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Description: | -Fishing boat models: 27 models of sailing vessels from 1876-1930; 40 models of steam drifters and trawlers from 1896-1940; 6 models of diesel powered vessels; 17 models of steam coasters, sailing barges and wherries; 3 models of tugs; 39 other models. A number of the models were made by fishermen and others associated with the industry. The museum also has a collection of 13 boatbuilders half models.;The lifeboat and coastguard collections includes 14 models of lifeboats as well as personal memorabilia and equipment.;Tools represented in the collections include a good collection os shipwrights and coopers tools (used for making herring barrels), marine blacksmiths tools and sailmakers The museum has a small but particularly interesting collection of wool pictures of marine subjects such as fishing vessels, many of them provenenced to local families and showing local vessels.;The museum has a strong collection of local marine and pierhead paintings, many painted by unknown artists or fishermen, others painted by known artists such as G V Burwood (1845-1917); E Tench (fl 1920); G Race (fl 1920); J Gregory (1880-1914); Rowland Fisher 1885-1969) and J Crowfoot (1949-);Collection of photographs showing Lowestoft harbour, the fishing fleet and individual vessels, seamen and fishermen.;The collection includes 88 marine medals and 24 lifeboat medals.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Sparrow's Nest Gardens
Whapload Road
Lowestoft Suffolk United Kingdom,
NR32 1XG | Telephone: | 01502 561963 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6231 | Go to resource |
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