Cowes Maritime Museum

The Cowes Maritime Museum is a local maritime museum in Cowes, Isle of Wight, southern England.[1]

The Cowes Library and Maritime Museum building.

The museum is co-located within Cowes Library. It was started by library staff in the 1970s.[2] It has a small exhibition area that displays model boats from its collection. The museum also has a photographic and paper archive covering yachting and the shipbuilding industry at Cowes. The museum is in Beckford Road in central Cowes and is free of charge.[3]

See also

References
  1. Cowes Maritime Museum, Culture 24, UK.
  2. Cowes Maritime Museum, Isle of Wight Tourist Information, UK.
  3. Cowes Maritime Museum Archived 23 October 2010 at the UK Government Web Archive, Enjoy England.


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