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ShipSpace

Coordinates: 57°29′6.5″N 4°15′6.5″W / 57.485139°N 4.251806°W / 57.485139; -4.251806
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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,[1] which contained three main rooms: a Parisian-styled café, a replica bridge, and a Marconi radio communications room.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

ShipSpace has been permanently closed since April 2018 following the death of the owner and curator Stan Fraser.[1][5] The property continues to be the home of the Fraser family.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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57°29′6.5″N 4°15′6.5″W / 57.485139°N 4.251806°W / 57.485139; -4.251806