The history, uses, creativity and traditions held within fisherman’s ganseys and incorporating SHOAL, an artwork created by knitters from across Scotland and beyond.
Modern boatbuilding techniques ensure that the last of the great first-class scottish herring luggers will sail again.
The Scottish Fisheries Museum has won a prestigious Engaging People Award from the Association for Heritage Interpretation (AHI) for engaging communities during Lockdown through Knitting the Herring - Scotland’s National Gansey Project.
A new selection of photographic scenes from two of our regular exhibitors
The Scottish Fisheries Museum was delighted to welcome HRH The Princess Royal for a private visit on Friday 15 October.
Merchant’s Room display exploring some of these longstanding practices and beliefs.
The Scottish Fisheries Museum has been gifted an historic and poignant wooden Barometer presented to a fisherman who lost three sons in the Eyemouth Fishing Disaster which took 189 lives 140 years ago, on 14 October 1881.
Scottish Fisheries Museum to be partners in a nationwide project to address skills gap and ensure future for nationally significant heritage collections launched by Industrial Museums Scotland
We are really happy to welcome back retired Anster fisherman-turned-painter Arthur Nuttall to our Merchant’s Room this September.
To celebrate the knitting traditions of fishing communities, join Kipper to learn all about the tradition of gansey knitting.