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 Lowestoft Maritime Museum in 2016 | |
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| Established | 1968 |
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| Location | Sparrows Nest Gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1XG |
| Type | Maritime museum |
| Website | lowestoftmaritimemuseum |
Lowestoft Maritime Museum is a private museum in the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk, England that is dedicated to local and national maritime history. Its exhibits include maritime artefacts including medals awarded to Royal Navy and RNLI personnel, marine art, the fishing industry in Lowestoft and the town's involvement with the Royal Navy in World War II, shipwrights and coopers tools, an extensive collection of ship models in various scales, the workshop of Christopher Cockerell, the inventor of the hovercraft, and a small display dedicated to Thomas Crisp, a local man who posthumously won the Victoria Cross during World War I. Britain's most easterly museum,[1][2][3] it is run by enthusiasts and volunteers and is open to the public from late April to late October each year. The museum was the Suffolk Museum of the Year in 2012 and a finalist in 2014.[4][5] There is an admission charge.[6]
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- ^ "Lowestoft Maritime Museum on the Discover Britain's Museums website". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ Lowestoft and East Suffolk Maritime Museum on the Suffolk County Council website
- ^ Suffolk Museum of the Year on the Suffolk Museums website
- ^ "Suffolk Museum of the Year – Lowestoft Maritime Museum website". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ Lowestoft Maritime Museum on the Culture24 website