Scottish Maritime Museum 2025
Outside view of the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine
Viewing the Museum's wall of wonder.
An exciting place for children to visit.
A look back into the 1920's in the ship workers flat
Climb aboard
Kids in Museum
Learn about Scotland’s importance to maritime history, and about the people that built and sailed Scottish ships around the world. Build and test your own model boat in the indoor boating pond.
Contacts
Address: The Linthouse Building Harbour Road Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8BT
- Telephone: 01294 277 177
- Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
Daily 1000-1700. (Closed 25-26 Dec; 1-2 Jan 2026.) Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.
Travel
- By Bus: various
- By Rail: Irvine / 0.25 miles
Facilities
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
Explore the Linthouse engine shop, Scotland’s ‘Cathedral of Engineering’, a Victorian glass-roofed building from 1872. See the collection of floating vessels, including Spartan, Scotland’s last Scottish-built puffer, the harbour tug Garnock, and Carola, a steam yacht built in 1898. Visit the shipyard worker’s tenement flat, a ‘room and kitchen’ restored to its pre-1920s appearance.
Discover ship models, photographs and historic objects in the museum’s Boatshop. Climb aboard the MV Kyles and tour the Captain’s cabin, crew’s quarters and the engine room.
