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[Martin (Admin)]

Sitting here at work, wishing I was somewhere else....

Can we come up with a list of interesting places that model boaters, model ship builders, anyone
interested in anything maritime should visit and you recommend?
(Web links, address or phone No. would be most useful.)

I'll start:

Science Museum London (Maritime section)
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Gallery/Science_Museum/index.htm

[barryfoote]

Liverpool Maritime Museum

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/

[andygh]

Greenwich, - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
HMS Belfast - http://hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk/

Haverfordwest, - ?
Southampton, - ?
Malaig, - ?
Oban, - ?
Aberdeen, - ?
Hull, - ?
Liverpool, - ?
Chatham, - ?

[sweeper]

Discovery museum Newcastle upon Tyne - http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery/

Trinity House Museum Newcastle upon Tyne - http://trinityhousenewcastle.org.uk/

[Colin Bishop]

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and the Royal Naval Museum : http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/  and http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/
Chatham Historic Dockyard, the Dockyard Museum  and the Lifeboat Museum Collection: http://www.chdt.org.uk/ and http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/chatham

Wonderful models and full size ships in both. Portsmouth is more famous but there is actually more to see at Chatham, the collection of historic lifeboats is worth the trip alone.

Colin

[toesupwa]

Can we come up with a list of interesting places that model boaters, model ship builders, anyone
interested in anything maritime should visit and you recommend?
(Web links, address or phone No. would be most useful.)

For those in the UK that intend to venture out to the 'colonies' (USA) here are a few

San Diego Maritime Museum
http://www.sdmaritime.com/
Housed on an old ferry, and has a couple of tall ships also on 'display'.

Los Angeles Maritime Museum
http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org/
Based in San Pedro, they have some wonderfull exhibits, including a WWII ST Tug (Angels Gate)
While you are there... There are usually 4 Crowley tractor tugs berthed right next door to the Museum, together with the LA fireboat. http://www.lafire.com/fire_boats/the_boats.htm
Also, within a short walk are the Exy and Irving Johnson, two repro tall ships http://www.brigantines.com/
The WWII Liberty Ship Lane Victory is also within a short walk http://www.lanevictory.org/index.htm
All of this area is a working port, so there are some REAL sights to see...

San Francisco Maritime Museum http://www.maritime.org/index.htm
They have a number of real boats on display.
Also, have a walk along the 'front' at Fishermans Warf for some real boats...

Portland Or and Vancouver Wa has boats as far as the eye can see on the rivers... although finding good access i have yet to be able to find.

Seattle Wa is the same as Portland and Vancouver, though the harbour areas look to be very busy areas.

Hmmm... well you did ask Martin.. 

[toesupwa]

One i have just thought of...

The Columbia River Maritime Museum.
http://www.crmm.org/
Where the Coat Guard get their training in some of the roughest water on the West Coast of the USA. 

Mrs Toes has just pointed out..
Two of the real boats on display are the Star Of India and HMS Surprise, the three masted tall ship from the movie 'Master and Commander'. http://www.sdmaritime.com/contentpage.asp?ContentID=152

[Colin Bishop]

San Diego also has the steam yacht Medea I believe. Pity we missed her on our visit in 2001. San Francisco is great though. Also, anyone travelling down the West Coast, don't forget to look in on the old Queen Mary at Long Beach, even better stay on her as we did.

[DickyD]

We also had a great stay on the QM Colin, quite an experience.

http://www.queenmary.com/

[boatmadman]

The Dock Museum, Barrow in Furness. - http://www.dockmuseum.org.uk/

[johno 52-11]

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall http://www.nmmc.co.uk/

Lots of intresting stuff and the Bartlett Library is great for research.

Last time I was there I found a lot of info for my next project a 33' pulling Lifeboat of 1867 In a book written in 1874

[das boot]

Submarine Museum, Gosport. - http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk/

Rich

[OMK]

The (albeit tiny) nautical museum down at Watchet, Som.
My eldest sis used to live in the same street. She had me working there once, and when I lifted a couple floorboards I found two cannon balls hidden beneath. The chap in the musuem (where said cannon balls now reside) reckoned they were probably from the Spanish invasion era.

http://www.nmmc.co.uk/index.php

[Colin Bishop]

I recently had the privilege of seeing the extensive collection of models in the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. No entry to the general public but hopefully my pictures should appear in Model Boats sometime after Christmas.

[gingyer]

Glasgow Transport Museum - http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=7

The Clyde room is full of builders models from the old shipyards
including HMS Hood and the 3 "proper" Queens

[Jonty]

  Perkasa builders will find the real thing at the Malaysian Navy Museum in Malacca. - http://www.virtualmuseummelaka.com/tldm.htm

  The Lady Lever Gallery in Birkenhead has some fine ship models. Mostly Cammell Laird, I guess. - http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/

[The long Build]

Glasgow Transport Museum
the clyde room is full of builders models from the old shipyards
including HMS Hood and the 3 "proper" Queens

Beat me to it , Thought they had a fantastic display when I went a few years back.

[RickF]

For those interested in lifeboats, the RNLI Henry Blogg museum, Cromer, Nofolk. The Watson class lifeboat HF Bailey is the centrepiece of the museum and features alongside historic photographs, paintings, models and memorabilia of the great man - and it's free!

http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/henry_blogg_museum?gclid=CP3p3e2Hr5UCFRSO1QodfWQykQ

Rick

[John W E]

If anyone is visiting the area of Hartlepool/Teesside - then a visit to the HMS Trincomalee is a must - a good day out.   


http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/index.htm


aye
john e

[bigford]

battleship cove
http://www.battleshipcove.org/ in mass usa

[chingdevil]

Australian Maritime Museum - Darling Harbour Sydney
http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Until I had been aboard HMAS Onslow there, I did not realise just how cramped a sub was


Brian

[Colin Bishop]

Although it only has a limited number of marine models on display, the Imperial War Museum has a huge number of exhibits to interest Mayhem type visitors. http://www.iwm.org.uk/

[Eric65]

I agree about the Glasgow transport museum....I had to be dragged back out by the wife!

Here is HMS Hood.



Hey Andygh, I come from Oban, are you refering to our little 'War and Peace' museu?

[Rex Hunt]

The Muckleborough Collection Weybourne (near Sheringham), Norfolk.

http://www.muckleburgh.co.uk/

Apart from a very interesting 'war museum' and unique 'radio museum'

They also have a good collection of models, maritime and others..............................

WELL worth a look.

 

Rex

[Liverbudgie2]

The Lady Lever Art Gallery and Museum at Port Sunlight, Wirral, does not, at least as far as I'm aware, have ship models. However the Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Slaty Road, Birkenhead, does and is well worth a visit if in the area. - http://it.visitliverpool.com/site/williamson-art-gallery-and-museum-p7875

I have also seen some pictures of some fine models at the the Aukland Maritime Museum, New Zealand. - http://www.nzmaritime.org/home.html

Townsville Martime Museum, Queensland, Australia, has a very interesting maritime museum as well and there are  other museums and sea life centers in the town all of which are well worth a visit if in the area. - http://www.townsvillemaritimemuseum.org.au/hmas_townsville/hmas_townsville_(1981___2007).php

LB