Introduction: Mark McNeill

In these unprecedented times of lockdown I hope you and your families are all keeping well and safe. We took the decision on Friday 13th March to close the museum to the public as a safety measure to protect our wonderful team of volunteers, w...

Under cover storage available in Newport Quay for boats on Road Trailers.

Very competitive rates.

Contact Steve Symons on 07962157767 or steve@maritimeisle.org

Book now to look after your prize possession!   

The Classic Boat Museums “Isle of Innovation WW1 Exhibition - Then and Now” has been highly commended in the Collections Trust Award 2019.

This is a truly fantastic achievement for the museums team of volunteers, and the other Island heritage organisations that particip...

On the morning of Wednesday 11th September 2019, two of our volunteers headed down to Falmouth to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall to collect three boats  belonging to the Royal Museums Greenwich collection that they no longer required. They have been very kindly...

For the last two years the Museum has launched an annual fundraising campaign to coincide with the Localgiving Grow Your TENNER campaign. In the first year from November 2016 we raised £8,650 and last year from October 2017 we raised £9,380, which was remarkable consi...

This classic racing yacht, originally built as a fishing smack in 1872 by JS Whites, was converted into a racing yacht for Richard Grant JP before passing to the Ratsey family who owned her for many years. She returned to Cowes last Wednesday 21st  November with the he...

Peter Lloyd the Major of East Cowes and Geoff Banks former mayor of Cowes  

The official opening of the WW1 Isle of Innovation Exhibition- Then and Now last week at the East Cowes Gallery, to coincide with the important weekend of commemoration, was a fitting momen...

The perfect place to look after your dayboat, cruiser or dinghy this winter is in the Classic Boat Museum's own facility in Newport on the Quay. 

The boat shed is secure, dry, accessible and safe with amazing vehicle access. The space is suitable for yachts and boats up...

The Museum have taken delivery of the the huge solid wing used on a test boat and in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup during the 35th America’s Cup from Ben Ainslie.

It was a wonderful evening at 'The Shed' with Cowes Classic Boat Week competitors.

The event supported by Red Funnel the Royal London Yacht Club and Classic Boat Museum volunteers was the first opportunity to open the doors of the museum to a big crowd!

After the prizes...