An eventful day at the museum with work starting to clear the historic slipway for an exciting new exhibition. Part of the Window on the World project.
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Flying boats!!
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George is flying!!!
As part of the Window on the World project, George was craned out of the canal this morning. She will shortly be winging her way (on the back of a low loader!) off to Devon for the start of her…
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New Friendship crochet panel now on display
NWM’s Coffee & Crochet Group have created a stunning crochet panel inspired by the traditional paintwork on the narrowboat Friendship. This is now on display in the Island Warehouse at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port. Well worth a visit!…
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Heritage Lottery Fund grant for National Waterways Museum
We’re celebrating the confirmation of a grant of £790,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as well as invaluable match funding of over £50,000 from the Wolfson Foundation. The HLF support will fund three key initiatives getting underway early in…
Update on Mossdale from Margaret Harrison
We had to do a lot of thinking about Mossdale over the summer. Here’s an update on the future plans for her and what we’re doing immediately to stabilise her. A survey and assessment of Mossdale was carried out in…
Digital archive goes live
After a lot of hard work and determination by the staff and volunteers working in the Archives at the National Waterways Museum, the first phase of the digitisation project has finally seen fruition. The public now have access to thousands…
Heritage Boatyard wins award
At the AGM of the Historic Narrow Boat Club on Saturday 1 March, Dave Linney representing the Heritage Boat Yard was presented with the Ken Keay award for the restoration of the historic wooden Box Boat 337. See the CRT…
One in and one out!!
It’s been a very exciting day at the National Waterways Museum, as the long awaited crane finally arrived. Box Boat 337, after four years out of the water, has been craned back in. Take a look at the video on…
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New look BMS meetings
BMS monthly meetings take on a new look starting with our October meeting. There will still be guest speakers, but talks will only take up the first 45 minutes of the evening, the remainder providing an opportunity for members, guests…
Mendip and Gifford are on their way!
Historic boats Mendip and Gifford are on their way to Lymm Historic Transport Day (23 June 2013). Crewed by staff and volunteers from the National Waterways Museum and Boat Museum Society.
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