Scottish Maritime Museum

Scottish Maritime Museum Preserving, restoring and promoting Scotland's maritime past at our sites in Irvine and Dumbarton. Awarded 4**** by the Scottish Tourist Board.

The Scottish Maritime Museum is based in the west of Scotland, with sites in Irvine and Dumbarton. At these two sites, the Museum holds an important nationally recognised collection, including a variety of historic ships, artefacts, shipbuilding machinery and fascinating personal items. In Irvine, the museum is in the Linthouse Engine Shop, a unique Grade A listed, 19th century historic building k

nown as the โ€˜Cathedral of Engineering'. At Dumbarton, its home is the Denny Tank, the worldโ€™s first commercial ship model experiment tank.

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธAn excellent guide to Scotland's fishing past...
01/09/2026

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ

An excellent guide to Scotland's fishing past and present by Linda Fitzpatrick. Telling the stories of Scotlands Fishing Industry and communities. All photographs and objects shown in this publication are from the collections of The Scottish Fisheries Museum. Funded by Museums Galleries Scotland

You can grab this book at the Museum or giftshop for ยฃ8.95 after visiting our new exhibition "Guโ€™un the Fish nโ€™ that" a sound installation by East Anglian based artist Beverley Carruthers, celebrating the lives and legacy of the herring girls.

Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/exhibitions/gun-fish-an-that/

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฒ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌLIMITED TICKETS! - THIS FRIDAY!! Need som...
31/08/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€
๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฒ๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ

LIMITED TICKETS! - THIS FRIDAY!!

Need something to do this Friday and are a big fan of the art of Glassblowing?

This one-day conference will showcase the creative and technical possibilities of scientific glassblowing, which you can come and explore for ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜!

Book your ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ticket today here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-science-through-glass-tickets-1998210816342?aff=erelpanelorg

๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
Dr Ayako Tani
Robert Mcleod
Graham Muir
Euan Stobbs
Linnea Soler
Smita Odedra
Paul Le Pinnet

Glassblowing demonstrations from Robert Mcleod and Dr Ayako Tani

An amazing exhibition showing the skills behind the profession of this endangered craft, Scientific Glassblowing.

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ - ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟJoin us on ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ from 10am, where Irvine Share and Repai...
29/08/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ - ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

Join us on ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ from 10am, where Irvine Share and Repair will be at the Scottish Maritime Museum to help you breathe new life into your well-loved items!

Do you have favourite clothes that need mending (not altering), soft toys or small ornaments that need repairing, or small electrical items that have stopped working? If it can fit in a Bag for Life, bring it to the Museum for our volunteers to take a look.

We'll do our best to help you keep it in use!

Suitable for adults | Free, drop-in event

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ - ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†Did you know the Museum has a library with a wide range of Maritime ...
27/08/2026

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ - ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†

Did you know the Museum has a library with a wide range of Maritime books?

The National Year of Reading 2026 Campaign has inspired us to highlight our museum library. Kirsty, Assistant Curator has written a blog post about it, you can read it here: https://www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/the-scottish-maritime-museum-library/

We welcome the public to visit the Library which can be visited on set days Monday's and Thursday's*. The Library is ran by our wonderful volunteers!

*Subject to availability

A wonderful piece about the award winning Puffers Cafรฉ Bistro! ๐ŸŽ‰ Which recently just won โ€œmost loved food place of the y...
27/08/2026

A wonderful piece about the award winning Puffers Cafรฉ Bistro!

๐ŸŽ‰ Which recently just won โ€œmost loved food place of the year 2026โ€ by Food Award Scotland ๐ŸŽ‰

You can read the article here: https://puffers-cafe-bistro.hey-restaurants.com/

After exploring Scottish Maritime History, pop down down to the Harbourside to visit the giftshop and cafe for a bite to eat and a beautiful view of Arran!

Only a 2 minute walk from the Museum.

Open daily 10am until 4pm (last orders at 3:30pm)

Pictured are just some of the tasty food they do!


๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฒ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌLIMITED TICKETS! This one-day conference w...
26/08/2026

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—š๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€
๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฒ๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ

LIMITED TICKETS!

This one-day conference will showcase the creative and technical possibilities of scientific glassblowing, which you can come and explore for ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜!

Book your ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ticket today here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-science-through-glass-tickets-1998210816342?aff=erelpanelorg

๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
Dr Ayako Tani
Robert Mcleod
Graham Muir
Euan Stobbs
Linnea Soler
Smita Odedra
Paul Le Pinnet

Glassblowing demonstrations from Robert Mcleod and Dr Ayako Tani

An amazing exhibition showing the skills behind the profession of this endangered craft, Scientific Glassblowing.

23/08/2026

If you see this, then itโ€™s your sign to โ€ฆ.

Our coffee is fairtrade from Coffee Conscience

The museum and Linthouse coffee bar is open daily from 10am until 4pm (last entry at 3:30pm)

Up to three kids go FREE with every paying adult or concession

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The Linthouse, Harbour Road
Irvine
KA128BT

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Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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