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Maritime museum in Inverness, Scotland Not to be confused with space ship.

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The museum from the front
The 1:10 scale Titanic model

ShipSpace was an interactive maritime museum in Inverness, Scotland. The museum was situated along the historic Caledonian Canal at the Muirtown Basin. A 1:10 scale Titanic model constructed from 3 caravans was one of its main attractions, which contained three main rooms: a Parisian-styled café, a replica bridge, and a Marconi radio communications room.

Inside the museum building there were various interactive exhibits, photos, posters and information about the ship available as well as a rolling film that showed divers going down to the sunken ship.

Other exhibits included a replica of the Nautile submarine, one of the mini-submersibles that dove 3 miles down to the Titanic, the Guiding Star, a West-Coast creel fishing boat which was the last built at Inverness Thornbush slipway, a full-scale replica of the Star of Hope, the first herring drifter from Buckie, and a 45 ft RNLI Watson-class lifeboat.

The museum was in the east building, which had been constructed in the mode of the original west building, a toll house. The two buildings are separated by a corridor.

ShipSpace has been permanently closed since April 2018 following the death of the owner and curator Stan Fraser. The property continues to be the home of the Fraser family.

References

  1. ^ Macaulay, Susy (12 July 2024). "Revisiting the fading glory of one man's dream, the Inverness Titanic". Press and Journal.
  2. "Little Trekkers - Ship Space". 13 June 2015.
  3. "In pictures: Stan Fraser has built an 88ft replica of the Titanic". Daily Record (Scotland). 29 June 2013.
  4. canmore (8 May 2013). Clachnaharry Road Toll house site record Canmore.
  5. MacPhail, Neil (28 April 2018). "Sudden death of Titanic Stan". The Inverness Courier.

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