Lancaster Maritime Museum

This award-winning museum was designed by Richard Gillow, and opened as a museum in 1985. Housed in the former Custom House of 1764 in a delightful riverside setting, the museum covers the maritime trade of Lancaster, the history of the port, the Lancaster Canal and the fishing industry of the Lune Estuary and Morecambe Bay using sound, smells, reconstructions and audiovisuals. Features include four restored local fishing vessels, and an aquarium. Shop, café, toilets accessible to disabled people, lift accessible to disabled people, assistance dogs allowed, induction loop, fully accessible to disabled users, baby changing facilities

Free Admission to local residents. For other admission prices please see website

Open daily except Christmas and New Year
Easter to October 11.00 to 17.00
November to Easter 12.30 to 16.00

Friends of the Maritime Museum support the work of the museum and have an email address at which they can be contacted for further information. The email address is: [email protected]

Opening Times

Opening 01/11/2007 - 31/03/2008

Monday 12:30 - 16:00

Tuesday 12:30 - 16:00

Wednesday 12:30 - 16:00

Thursday 12:30 - 16:00

Friday 12:30 - 16:00

Saturday 12:30 - 16:00

Sunday 12:30 - 16:00

Bank Holiday 12:30 - 16:00

Tickets Information

Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.

Road Directions

Leave the M6 at jct 33 or 34 and follow signs for Lancaster city centre. Follow the signs for the A6 north from the city centre and turn left in St George's Quay just before reaching the bus station.

Public Transport Directions

A short walk from city centre.