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In honour of International Volunteer Day, The Tall Ship would like to say a huge thank you to the many dedicated volunteers we have had. Volunteers have been an integral part of the team at the ship since it was first brought back to Glasgow from Spain, and the value of their contribution cannot be overstated. Thank you! #InternationalVolunteerDay
124 years ago yesterday, on 3rd December 1896, Glenlee was launched at Anderson Rodgers & Company, Glasgow, Scotland. Our Ship has an incredible story, with voyages across the globe, serving as a cargo vessel and later sail training vessel for the Spanish Navy. Today, Glenlee is one of Glasgow's most popular and unique attractions.
Don't forget to register for our annual anniversary lecture on 7th December. This year's topic will be 'The Slave Trade and the Merchant Navy', presented by Remi Kapo.
https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/TheTallShipAnniversaryLecture2020
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On Monday 7th December we will be hosting The Tall Ship Anniversary Lecture 2020, via zoom webinar. The topic this year will be 'The Slave Trade and the Merchant Navy', presented by Remi Kapo. Tickets are FREE. Please follow one of the links below to register your attendance;
https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/TheTallShipAnniversaryLecture2020
https://l.ead.me/lecture2020
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Congratulations to Daniel Jones, who was chosen as UK photographer of the year 2020 by National Historic Ships, for this amazing image of our ship and Riverside Museum
On Monday 16th November The Tall Ship will be closed to the public, for essential maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Normal winter opening hours will resume Tuesday 17th November.
Come and put our Ghost back together.
Have a Spooktacular Halloween
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Free online jigsaw puzzle game
Don't forget, tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday our Halloween ghost hunts will be available for free! Can you find them all? Come and find out!
The Tall Ship is now operating on winter hours. This means we are open 10.00am-4.00pm, with last entry at 3.30pm.
Join us at The Tall Ship for a spooky challenge! The ghosts will be hiding all around the ship this Halloween. Come and see if you can find them all!
The ghost hunt will be available for free 30th October, 31st October and 1st November.
#halloween #ghosthunt #thetallshipatHalloween
The page for The Tall Ship fundraising voyage will now be closing. Well done to all staff who walked, ran, sailed and cycled 2556km, recreating the distance Glenlee travelled on her return to the Clyde. A massive thank you to everyone who donated.
Stunning Photo - Great subject of course!
Good Morning, Glasgow! Another great autumn morning on the Clyde.
#glasgow #theclyde #riverclyde #goodmorningglasgow #riversidemuseum #thetallship Riverside Museum aka Transport Museu The Tall Ship Glenlee
Congratulations to all members of the Glenlee team who walked, ran, swam, and cycled the total distance of 2556 km or 1588.076 miles to recreate the distance Glenlee travelled on her return to the Clyde.
We had some technical issues which stopped us completing the task within September, but the team finally crossed the finish line on 7th October. It shows that we are no quitters!
The Event will remain open for any final donations until 16 October at which time it will close. In the meantime thank you to all our supporters who have given £2360 so far!
If you wish to donate, please follow the link below;
https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all heritage organisations, including the Tall Ship Glenlee. Following government guidance, the ship has had to close during what would have likely been the busies
The end of September marks the end of the Tall Ship's Fundraising Voyage... or does it?
The team have managed to raise a total of £2,185 and covered 2346.6km!
Whilst we may not have quite covered the equivalent distance of the initial Seville to Greenock voyage (2556km), the team can and should be very proud of this effort!
In the spirit of 'finishing the job', we have decided to continue covering distance until we reach the goal total.
A huge thank you to everyone that has donated and wished us well, we really do appreciate it!
You can still find out more about the project and/or donate here: https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all heritage organisations, including the Tall Ship Glenlee. Following government guidance, the ship has had to close during what would have likely been the busies
What a journey! Today is the final day of the Tall Ship’s Fundraising Voyage!
We’ve also released the fourth and final part of our ‘Captain’s Perspective’ blog series! You can check it out here: https://tallshipglenlee.wordpress.com/2020/09/29/a-captains-perspective-part-four/
To donate and/or find out more, please visit: https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
This blog post is the fourth and final of a series of posts on the original Seville to Greenock voyage from the perspective of Captain Alistair Miller. The first covers the Captain Miller’s pre-voy…
The third part of our 'A Captain's Perspective' series of blog posts is now online! You can check it out here: https://tallshipglenlee.wordpress.com/2020/09/25/a-captains-perspective-part-three/
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone that has been supporting the Tall Ship team during our fundraising voyage!
Find out more and/or support us here: https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
This blog post is the third of a series of posts on the original Seville to Greenock voyage from the perspective of Captain Alistair Miller. The first covers the Captain Miller’s pre-voyage notes a…
Today is World Maritime Day and the theme is 'sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet'.
At the Tall Ship, we recognise the importance of this issue. For those that want to find out more, we suggest you visit: http://www.imo.org/en/About/Events/WorldMaritimeDay/Pages/World-Maritime-Theme-2020.aspx
#WorldMaritimeDay2020
In keeping with the theme of sustainability, our #ThrowbackThursday this week features images from a marine litter art exhibition that the Tall Ship Glenlee hosted for Keep Scotland Beautiful as part of their #UpstreamBattle campaign. The superb artworks were created by primary-aged children using litter. The premise of the project was to raise awareness of the damage that littered materials, such as plastic, cause to our oceans and marine life.
#KeepScotlandBeautiful #TheTallShip
The second part of our 'A Captain's Perspective' series of blog posts is now online! You can check it out here: https://tallshipglenlee.wordpress.com/2020/09/18/a-captains-perspective-part-two/
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone that has been supporting the Tall Ship team during our fundraising voyage!
Find out more and/or support us here: https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
This blog post is the second of a series of posts on the original Seville to Greenock voyage from the perspective of Captain Alistair Miller. The first covers the Captain Miller’s pre-voyage …
So far, our fantastic team have covered 709.6km and raised £1,276 for the Tall Ship’s Fundraising Voyage!
Great work but there’s still a way to go if we’re going to cover our 2556km target!
A huge thank you to everyone that has already donated!
https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all heritage organisations, including the Tall Ship Glenlee . Following government guidance, the ship had to close during what would have likely been the busiest p
A huge thank you to all that have already donated to our fundraising voyage!
As part of the fundraiser, we have released the first of a series of blogs derived from Captain Alistair Miller's original notes! Check it out here: https://tallshipglenlee.wordpress.com/2020/09/11/a-captains-perspective-part-one/
As the Tall Ship staff continue to cover kilometres, this blog post will introduce the original Seville to Greenock voyage from the perspective of Captain Alistair Miller. The following has been ed…
It was great to have @TheSnuts onboard the Tall Ship for a live-streamed performance!
We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
We're very excited about this. You can catch The Snuts playing onboard the Tall Ship Glenlee via a live stream tonight!
To find out more and/or purchase tickets, click on the link below!
www.thesnuts.com/stayathome
#thetallship #TheSnuts #museum #historicship
Join us this Friday for a one-off lockdown themed set right to your living room.
thesnuts.co.uk/stayathome
The Tall Ship Glenlee is embarking on a fundraising voyage!
Throughout September, the Tall Ship team are attempting to collectively cover the distance of the ship's final voyage - from Seville to Greenock!
To find out more and/or support us, please visit:
https://thetallship.enthuse.com/cf/fundraising-voyage
Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all heritage organisations, including the Tall Ship Glenlee . Following government guidance, the ship had to close during what would have likely been the busiest p
After a lot of hard work, we are proud to announce that the Tall Ship Glenlee is re-opened as of today!
To improve the visitor experience and meet COVID guidelines, we have made the following changes:
- a one-way system with arrow markers for social distancing
- mandatory wearing of masks in specified areas
- track and trace upon arrival
- hand sanitisation stations
- renovated café
- shop relocation
- no access to high-risk areas
- water station to fill bottles and reduce the use of single-use plastics
- increased interpretation
Thank you for your patience and we look forward to welcoming you on-board!
Clydebuilt Festival
\\\ CLYDEBUILT FESTIVAL UPDATE ///
To all our Clydebuilt Festival friends and supporters,
We hope you are safe and well during these strange days. Thank you for your continued support and kindness for the festival over the last four years.
In light of the current COVID 19 restrictions and uncertainty over large scale events, that we have taken the decision to postpone the 2020 Clydebuilt Festival.
The 2020 event was set to be our biggest festival to date and was scheduled to be a key event in Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters 2020 celebrations. The safety and well being of our festival team, suppliers, traders and visitors is paramount and will always remain at the heart of everything that we do.
Looking to the future, we are delighted to announce that the festival will be rescheduled to take place on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of September 2021 at the Riverside Museum and The Tall Ship at Riverside. We are working with our range of supporters and partners including EventScotland as part of the Year of Coasts and Waters to confirm final arrangements and the full programme for 2021 which is set to include festival favourites such as Castle to Crane, Dragon Boat racing, Live Music, Street Food, Licensed Bars, Local artists & Makers, Children’s activities and some spectacular on the water performances!
Stay safe, save the date, spread the word, like, follow and share!
Watch this space for more festival news coming very soon!
#YCW2020 #CLYDEBUILTFEST2021
Following the theme of the last few weeks, this week's #ThrowbackThursday brings us to the Glenlee in her current state - as a historic ship, museum and visitor attraction.
We hope to welcome you on-board soon!
#theTallShip #Glasgow #HistoricShip #Museum
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday may surprise a few of you.
These are images of our ship during the initial restoration period after she was purchased and towed from Spain.
As you can see, a lot of work went into restoring Glenlee!
#Glasgow #historicship #museum
Today's #ThrowbackThursday is of our ship when she was named the Galatea.
In 1922, the Spanish Navy purchased the ship and subsequently, converted her into a training vessel and renamed her Galatea.
#theTallShip #Glasgow #historicship #museum
During these tough times, we are hugely grateful for the funding received from @HeritageFundScotland.
THANK YOU to #NationalLottery players for making this possible!
Funding will be used for work on the rig, PPE, signage, a contactless donation point and more!
@TheNationalLotteryUK #ThanksToYou
We hope everyone is safe and well.
Unfortunately, we still don't have an exact date for re-opening the Tall Ship Glenlee, but we are working on it!
For now, here is a #ThrowbackThursday of our ship when she was under Italian ownership and named the Clarastella (circa 1920).
We are working hard behind-the-scenes to reopen the Tall Ship to the public, but, we are not quite there yet!
Our current plan is to reopen safely by early August.
We look forward to welcoming you on-board soon and will be releasing more details in the coming days and weeks!
Brogan Murphy at work in the rig this morning. A long way up! @ The Tall Ship at Riverside
It has been lovely sunshine recently so it would be nice to share it with you - in the form of a jigsaw. Taken on Wednesday, I thought this might be pretty fiendish.
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3cfa9afbaadd
Please post your best time.
Stay well, Stay safe
from Your Tall Ship
Free online jigsaw puzzle game
144 days to go! 🤞🤞🤞🤞
#Clydebuiltfest2020 #CastletoCrane2020 #YCW2020
Happy Monday Folks!
144 days until the #Clydebuiltfest2020 and #Castletocrane2020 are due to take place!
Here is a wee look back to our first ever festival and Castle to Crane race in 2017, look how much we have grown!!
Entries for the 2020 race are open here http://bit.ly/3cIqHnt
#YCW2020
Time for a reflective moment . . .
Well, we are part of the other NHS - that is to say National Historic Ships, but as one NHS to another we would just like to say thank you to all the key staff working to keep the virus at bay at this time.
Also to bemoan this wonderful weather. Social Distancing and Lockdown would be so much easier in driving rain and chilly conditions, which (incidentally) would also be so much kinder to Glenlee's wooden decks. The sprinkler systems are therefore on to stop the wood shrinking and help stop the leaks. No doubt the moment we are released, the weather will break.
But, for the moment, keep smiling and Glenlee looks forward to welcoming you back on board soon.
From part of your other NHS
Glenlle - made frae girders
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Images during the C19 Lockdown
Images during the C19 Lockdown
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We’re delighted to have the Arkansas Ramblers playing on board today! You can still catch this performance for free or join us at 2.30pm for their next performance! #ArkansasRamblers #theTallShip #Glasgow
The Arkansas Ramblers are performing now 🎶
The Arkansas Ramblers are here performing today until 3pm! FREE to enter and sure to brighten up your afternoon! 😁🎶
Jock has been continuing his adventures and researching the Glenlee's past. He visited the very house Captain David George built in 1910 as well as helping Captain George's great great granddaughter, and husband Cledwyn locate the Captian's gravestone!
🐈⚓Jock set off this week, from The Tall Ship at Riverside, in search of the last captain of Islamount! Here he is in his campervan getting a good night’s rest before arriving in Dinas Cross, Wales, to conduct his research! ⚓🐈
#Jockthecat has been on some fantastic adventures this month! Thank you for all your photos... tag us on Instagram using #jockthecat. You can buy Jock from The Tall Ship at Riverside gift shop for £8.
Today we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Glenlee returning to the Clyde from Spain to begin the restoration process and a new life as a museum! Captain Alistair Miller was part of the crew of three that brought the ship back and has served 25 years on the ship committee. 🥂
Great to have The Arkansas Ramblers performing on the weather deck today as part of Festival of Museums! Fantastic weather for it! ☉
We are so proud of our two students from Information Studies at University of Glasgow, Chen Chen and Levi, who displayed their academic poster presentation based on their work placement within our museum and education department for their Museum Studies Masters degree. Both students have produced fantastic projects that will have a great impact here at The Tall Ship. Well done and thank you for all your hard work!
Our pirates had a fantastic Easter weekend taking 189 children on Pirate Easter Egg Hunts! 🐣🐰. They are now having a well earned rest but our Learning Team will be on the ship over the rest of the holidays doing their Deep Sea Drop-in craft activities, 3rd-13th April, 12pm-3pm, FREE. http://thetallship.com/erracal/?e=161&c=0
We have been enjoying Weaving and Shaking this February weekend, crafting with cargo! There are two more days left of the FREE activity, 12pm-3pm Tues 13th and Wed 14th Feb.
Join us from the 9th-14th of February for our FREE Weavers and Shakers activities! We will be crafting with cargo this holiday! Fill and decorate your own glitter rice shaker or have a go at weaving with paper and wool!
Some before and after progress photos of our hull survey currently ongoing in the Cargo Hold. All work is being done in preparation for Dry Dock 2021 to ensure her structural stability before she goes. The crew have been working hard removing 46 tonnes ballast and cleaning the bilges in preparation for shot blasting by. Keep checking our Facebook for updates on our hull renovations! The Tall Ship at Riverside relies on the generosity of the public to maintain and preserve the ship - if you would like to contribute please donate via our Just Giving page here: www.justgiving.com/clydemaritime
Some before and after progress photos of our hull renovations currently ongoing in the Cargo Hold. All work is being done in preparation for Dry Dock 2021 to ensure her structural stability before she goes. The crew have been working hard removing 46 tonnes ballast and cleaning the bilges in preparation for shot blasting by. Keep checking our Facebook for updates on our hull renovations! The Tall Ship at Riverside relies on the generosity of the public to maintain and preserve the ship - if you would like to contribute please donate via our Just Giving page here: www.justgiving.com/clydemaritime
It really is amazing to see how far we have come and many younger visitors may not remember how The Tall Ship at Riverside used to look. Thanks to the hard work of numerous volunteers and donations however we have managed to come so far! If you would like to continue to support us and our restoration you can donate on our JustGiving page www.justgiving.com/clydemaritime or you can text donate: Text SHIP03 £3 to 70070.
SING anyway with Dr V are here getting us into the festive spirit! 🎄
What a fantastic day we had today for Santa's visit to The Tall Ship. He is back tomorrow 11am-3pm for only £7 per child arriving by speedboat at 10:45am! Plus we have face painting, RNLI stalls and model life boats and our Vintage Photo Booth! Don't forget, 9:30am-10:30am will be our Autism friendly quiet hour.
Happy Halloween from our very own Scary Mary 👻🎃
Scary Mary and her pirate crew are putting their feet up tonight after a successful weekend of Halloween treasure hunts! 🎃👻☠They had lots of spooky fun, thank you to all the children who helped them search for the cursed treasure!
Our office team explored Tall Ship La Malouine with her Captain Roy Kerr who was here for Clydebuilt Festival this past weekend. La Malouine is the only Scottish owned operating Tall Ship still sailing.
We had a fantastic turn out for the launch of our Captain's Gig today! Thanks again to The Chalkboard Burd for hand painting her name, it looks great!
A big thank you to Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky for donating a bottle of 12 year old malt whisky to toast the launch of our Captain's Gig which was made by our Anchor and Sail volunteers in our boat building workshop!
Our Captain's Gig is launched here at Clydebuilt Festival!
On our way to launch our Captains gig as part of Clydebuilt Festival!
A big thanks to Glengoyne Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky for letting us borrow their tent for our joinery workshop as part of Clydebuilt Festival!
Visitors made scrimshaw and discovered what sailors, who worked on ships like Glenlee, kept in their sea chests as part of our free Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival event which is on again tomorrow, Sunday 17th Sept, 12pm-3pm #GDODF2017
We hoisted our Red Ensign today proudly for #merchantnavyday Glenlee sailed as part of the Merchant Navy!
Tomorrow is Merchant Navy Day and we kicked off our celebrations today! We had Seafarers UK and The Watch Ashore helping out plus our fantastic Radio Officers demonstrating and teaching Morse code. Newly qualified officers from City of Glasgow College Nautical Studies were there to talk about life on a present day Merchant Navy ship! Also, our learning were making boats out if recycled bottles teaching our visitors about the importance of ballast and the correct way to store cargo! All of the above is on again tomorrow 12pm-3pm and watch out for us hoisting the red ensign at 11am! #merchantnavyday
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