News | Classic Boat Museum - Isle of Wight

Blanche Coules Thornycroft inspires young people through science and art.

Two classes of Queensgate Primary School year 5s visited the museum recently, part of a project called 'Wavelength', sponsored by the...

200 Years of the RNLI

The Isle of Wight RNLI Lifeboat Board (Est. 1859) are running a Bicentenary Island Schools Project to celebrate 200 years of the RNLI...

Visit to the Windermere Jetty Museum

On June 19th, Victoria Preston visited the Windermere Jetty Museum, she is pictured here with Curator Stephen Beresford. The Windermere...

St George’s Primary School, Arreton visit the museum

We recently welcomed St Georges School, Arreton to the museum. They had a hands on visit and learnt all about the Maritime History of...

Join us at The Be More Green festival

We will be attending the Be More Green Festival A FREE mini festival of fun for the whole family! on the 28th May at Moorgreen Reservoir...

Coronation of King Charles III

Cowes has always had royal connections. King Charles learned to sail here in Cowes first in Bluebottle and then Coweslip. We have photos...

Vigia Takes to the Water

Built in Cowes in 1872 in Mr. Corke's Yard and based on the shallow draft catboat design popular on the East coast of the United States,...

Anna Keen's new show The Solent and Other Waters

Anna Keen’s fascination with the sea leads her to explore the coastal areas of the Isle of Wight and the Thames estuary. She studied fine...

New Exhibition at the Classic Boat Museum Gallery

Come and see 170 years of America's Cup design achievements. Travel through time from 1851 to 1937 and witness the majestic Schooners,...

Island museum leaflet to showcase our islands heritage

We have teamed up with 14 other island museums to have an all island museum leaflet. Distributed across the island it is a one stop shop...