Scottish Fisheries Museum - telling the history of fishing in Scotland through the years.
 

Further Resources

For more information on the layout of the museum and the galleries visit the Brief Tour section on the website.



A new teachers resource publication 'Fishing in Scotland', funded by Talisman Energy (UK), is available from February 2010. This resource is aimed to help p5-7 teachers with practical ideas on how to use museum objects and photographs. A downloadable version is available from the website, please see link below.  If you would like a hard copy, or any further details on this resource, please contact the Museum for details.

'Fishing in Scotland’ - resource booklet for teachers download pdf

Page 14 -     Fisherlasses songs
Shona McWilliam - Come All Ye Fisherlassies - audio Sound Clip (time 2 minutes 19 secs - Size 2.12Mb)
Used by kind permission of Greentrax Recordings Ltd – www.greentrax.com
Track 16 from the album “People and Songs of the Sea” – Various Artists –CDTRAX 338.

Margot Cook - Wullie’s Back Fae Yarmouth - audio Sound Clip (time 2 minutes 45 Secs -Size 2.51Mb)
Recorded and arranged by Kenny Anderson as part of the In a Aroon Anster project of The New Makars Trust and included in NMT10 Anster Tracks - see www.newmakarstrust.org.uk  

Page 20 -     Interview with a Fisherlass - audio (time 6 minutes - Size 4.11Mb) Sound Clip

Interview with a Fisherlass - Mary Murray, Fife
Recorded by Roger Leitch      Archive number: SA1983.124.A1
School of Scottish Studies Archive, University of Edinburgh

Page 26 -     Storm at Sea - audio (Time 11 minutes 20 secs - Size 7.78.Mb) Sound Clip

Storm at Sea - Tom Anderson, Shetland
Reorded by Tadaake Miyake  Archive number: SA1972.238.A10
School of Scottish Studies Archive, University of Edinburgh

Page 32 -     Diagrams of boats:-

Scaffie and Fifie boats
The Scaffie and the Fifie were the two most popular east coast fishing boat designs in the second half of the 19th century. View diagram.

Modern Fishing Vessel
Image of the diesel trawler Franchise UL45 at Ullapool, September 1996. View diagram.




Curriculum Links

For more ideas on the wide range of possible curriculum links:-

Primary School Booklet Click here (19Mb)
Secondary School Booklet Click here (1.6Mb)
How to use a Museum Object Click here (605kb)

For Fact sheets click here


For details of School Loans Boxes:

Advertising Table Click here
Get to Grips with History Click here
Evaluation Sheet for Teachers Click here


For Risk Assement sheets click here

You will require Adobe Reader to view the above files. If you do not have Adobe Reader you can download this program from the link below.

Adobe Read

Fish Museum in Scotland