Port of Blyth Heritage Centre
Heritage centre on Blyth's South Harbour quayside, run by the Blyth Tall Ship charity, with displays on the history of the Port of Blyth and its maritime past.
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About the museum
The Port of Blyth Heritage Centre is run by the Blyth Tall Ship charity on the quayside at the South Harbour in Blyth. It sits in the Boathouse building, which was opened around 2014 as part of the port's education and community hub and combined a heritage centre with a restaurant. The tall ship project grew out of a plan to restore a historic vessel and to teach traditional maritime skills in the town.
The centre tells the story of the Port of Blyth and of the town's shipbuilding and seafaring past, including the Antarctic expedition of Captain William Smith in 1819. The Blyth Tall Ship project has been collecting shipping and maritime memorabilia going back some 200 years, with contributions from the Port of Blyth and Newcastle University.
The port's own records form the Port of Blyth Archive. Volunteers from the Friends of Blyth Tall Ship, trained with help from Woodhorn Archive and funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, meet on Tuesdays at the heritage centre to catalogue and restore documents, photographs, charts and objects that the public had not seen before. The results are shown in exhibition pieces beside restored small boats from the project's workshop. The catalogue is available online.
Highlights
- Exhibition on the history of the Port of Blyth
- Port of Blyth Archive of documents, photographs and charts, catalogued by volunteers
- Restored small boats from the Blyth Tall Ship workshop
- Story of Captain William Smith's 1819 voyage
Permanent exhibition
- The story of the Port of Blyth – A permanent exhibition on the history of the Port of Blyth, with material from the port archive and restored small boats.
- Founded
- 2009
- Operated by
- Blyth Tall Ship (charity)
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The heritage centre is run by volunteers. Blyth Tall Ship also holds open days at its workshop on the quayside, which must be booked by email. |
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