Aiberdeen Maritime Museum

Aiberdeen Maritime Museum

Location within Aiberdeen
Established	1984
Location	Aiberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates	57.14646°N 2.09496°W
Teep	Maritime Museum
Wabsteid	https://aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/plan-your-visit/aberdeen-maritime-museum/

Front o the Aiberdeen Maritime Museum

Provost Ross's house whaur the museum is fund

Aiberdeen Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Aiberdeen, Scotland.

The museum is seetuait on the historic Shiprow in the hert o the ceety, near the harbour. It uises a reenge o biggins includin the auld Trinity Congregational Kirk, thit wis convertit tae pairt the museum, an Provost Ross' House, een o the auldest domestic biggins in the ceety.

The museum tells the story o the ceety's lang relationship wi the North Sea. Its collections kivver shipbiggin, fast sailin ships, fishin an port history, an on the Nor Sea ile industry.

History

The Aiberdeen Maritime Museum wis pit thegither in 1593 bi master-mason Andrew Jamieson, an wis stendit tae the sooth in 1710. In 1702 Provost John Ross o Arnage, a ship awner, haed taen it as his residence. In the 19t yearhunner, the biggin turnt intae a set o tenements an became derelict bi 1950. In 1984, the biggin wis boucht bi the National Trust for Scotland thit leased it tae the Aiberdeen Ceety Cooncil. The biggin wis than turnt intae the Aiberdeen Maritime Museum.

A few year efter buyin the biggin, the cooncil boucht the Trinity Congregational Kirk, howpin tae hae it be an extension tae the museum. It appent in 1997.

Gallery

• 
  Scale Model o Thermopylae
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  Widden feegur o Thomas Blaikie
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  "Port Jackson" bi Alexander Hall & Sons
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  First aid kit
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  Diver's boot
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  underwater gear

Freemit airtins

• Aberdeen City Council Museum homepage (in Inglis)
• Aberdeen Built Ships Project website Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
• Aberdeen Quest website (in Inglis)
• Travel-Island.com Photo Gallery Museum Maritime Aberdeen (in Inglis)

References

57.14646°N 2.09496°W / 57.14646; -2.09496