Scottish Maritime Museum

The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton, with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage.

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Type: Museum
Description: maritime museum in Irvine and Dumbarton, Scotland, United Kingdom
Address: Irvine, KA12 8BT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Irvine railway station and Irvine Old Parish Church.

Irvine railway station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

Irvine railway station is a railway station serving the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 30 miles south west of Glasgow Central. Irvine railway station is situated 750 feet northeast of Scottish Maritime Museum.

Irvine Old Parish Church

Church

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Irvine Old Parish Church is situated 2,500 feet northeast of Scottish Maritime Museum.

Trinity Church (Irvine)

Church

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Trinity Church (Irvine) is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Scottish Maritime Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irvine and Dreghorn.

Irvine

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.

Dreghorn

Village

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Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. Dreghorn is situated 2½ miles east of Scottish Maritime Museum.