The Scottish Maritime Museum on Irvine Harbourside will once again light up red in support of the Scottish Poppy Appeal. The exterior of the vast, A Listed, Victorian Linthouse, which is home to Scotland’s nationally recognised collection of maritime heritage,…
The Loving Earth Project: Textile Panel Workshops Scottish Maritime Museum, Castle Street, Dumbarton Saturday 16 October, Saturday 13 November & Saturday 27 November The Scottish Maritime Museum on Castle Street, Dumbarton, has announced six additional Textile Panel Workshops will run this month and…
A collection of striking and poignant textile panels challenging us to open our eyes to people, places and creatures threatened by growing environmental breakdown, opens at the Scottish Maritime Museum (Denny Tank) on Castle Street, Dumbarton, on Saturday 25 September.…
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After smashing the target in a Crowdfunder last Autumn, the Scottish Maritime Museum has started essential conservation work on one of Britain’s most historic vessels, MV Kyles, beginning with state of the art, environmentally-sensitive, dry ice blasting. With the money raised through the Keep…
Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton reopens with Woven Waves: The Jutland Tapestries by award-winning artist Katie Russell Open now until 19 September Award-winning tapestry artist Katie Russell weaves together naval history, ground-breaking technology and art to explore the largest ever naval…
The Scottish Maritime Museum has raised £39,835 for essential repairs to MV Kyles, the world’s oldest floating Clyde-built vessel, through a Crowdfunder campaign, more than double the original £15,000 target. The Scottish Maritime Museum’s Keep the Kyles Afloat campaign was made possible by the #SupportOurMuseums…
Renowned Scottish artist, author and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie has gifted a large painting from his acclaimed ‘Shipyard’ exhibition to the Scottish Maritime Museum’s nationally significant art collection. ‘Shipyard Brotherhood’ was conceived during Goudie’s unique seven year project documenting construction of the…
The Scottish Maritime Museum has successfully bid for an eighty year old bottle of whisky salvaged from one of Scotland’s most famous shipwrecks and the inspiration for the much-loved Ealing Studio comedy Whisky Galore! The unlabeled bottle of blended whisky…
The Scottish Maritime Museum has received funding from Maths Week Scotland to offer five additional free places for the first primary schools across Scotland to book onto the new ‘Ship to Shore Online Learning Workshops’. The free places are available…