Archive of: News

Two new artworks join the Collections at the Scottish Fisheries Museum thanks to funding from the National Fund for Acquisitions.

In this blog, Rosie Shackleton reflects on her experience delving into our collections to curate the exhibition Landscapes of War.

Over the past few months, Anna, our Digitisation Porject Officer, has been recruiting a team of remote volunteers.

Last month, the St Ayles Rowing Club travelled down to sunny North Berwick for the last regatta of the season.

Our Museum, Shop and Café will be closed on Monday, 19 September to allow our staff and volunteers to pay their respects.

Though it is unfair to say that the Museum’s photo collection is only made up of boats, it is true that a large portion of the images we have are of boats. After seeing hundreds, some themes begin to emerge, especially in the names. In this blog post, Anna, our Digitisation Project Officer, will highlights and discuss a few.

In this blog post, we celebrate the concept of “blue space”, which has featured heavily in the Museum’s exhibition and events this summer, by taking a look at the St Ayles Rowing Club’s recent trip to Amsterdam for the Skiffie World Championships.

This September, for Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022, we will unveil a sparkling new version of our Scottish Whaling Gallery, enriched with a bespoke installation of exquisite textile art, inviting visitors to make a deeper and more imaginative connection with the subject matter.

In October 2021, Anna was hired by the Scottish Fisheries Museum as a Digitisation Project Officer to deliver an exciting new project: the creation of an online database for a Recognised as Nationally Significant Collection. This is the story of many months of hard work spent developing this database.