01 — Vessels
Historic vessels
Fishing smacks, naval cutters and half-hull builder's models from three centuries of the working harbour — including two boats you can board.
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Collections
Three permanent collections, one working harbour. Vessels you can step aboard, paintings you can stand inside of, and the instruments that found the way home.
02 — Paintings
Maritime art
Storm scenes, harbour sunrises and sailors' portraits — two hundred paintings, prints and sketches of life at sea, from Turner to Homer.
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03 — Instruments
Rare artefacts
Charts, chronometers, scrimshaw and ships' bells — the everyday tools and keepsakes of four centuries of seafaring.
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See them all in one tide.
Open Monday to Saturday, 8:00 – 18:00, and Sundays 8:00 – 14:00. Under-12s go free.