Established 1977 Key holdings Steamboats and Yachts Founded 1977 | Location Windermere, Cumbria Founder George Pattinson Function Museum | |
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Website www.windermerejetty.org Address Lake District National Park, Rayrigg Rd, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere LA23 1BN, UK Similar Blackwell, Holehird Gardens, Windermere, Lakes Aquarium, Museum of Lakeland Life Profiles | ||
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The Windermere Steamboat Museum is a marine museum opened in 1977 by George Pattinson, a local builder and boat collector, and was located on the former Sand and Gravel Wharf between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere, on the eastern shore of Windermere in Cumbria, England. The Museum is not currently open to visitors as it is being redevloped, and is scheduled to re-open in 2017 under the new name Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories.
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In 2007, the museum was taken over by the Lakeland Arts Trust, a local charity, in order to restore the collection and redevelop the site. The Trust also runs Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell and the Museum of Lakeland Life. In December 2011, the Lakeland Arts Trust announced that would redevelop the site and create a series of new buildings to house the boats and a conservation workshop where they will be restored and maintained.
The Museum's collection of boats comprises