It’s the third St Ayles Skiff World Championships!

To celebrate 10 years of the St Ayles Skiff, Stranraer is playing host to 700 rowers from 57 different clubs around the world in the sheltered waters of Loch Ryan this week.

Join crews from all over the world, including the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, alongside the Scottish Fisheries Museum’s own St Ayles Rowing Club who will be competing to bring home the World Championship trophy.

You can find full information on the racing schedule and onshore activities at the SkiffieWorlds 2019 website.

Or find out more about the St Ayles Skiff project and be inspired to compete next time!

Exhibition of the extensive restoration work our historic flagship Reaper

The latest exhibition in the Merchant’s Room is an evocation of the East Neuk by Yolande Kenny. With pen and watercolour, Yolande With pen and watercolour, Yolande celebrates both the museum’s 50th anniversary and everyday life in the East Neuk.

To celebrate the museum’s 50th anniversary, we focus on the last 50 years of the fishing industry charting the changes to the fleets, the harbours, the livelihoods and the lives of those who work to put fish on our tables.

With this exhibition we travel through time to discover the history that lies hidden all around us and in the earth beneath our feet.

As part of a series of events and exhibitions designed to celebrate the Museum’s anniversary year we are holding an exhibition of the Museum’s development over the last 50 years

We look to the future to explore what the seas, and the fishing industry, will be like 50 years from now.

The early days of natural history research, as conducted by Charles Darwin on his voyage to South America.