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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...


A Bright Start to the Season for the Classic Boat Museum
The Boat Shed is opening for the 2023 season with a brand-new artefact, the Fresnel Lens from St Catherine’s Lighthouse. Housed at the...


Classic Boat Museum attends The Island Heritage Fair
We attended the islands heritage fair at Department in Ryde on Saturday 4th March 2023. Department is a new cultural space in what was...


The Gallery welcomed Gurnard Primary School
We recently welcomed some year 1 pupils from Gurnard Primary School to the Gallery. They had a mixture of activities to complete and...


Classic Boat Museum attends Island Volunteer Fair
We took the Classic Boat Museum out to the Isle of Wight Volunteers Fair which was organised by Community Action Isle of Wight and held...


St Catherine’s Optic - Final Stages of Installation
The St Catherine's Optic has reached the final stages of installation at The Boat Shed. One of our volunteers Roger needed to fabricate...


Women in Maritime History
The Maritime Archaeology Trust have put together stories about Women in maritime history. As with many other areas of our past, are often...


We appreciate your feedback
Feedback is really important to us so we can develop and grow the Classic Boat Museum in the future. We would appreciate you taking the...


Return of JAZZ to The Classic Boat Museum
Jazz is a Thornycroft design and built by Morgan Giles. She was on loan to the museum up until July 2018 and was then sold to a new owner...


Great Progress is being made on the installation of the St. Catherine’s Optic.
Further to our previous report of the St Catherine's Lighthouse lens being donated to the museum, great progress is being made with the...
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