Aiberdeen Maritime Museum
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  Location within Aiberdeen | |
| Established | 1984 |
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| 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/ |
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.[1] It uises a reenge o biggins includin the auld Trinity Congregational Kirk, thit wis convertit tae pairt the museum,[2] an Provost Ross' House, een o the auldest domestic biggins in the ceety.[3]
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.[2]
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Gallery[eedit | eedit soorce]
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Scale Model o Thermopylae -
Widden feegur o Thomas Blaikie -
"Port Jackson" bi Alexander Hall & Sons -
First aid kit -
Diver's boot -
underwater gear
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Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Aberdeen City Council Museum homepage (in Inglis)
- Aberdeen Built Ships Project website (in Inglis)
- Aberdeen Quest website (in Inglis)
- Travel-Island.com Photo Gallery Museum Maritime Aberdeen (in Inglis)
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Aberdeen Maritime Museum". www.aberdeencity.gov.uk (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ a b "Aberdeen Maritime Museum | Art UK". artuk.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 24 October 2020. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":0" defined multiple times wi different content - ↑ "Provost Ross's House from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info (in Inglis). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ "Aberdeen Maritime Museum | Art UK". www.artuk.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 5 Mairch 2021.
- ↑ "Aberdeen Maritime Museum | Art UK". www.artuk.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 5 Mairch 2021.
