Scottish Maritime Museum (Irvine)

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Scottish Maritime Museum consists of two sites--Irvine and Dumbarton. A third site, Clydebuilt at Braehead, closed in 2010 due to lack of funding.

The Irvine museum is situated within the grade A-listed former Engine Shop of Alexander Stephen and Sons, which was salvaged and relocated from their derelict Linthouse shipyard in Glasgow during 1991. The Linthouse engineering shop is now home to many industrial exhibits, including a model boat pond and the Boatshop on the quayside, which contains an exhibition of ship models and children’s activities. Visitor's can step into the past by touring the Shipyard Workers' Tenement Flat where they can see a typical 'room and kitchen' worker's tenement flat, restored to its 1920's appearance. You can also board the M.V. Kyles, the oldest floating Clydebuilt vessel in the world.

www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/