Museums' Exhibitions
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Objects in the Nottage Museum.
Index
Introduction
Having been founded as a school for mariners, the Nottage began to recieve gifts from local residents and businesses. At first these were navigational instruments, books on navigation and seamanship, and the ship half models which had been used by local shipyards. Later other items of maritime or local interest were acquired.
As this collection grew, the donations placed on display gradually took on the form of a small museum. This museum is now open to the public during the Summer months when the classes are in reccess.
Objects in the Nottage Museum.
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Half Models.
There are more than a hundred builders' half models in the Nottage collection representing many years of work in the shipyards of the Colne. Half models were not made as ornaments although they were often polished and mounted for presentation to a ship's owner when they had fulfilled their purpose.
They were made to show the customer the form which the finished hull would take, and could be altered if that customer thought something was not quite as he wanted it. The model then became a three dimensional plan from which measurements could be taken, and shapes analysed and enlarged to make the full sized patterns for the components of the ship. On the models for steel ships the marks showing the sizes and shapes of the steel plates can be seen very clearly.
The oldest half model in the collection dates from before 1850.
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Exhibition: Objects in the Nottage Museum.
Half Models in the Nottage Institute.
This page is part of the Narrative Theme(s): Boat Building and Marine Engineering
Half Models in the Nottage Institute.
This page is part of the Narrative Theme(s): Boat Building and Marine Engineering
Half Models in the Nottage Institute.
This page is part of the Narrative Theme(s): Boat Building and Marine Engineering
Half Models in the Nottage Institute.
This page is part of the Narrative Theme(s): Boat Building and Marine Engineering
Half Models in the Nottage Institute.
This page is part of the Narrative Theme(s): Boat Building and Marine Engineering