Hastings Fishermen's Museum

Hastings Fishermen's Museum
(Formerly St Nicholas' Church)
The building from the northwest
LocationRock-a-Nore Road, Rock-a-Nore, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3DW
Coordinates50°51′22″N 0°35′43″E / 50.8561°N 0.5952°E / 50.8561; 0.5952
Founded1854
Built1854
Built forChurch of England (as St Nicholas' Church)
Restored1956
Restored byOld Hastings Preservation Society
ArchitectWilliam J. Gant
Architectural style(s)Gothic Revival
Visitors140,000 (in 2008)
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameFishermen's Museum
Designated14 September 1976
Reference no.1043428
Hastings Fishermen's Museum is located in East Sussex
Hastings Fishermen's Museum
Location within East Sussex

Hastings Fishermen's Museum is a museum dedicated to the fishing industry and maritime history of Hastings, a seaside town in East Sussex, England. It is housed in a former church, officially known as St Nicholas' Church and locally as The Fishermen's Church, which served the town's fishing community for nearly 100 years from 1854. After wartime damage, occupation by the military and subsequent disuse, the building (an unconsecrated mission chapel) was leased from the local council by a preservation society, which modified it and established a museum in it. It opened in 1956 and is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in the town and borough of Hastings. The building, a simple Gothic Revival-style stone chapel, has been listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance.