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Help the museum by growing your tenner on 11th December 2018!
For the last two years the Museum has launched an annual fundraising campaign to coincide with the Localgiving Grow Your TENNER campaign. In


Dolly Varden, the 146 year old classic racing yacht, is saved by the Classic Boat Museum
This classic racing yacht, originally built as a fishing smack in 1872 by JS Whites, was converted into a racing yacht for Richard Grant JP


The Classic Boat Museum's WW1 Isle of Innovation Exhibition - Then and Now is a fitting tribute
Peter Lloyd the Major of East Cowes and Geoff Banks former mayor of Cowes The official opening of the WW1 Isle of Innovation Exhibition-...

Store your pride and joy at the Classic Boat Museum's facility at Newport Quay... but you need t
The perfect place to look after your dayboat, cruiser or dinghy this winter is in the Classic Boat Museum's own facility in Newport on...


Classic Boat Museum is flying with wings!
The Museum have taken delivery of the the huge solid wing used on a test boat and in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup during the 35th Americ


The 'Shed' hosts the Cowes Classic Boat Week Tuesday prize giving
It was a wonderful evening at 'The Shed' with Cowes Classic Boat Week competitors. The event supported by Red Funnel the Royal London...


The Boat Shed is open!
Opening on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10-4pm the museum provides visitors with a voyage of discovery mapping out the history of the Isle of W


Rosabelle stars in new Channel 5 TV sailing documentary
A new 'round the UK' sailing documentary staring John Seargant and Michael Burke made a visit to Cowes in late June and it became a...


Rosabelle makes a splash!
Rosabelle, the launch used by Frank Beken of Cowes to photograph yachting in the Solent in the 1920's and 30's, was launched this week....

Mark Mc Neill, Chairman of the Classic Boat Museum, outlines his vision for the future
The museum has been featured with an in-depth interview with Mark Mc Neill in Classic Boat Magazine's June issue; ...
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