The Scottish Maritime Museum in Dumbarton and Irvine invites early years centres and primary schools in Renfrewshire to apply for the last remaining travel subsidies of up to £300 to enable them to visit the award-winning Museum.
Claire Munro, Learning and Access Manager at the Scottish Maritime Museum explains: “We announced our travel subsidy programme last September. It’s been very popular amongst early years centres and primary schools across central Scotland but we still have some funding remaining which are keen to distribute to eligible schools.
“We have an excellent STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and curriculum linked education programme at our Museum on Irvine Harbourside and at the Denny Tank in Dumbarton.
“In Irvine, visiting schoolchildren can enjoy a fun, educational and interactive session investigating Scotland’s maritime history through fascinating vessels, objects and stories.
“Schoolchildren can also explore the vast Linthouse, a Grade A listed 19th century shipyard building which is now home to the Museum and tour the Shipyard Worker’s Tenement Flat where they can experience home life in the 1920s.
“In Dumbarton, where the Museum sits on the River Leven by the Clyde and on the site of the former William Denny Shipyard, schools can enjoy a fun, educational and interactive session discovering the scientific and engineering innovations of the influential shipbuilder.
“They can also handle real historical objects and see STEM principles and discoveries in action at the first commercial model testing tank in the world which sits at the heart of the Museum.”
Interested schools can contact the Learning Team by email at Education@scotmaritime.org.uk or by calling 01294 278283.