Scottish Maritime Museum
 The Linthoose biggin | |||||||||||||||||
| Established | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | The Linthoose, Harbour Road, Irvin, Ayrshire KA12 8BT Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°36′34″N 4°40′37″W / 55.60953°N 4.67684°W | ||||||||||||||||
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The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum thit hauds a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland (Scots: Collection Kent as Signeeficantly National-like tae Scotland).[1] It is fund at twa site in the Wast o Scotland in Irvin an Dumbarton, focusin maistly on Scotland's shipbiggin heritage.
Irvin - The Linthoose[eedit | eedit soorce]
The museum's Linthouse biggin is fund at Irvine Harbour, seetiuait in the category A listit umwhile Ingine Shop bi Alexander Stephen and Sons, thit wis taen an pit awa fraw thair abandont Linthouse shipyaird in Glesga in 1991.[2] Nou the Linthoose ingineerin shop is hame tae a collection wi signeeficant vessels includin MV Kyles[3] and MV Spartan[4] thit are listit on the National Historic Ships UK register. A verra signeeficant vessel biggit fae airn in 1872 in Paisley, MV Kyles is the auldest airn Clyde biggit vessel still afloat in Breetain.[5] It wis pit intae the museum's collection in 1984.[6] The museum haes a collection o marine ingines an industrial machine tuils an aw, an awns a reduin 1920s wirker's tenement flat at Irvine Harbour. The museum haes a signeeficant collection o artwork fund bi the Heritage Lottery Fund forby.[7] In 2020 the museum managed tae heeze funds tae keep MV Kyles as a floatin vessel.[6]
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Leukin seaward taewarts the museum's pontoons, wi the closed 'Big Idea' biggin an fuitbridg in the backgrun -
The Scottish Maritime Museum wi the auld ICI Explosives tug MV Garnock tae the richt -
The ship exhibits at the pontoons -
The Clyde Puffer MV Spartan at the slipway -
The A-listit Linthoose biggin is the main exhibeetion haw at the Irvin Museum
Dumbarton - Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank[eedit | eedit soorce]
The Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank, in Dumbarton, pits a focus on the naval architect warld. Shipbigger William Denny Jr fae William Denny and Brothers wis inspired bi the wirk fae weel-forrit naval architect William Froude an completit the tank for his shipyaird in 1883. It wis the warld's first commercial exemple o a ship testin tank. Re-appent as a museum in 1983, it hauds lots o its oreeginal featurs, includin the oreeginal 100-meter-lang tank. The museum tells the story o the test tank's oreeginal awners, William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, an aw. Ae o the maist new-fangelt shipbiggin companies in the warld until thay closed up shop in 1963.
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The A-listit 100m Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank is the centrepiece of the Dumbarton collection -
Early side-lever ingine designed bi Robert Napier, frae PS Leven (1823), on display at Dumbarton -
Anither marine ingine at Dumbarton -
William Froude memorial on the ooter pairt o the biggin -
The Dumbarton biggin frae the side
Trust structur[eedit | eedit soorce]
The museum is an independent museum operatit by a chairitable trust: the Scottish Maritime Museum Trust (Scots: The Scots Maritime Museum Trust). It stairtit operations in 1983.[8] The first trust chairperson wis Clydeside shipbigger Ross Belchm an he haud on tae the post until 1998.[9] The foondin Director wis Dr Henry C. McMurray.[full citation needit]
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Scotland has 47 Recognised Collections of National Significance". Museum Galleries Scotland (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "GOTTRIES ROAD, LINTHOUSE BUILDING, SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM (LB35450)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2024.
- ↑ "Kyles | National Historic Ships". www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "Spartan | National Historic Ships". www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "Clydebuilt, Braehead". Scottish Maritime Museum. Archived frae the original on 14 Julie 2009. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2010.
- ↑ a b Miller, Victoria (16 December 2020). "Donation from US philanthropist keeps oldest Clyde-built vessel afloat" [Donation frae US philanthropist keeps auldest Clyde-biggit vessel afloat]. Museums Journal (in Inglis). Retrieved 28 Apryle 2021.
- ↑ "Scottish Maritime Museum | Art UK". artuk.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "Who we are". Scottish Maritime Museum (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 Apryle 2024.
- ↑ "Sir Ross Belch". The Herald (in Inglis). 27 Mairch 1999. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2024.
Faurer Readin[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Douglas McGowan, Clydebuilt: A Photographic Legacy, 2005, Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0-7524-3228-1
- John Shields, Clyde Built: A History of Shipbuilding on the River Clyde, 1949, William MacLellan
Freemit Airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine and Dumbarton (in Inglis)
- Scottish Maritime Museum on AboutBritain.com (in Inglis)