Arklow Maritime Museum
The Arklow Maritime Museum continues to improve its facilities and displays. After thirty years since it was first opened, thanks to a dedicated group of Arklow people, they would like to welcome you and your family to the new site in the Bridgewater Centre in Arklow.
Arklow has a very fine fishing and maritime tradition. Early this century it had eighty in the present day by Arklow Shipping, which has the largest Irish-flagged fleet. The museum also recalls the great hardships of World War II (the "emergency" in Ireland). A mine from this period stands at the entrance to the museum, Arklow was the first place in Ireland to have a lifeboat station, in 1826, and that proud tradition is also recalled.
This delightful miscellany of material includes everything from old navigational instruments to a uniform worn by a merchant navy officer and a shoe worn by a woman passenger on the ill-fated Lusitania.
To this day, Arklow Shipping LTD. has the largest fleet of vessels trading under the Irish flag and boat building still continues to be carried out by Arklow Marine Engineering LTD.
Arklow Maritime Museum Opening Times
- Tuesday: 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pm
- Wednesday: 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pm
- Thursday: 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pm
- Friday: 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pm
- Saturday: 10am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pm
- Monday / Sunday: Open on request for groups and tours
Arklow Maritime Museum Visits
- Parties and group visits are welcome and can be arranged outside normal working hours.
- School visits can be organised to suit the needs of different age groups.
- Special discount prices are available for group bookings.
- There is no coach parking but it is disabled access
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