Attractions :: Fife

The Scottish Fisheries Museum

The Scottish Fisheries Museum is situated in Anstruther, in the old Kingdom of Fife, overlooking the ancient fishing harbour. It is at the heart of the East Neuk fishing villages of St Monans, Pittenweem, Cellardyke and Crail, the centre of local crab and lobster fishing. The Museum tells the story of the Scottish fishing industry and its people from the earliest times to the present. The comprehensive collection includes 19 boats, models, paintings, photographs and equipment.

The deceptively large Museum, occupying 27,600 sq ft, is housed in a group of attractive buildings of historic and architectural interest, around three sides of a cobbled courtyard. They include an 18th century merchant's dwelling, a mid-19th century store-house on the foundations of the medieval chapel of St Ayles, a 16th century Abbot's Lodging and a boatyard.