Scottish Fisheries Museum
The Scottish Fisheries Museum is a museum in the Scottish town of Anstruther in the Council Area Fife . In 1972 the complex was included in the Scottish monument lists as an individual monument in the highest monument category A.
history
In 1318 William de Candela donated the land to the abbot of the Balmerino monastery as Laird von Anstruther . The abbot then made today's inner courtyard of the museum available to the local fishermen for processing fish as well as repairing and maintaining their work materials. In return, the abbot received every hundredth barrel of salted herring.
The edging buildings were built between the 16th and 19th centuries. Thomas Wood leased the monastery property in 1535. He had the building erected on the eastern flank, in which the abbot had the right to stay on his pilgrimage to St Andrews to the shrine on the Isle of May . The current building name Abbot's Lodging reflects this. There was once a small chapel on the north side. After the Scottish Reformation , the chapel fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1850 to make way for a warehouse. The house on the west side had the merchant William Lumsden built in 1721.
From 1965 there were efforts to show the local fishing history in a museum. Two years later, the Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust was founded for this purpose . The National Trust for Scotland then acquired the building and the museum opened on July 4, 1969. The opening ceremony was carried out by the Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson . The museum has since been expanded and is run for non-profit purposes.
exhibition
The Scottish Fisheries Museum is across from Anstruther Harbor. Divided thematically to the various buildings, the museum depicts the local fishing history. Original objects as well as thematic paintings and photographs are exhibited. There are also 22 boats in the museum's inventory, two of which are in the harbor and are still seaworthy.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information about the building history
- ↑ a b Museum history
- ↑ Information about the exhibition
Web links
- Network presence of the museum
- Entry to Scottish Fisheries Museum in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 13 ′ 19 ″ N , 2 ° 41 ′ 48.7 ″ W.