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Name |
Location |
Discription |
Website |
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| National Maritime Museum |
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich
London SE10 9NF |
The National Maritime Museum comprises three
sites: the Maritime Galleries, the Royal Observatory
and the Queen's House. Together these constitute
one museum working to illustrate for everyone the
importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars
and their relationship with people. |
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| Natural History Museum |
Cromwell Rd
London, United Kingdom SW75BD
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Museum scientists are conducting research on
the biodiversity of the oceans, the sea floor and
coastal areas, such as gathering data on cetacean
strandings and assessing the diversity of seaweeds,
fish and microscopic marine plants and animals.
This research is helping us to understand the immense
diversity of life in the oceans and the impacts
of our activities on it. |
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| Essex |
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| Brightlingsea Museum |
1 Duke Street Brightlingsea
Essex
CO7 0EA |
A
small museum of local history. Displays on
the Cinque Port Association, the local oyster
industry & local
ship building. Restoration of the Essex deep-sea
smack "Pioneer", built 1864. Artefacts
from the Colne Smack preservation Society. |
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| Burnham-on-Crouch and District Museum |
The Quay
Coronation Rd Burnham-on-Crouch
Essex
CM0 8HW |
A
small museum which displays local history & archeology: "Land & Sea".
Fishing & boat building, the local oyster
fishery, stranding of whales in Essex. Displays
on local
floods and the coastal trade. Computerised
local archives under development. |
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| Harwich Maritime Museum |
The Low Lighthouse Harbour Crescent
Harwich
Essex |
Superb nautical displays housed in a decommissioned
lighthouse with excellent views over the harbour
and its unending shipping movements. |
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| Mersea Island Museum |
High Street
West Mersea
Mersea Island
Essex
CO5 8QD |
Mersea Island Museum is an independent museum
established in 1976 and occupying purpose-built
premises in the centre of West Mersea, just to
the east of the Parish Church. The traditional
local activities of fishing, oystering, wild fowling
and boat building are represented. The reconstruction
within the museum of a typical weather-boarded
fisherman's cottage provides an interior display
centred on a Victorian coal-fired kitchen range,
with adjoining facilities for washing clothes using
old-fashioned manual equipment. |
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| Nottage Maritime Institute |
The Quay
Wivenhoe
nr Colchester Essex
CO7
9BX |
The
Institute includes a museum with displays of
photographs, models & artefacts that illustrate
the maritime traditions of the River Colne & its
people. Fishing & yachting, local boat & ship
building. Punt-gunning. |
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Walton Maritime Museum
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| Kent |
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| Deal Maritime and Local History Museum |
22 St George's Rd
Deal
Kent
CT14 6BA |
Exhibits include the Saxon King (the last
of the Deal Galleys ), many ships models (including
the Cutty Sark), colourful figureheads and numerous
pictures, prints and memorabilia of the famous
Deal Boatmen, the Deal, Walmer, and Kingsdown lifeboat
crews and of the Royal Marines stationed at Deal
for over 300 years. |
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Dover Museum |
Dover Museum Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
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Dover Museum is a local history
and archaeology museum situated in the town centre
of Dover, Britain's historic port town.It is
home to the Dover Bronze Age Boat, the world's
oldest known seagoing boat and
a
fascinating archaeological discovery.
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| Ramsgate Maritime Museum |
Clock House
Pier Yard
Royal Harbour
Ramsgate
Kent |
Situated in the Clock House on the quayside at
Ramsgate Harbour, Ramsgate Maritime Museum focuses
strongly on Ramsgate and its immediate environs,
with a brief introduction to the rest of the region's
maritime past.
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| Whitstable museum |
Oxford Street
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 1DB
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Whitstable's unique coastal community and seafaring
traditions are the main themes of the town's lively
museum; with special features on oysters, diving
and shipping. |
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| Brighton Fishing Museum |
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Uncover
the history and heritage of Brighton’s
fishing industry through a wealth of photographs,
remarkable artefacts and restored traditional
Sussex clinker fishing boats. |
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| Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum |
Sovereign Harbour Marina
Pevensey Bay Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN23 6JH |
The Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum is housed in the
RNLI boathouse, King Edwards Parade. Built in 1898
to commemorate the assassination of the well known
actor William Terris outside the Adelphi Theatre
in 1897. A display of newspaper cuttings of the
the time are in the museum. The building housed
an active lifeboat until 1924, when an exhibition
lifeboat was put on display. |
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| Hastings Fishermen's Museum |
Rock-a-Nore Rd
Hastings TN34 3DW |
The Fishermen's Museum is housed in a former
church, built on the beach in 1854, to minister
to the local fishing community. The impressive
centrepiece is the Enterprise, built in 1912 as
one of the last of the Hastings sailing luggers.
The museum is very much at the heart of the local
community with photographs, model ships and boats,
fishing gear, historic paintings and much more,
including an albatross. Adjacent to the Museum
is the Edward and Mary, the first locally built
boat to be constructed with an engine installed
in 1919.
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| Marlipins Museum |
High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea
BN43 5DA |
Marlipins Museum is home to displays on our maritime
past and the history of the Shoreham area. It houses
a fine collection of archaeological material from
prehistoric to Roman times. Upstairs the story
of Shoreham comes up to date, including features
on its silent film industry, the beach and transport
from trams to planes. |
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| Newhaven Maritime Museum |
Avis Road, Newhaven East Sussex
BN9 0DH |
The Museum contains a wealth of valuable information
regarding Newhaven and its neighbouring locality
from prehistoric times to yesteryear. This information
is archived by way of artefacts, documents, publications,
photographs and digital information technology.
There are models of ships, aircraft, and historically-important
locations, all lovingly hand-crafted by local people
and donated to the museum for posterity. |
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| Selsey Lifeboat Station |
Selsey lifeboat stn
The Boathouse Kingsway
Selsey West Sussex |
The
history & organisation of the RNLI. History
of the Selsey Lifeboat Station since 1861 is shown
with photographs, models & videos of rescues.
Housed in old inshore lifeboat building (the
offshore boathouse is always open). Tyne Class
Lifeboat
47-001 |
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The
Shipwreck & Coastal
Heritage Centre Hastings |
Shipwreck & Coastal
Heritage Centre, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 3DW
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Tells
the unique story of the maritime Hastings
area – encouraging people
to explore the ‘maritime
park’ shore at low tide. At the Centre
they will discover how to find the two major
historic
shipwrecks on the beach nearby that are protected
by English Heritage; they will see how to walk
through a prehistoric forest 4000 years old;
how to collect rocks and fossils from the age
of the
dinosaurs 135 million years ago; and how to
experience the rising sea level and changing
coastline and
massive sea defences; and where to wander through
the quaint streets of the medieval Cinque Port
of Hastings. |
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