By Kirsty Gilchrist Elizabeth (Betsy) Miller was born on the 11th of June 1792. The daughter of Mary Garret and Captain William Miller, Betsy grew up in Saltcoats in a family that had a close connection to the sea.…
By Kirsty Gilchrist Different animals could be found onboard ships throughout history. This has often been documented in photographs, and two students on work experience at the Scottish Maritime Museum have helped to research the subject. The first kind…
By Kirsty Gilchrist ‘The Loss’ by Joyce W. Cairns PPRSA DEd(hc)HRHA HRWA HRBA RSW is an oil painting that was completed in 1990 and acquired by the Scottish Maritime Museum from the artist in 2016. The painting shows…
By Kirsty Gilchrist The Scottish Maritime Museum collection includes ropewalk machinery previously used at the Gourock Ropework Company in Port Glasgow. The machinery consists of three mechanical parts which made up one of the longest ropewalks in Scotland. …
By Kirsty Gilchrist In this oil on canvas painting, John Bellany uses bright, expressive colours throughout, depicting the Dawn Pearl low down in Port Seton harbour. The fishing vessel was built at J & G Forbes, Sandhaven, Fraserburgh, in…
Written by Kaitlin, from Queen Margaret Academy, during placement at the Scottish Maritime Museum. 'Flare Boom' was created in 1988, after a one-week residency Kate Downie was placed at in June of the previous year, on the oil platform…
By Kirsty Gilchrist Launched in 1934 by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Glasgow, the ocean liner Queen Mary has been permanently moored as a working hotel in the city of Long Beach, California, since 1967. The Queen Mary was built during the Great Depression,…