Welcome to Lowestoft Maritime Museum

The museum is now open for the 2025 season and closes for Winter maintenance on 1st November 2025.

Should you wish to contact the museum at any time please email admin@lowestoftmaritimemuseum.co.uk. All enquiries will be answered.

Close to the  North Sea in Lowestoft’s lovely Sparrow’s Nest Gardens, Lowestoft Maritime Museum offers a fascinating few hours of enjoyment and discovery for all ages.

“What a wonderful record of Lowestoft’s Heritage.”

David Cleveland, Berkshire.

Volunteer Recruitment

Would you like to be part of our team? We are always looking for new volunteers to join our teams to welcome visitors and share the town’s history with our visitors, and help maintain the museum ‘behind the scenes’. Maritime knowledge is not essential as training will be available. Find out more here.

If you are interested, please contact us by email or telephone.

Events

Following the Fish Pop-up Exhibition

Following the Fish Pop-up Exhibition

Following the Fish Pop-up Exhibition 26th August – 11th September 2025 Lowestoft Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that they will be hosting Suffolk Archives’ latest pop-up exhibition.  This follows our successful Fisher Girls exhibition which was last year’s...

Fishermen’s Gansey Exhibition

Fishermen’s Gansey Exhibition

In conjunction with The Lowestoft Gansey Project Thurs 7th August to Sunday 7th September The Gansey sweater is a traditional, hard-wearing, seamless sweater worn by Fishermen who spent their days at sea. It has been a practical knitted garment for hundreds of years....

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Lowestoft Maritime Museum
Sparrows Nest Gardens
Whapload Road
Lowestoft,
NR32 1XG

You can contact the museum direct by calling 01502 561963

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For all enquiries please email : admin@lowestoftmaritimemuseum.co.uk

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