Scottish Maritime Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire & Arran
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor☔ Rainy-day friendlyMemberships availableEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Buggy friendly
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Home to Scotland's national maritime heritage collection, the award-winning Scottish Maritime Museum is a great day out with lots to see and do. Explore Scotland's 'Cathedral of Engineering' – the vast, former Linthouse shipyard building. Discover some of Scotland's most historic vessels such as MV Spartan, Scotland's last Scottish-built puffer, the harbour tug Garnock, and SY Carola, a steam yacht built in 1898. Learn about Scotland's importance to maritime history and about the people that built and sailed Scottish ships around the world. Enjoy family-friendly interactive games and trails which change seasonally, with a fun activity trail to explore the Museum. Refuel at Puffers Café Bistro and take in the stunning views over the River Irvine Estuary or drop by the Linthouse Coffee Bar. Browse heritage and maritime-themed gifts in the Museum Gift shop within the Boatshop.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Lunch boxes
- Backseat organiser
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Notebook
- I-spy book
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