunes at two…
NEW EXHIBITION SHINES LIGHT ON CLYDE ANCHORAGE EMERGENCY PORT IN WW2 ‘HERITAGE HARBOURS TRANSFORMED BY WAR’ Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine Harbourside Opens Sunday 14 September The Scottish Maritime Museum will welcome the Maritime Heritage Trust’s touring exhibition Heritage…