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Cowes Maritime Museum

Coordinates: 50°45′36″N 1°17′52″W / 50.7601°N 1.2979°W / 50.7601; -1.2979
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The Cowes Library and Maritime Museum building.

The Cowes Maritime Museum is a local maritime museum in Cowes, Isle of Wight, southern England.[1]

The museum is co-located within Cowes Library. It was started by library staff in the 1970s.[2] It has a small exhibition area that displays model boats from its collection. The museum also has a photographic and paper archive covering yachting and the shipbuilding industry at Cowes. The museum is in Beckford Road in central Cowes and is free of charge.[3]

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50°45′36″N 1°17′52″W / 50.7601°N 1.2979°W / 50.7601; -1.2979