Aberdeen Maritime Museum is a

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. The museum is situated on the historic Shiprow in the heart of the city, near the harbour. It makes use of a range of buildings including the former Trinity Congregational Church, which was converted to be used as an extension of the museum, and Provost Ross' House, one of the oldest domestic buildings in the city. The museum tells the story of the city's long relationship with the

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. Its collections cover

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, fast sailing ships,

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and port history, and displays on the

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industry.

History

The Aberdeen Maritime Museum was built in 1593 by master-mason

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, and was extended to the south in 1710. In 1702 Provost John Ross of Arnage, who was a ship owner, took it as his residence. In the 19th century, the building became a set of tenements and became derelict by 1950. In 1984, the building was bought by the

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who leased it to

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. The building subsequently became the Aberdeen Maritime Museum. A few years after buying the building, the council bought the Trinity Congregational Church, aiming to convert it into an extension for the museum. It opened in 1997.

External links

Aberdeen City Council Museum homepage

Aberdeen Built Ships Project website

Aberdeen Quest website

Travel-Island.com Photo Gallery Museum Maritime Aberdeen

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Maritime Museum A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the milita ...

Maritime museums in Scotland

History

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