Please note following information for the Museum’s 2023 Open Season
The museum will be open for the Easter Bank Holiday and week from Good Friday April 7th and will close again on Sunday 16th April.
The museum to reopen for the season on Saturday 29th April and will remain open until Saturday October 28th.
The museum will be open 7 days a week and the opening hours will be from 10.00am until 17.00pm with the last entry being 16.00 hrs
We look forward to welcoming you back.
Welcome to Lowestoft Maritime Museum
The Museum is currently closed for the Winter. Thank you to all who visited us during the year.
We hope to see you again soon, with the museum opening at Easter.
Close to the North Sea in Lowestoft’s lovely Sparrow’s Nest Gardens, Lowestoft Maritime Museum offers a fascinating few hours of enjoyment and discovery for all ages.

“What a wonderful record of Lowestoft’s Heritage.”
David Cleveland, Berkshire.

Events

Volunteer recruitment 2022
Would you like to be part of our team? We are looking for new volunteers to join our teams to welcome visitors and share the town's history with our visitors, and help maintain the museum 'behind the scenes'. Maritime knowledge is not essential as training will be...

Summer Recruitment of Volunteers.
Due to a change of plans the museums open day that was planned for 25th March to recruit new volunteers has now been moved to 7th May from 10.00am until 12.00 so if you are interested please come along. Training will be given so Marine experience not essential. NB:...
History
Port of Lowestoft
Michael Page's photo above (see www.norfolkskyview.flyer.co.uk) shows the port as it is today. In the foreground facing the rising sun, a recently developed area where large offshore structures are built. On the western side of this large dock, formerly the Trawl...
Early Charts
In 1681, Samuel Pepys, then Secretary of the Navy and Master of Trinity House, assigned Naval Officer Captain Greenville Collins to the task of carrying out a complete survey of the British Coastline. Collins was also a younger Brother of Trinity House suggesting that...
Marine art
Joe Crowfoot's large (1965mm x 1262mm ©1985) painting depicts Lowestoft Harbour as it must have looked at the end of the 19th century. Lit by the sun from the east it is clearly a morning scene and mist suggests the later months of the year. Many types of vessel are...
Echo sounders
Echosounders with performance adequate for fishing were not available until the 1930s and their size, power requirements and cost limited use to larger vessels. The principle is simple enough, all work by transmitting a pulse of sound downward to the sea bed and...
Lighthouses
On the site of the present High Lighthouse there has been a beacon for mariners since 1676 when it was coal fired and burning night and day. Lowestoft Highlight was the first lighthouse erected by the Brotherhood of Trinity House. It lasted until 1676 when a brick and...
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Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Sparrows Nest Gardens
Whapload Road
Lowestoft,
NR32 1XG
You can contact the museum direct by calling 01502 561963
General enquiries
For all enquiries please email : admin@lowestoftmaritimemuseum.co.uk

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