The Maggie Law Maritime Museum SCIO

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The Maggie Law Maritime Museum preserves the maritime and social history of Gourdon and the surrounding area. Housed in the former coastguard apparatus shed overlooking the Gutty harbour, it became the home of the Maggie Law surfboat after the lifeboat station closed in 1969. Volunteers opened it as an unmanned museum in 1997. A 2011 Aberdeenshire Council grant, along with community support and sponsorship, enabled major improvements, and the museum opened fully in April 2013. Since then it has been run by dedicated volunteers who work (to borrow the Reithian aim) to inform, educate and entertain. Open April to October, the museum welcomes visitors from near and far and received a Three Star award from the Scottish Tourist Board in 2015. It also engages the community through events, school presentations and ongoing collaboration, with locals contributing information, enthusiasm and occasional artefacts or donations.

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