The National Transport Trust has recognised the Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton with a ‘Red Wheel’, commemorating the world’s oldest working model experiment tank as one of the UK’s most significant transport heritage sites. The heritage…
SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM ANNOUNCES CRACKING EASTER FAMILY FUN The Scottish Maritime Museum (Denny Tank) promises visitors a cracking good time over the upcoming Easter school holidays. Families visiting the Museum on Castle Street, Dumbarton, between Monday 3 and Sunday 16 April, will enjoy…
The Scottish Maritime Museum will join The Wild Escape, a major new project uniting museums and families to discover nature in museums, as part of a bumper programme of family fun over the Easter school holidays. Families visiting the Museum…
SOLD OUT Two new after school clubs giving children the opportunity to take part in exciting Lego building and craft projects begin at the Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside in February. The new Lego and Model Making Club begins on Tuesday…
The Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside kicks off 2023 with a brand new series of ‘Reminiscence’ get togethers for former maritime workers, their loved ones and those living in the Harbourside area. At each of the free ‘Reminiscence’ get togethers, everyone can…
By Sara Higson, Sara has been working with the Scottish Maritime Museum on the collection associated with Helena Adams Henry and has been investigating the important, and often overlooked, involvement of women as part of the Royal Navy. Helena…
By Captain Justin Osmond RN, Chief Executive of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society. To celebrate the competition’s tenth year, a display of stunning maritime photography will be mounted at the Museum from Friday 4 November until 5 February. The Shipwrecked Fishermen…
As part of our current exhibition All Mortal Greatness is but Disease, we are proud to show two artworks from Norfolk-based artist Caroline Hack. Hack is a mixed media artist, working in textiles, printmaking and handmade books. Her artistic practice…
The Hunting of Whales Whaling has been documented as early as the Neolithic period (4000 – 2000 BCE) but it wasn’t until the 1800s that whale populations began to decline globally. Modern hunting, aided by advanced weaponry and ships, nearly…
By Captain Justin Osmond RN, Chief Executive of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society. To celebrate the competition’s tenth year, a display of stunning maritime photography will be mounted at the Museum from Friday 4 November until 5 February. The Shipwrecked Fishermen…