Ramsgate Maritime Museum
Coordinates: 51°19′53″N 1°25′21″E / 51.3315°N 1.4224°E
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| Location | Ramsgate, Kent, England |
| Website | http://www.ramsgatemaritimemuseum.org.uk/ |
The Ramsgate Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Ramsgate, Kent, England that describes the maritime history of East Kent. The museum is situated in the Clock House on the quayside of Ramsgate harbour.
The Clock House was built in 1817 by Benjamen Wyatt and George Louch. It was later altered by John Rennie and has now been designated as a Grade II* listed building.[1]
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There are four permanent galleries covering the development of the harbour, navigation, fishing, lifeboats and shipwrecks. A fifth exhibition space houses a 17th century 32-pounder demi-cannon raised from the wreck of the Stirling Castle. A number of artefacts come from the nearby Goodwin Sands which is responsible for numerous of shipwrecks.
Exhibits include two museum ships: the 1946 steam tug Cervia and Sundowner, a 1912 Dunkirk little ship.
The museum closed in 2009.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Clock House". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=171987. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ http://www.seavisionuk.org/news/latest_news.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.contentItem_show_1&cit_id=4512 Campaign launched to reopen Ramsgate and Margate Museums
[edit] External links
- Ramsgate Maritime Museum - archived website
