Collection: Fleetwood Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Science and Industry Collection

  The collections relating to the fishing industry contain 4 full-sized boats including the Harriet’ the last surviving North West fishing smack. There are also 60 models of boats, navigational aids and equipment, items from ships such as bells, plaques and lamps, inshore and deep sea fishing equipment, shipwrights tools, clothing and life-saving equipment.

  Subjects

  Science and Industry

  Fine Art Collection

  The main county collections contain around 30 paintings with ships, fishing and nautical scenes that are displayed at the museum.

  Subjects

  Fine Art

  Biology Collection

  Include the F W Frohawk and R A Hoyle collections (ex Harris Museum, Preston). See Museum of Lancashire for main biology descriptions.

  Subjects

  Biology

  Arms and Armour Collection

  There is a small loan collection of items from the Royal Naval Patrol Service (NW) Collection, mainly from 1939-1945 and including photographs and ephemera.

  Subjects

  Arms and armour

  Archives Collection

  A collection of over 1000 engineering charts, ledgers, books, documents, and drawings.

  Subjects

  Archives

  Photographic Collection

  There are over 4,500 maritime-related prints and negatives, including the recent acquisition of the Peter Horsley Collection of over 3,000 images illustrating the fishing industry in Fleetwood from the late 19th century to its decline in the 1970s.

  Subjects

  Photography

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC