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On the day the museum will also offer introductory sessions on the dinghy simulator which was funded by the National Heritage Fund Lottery Grant
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The Gallery has had a major overhaul in the last couple of years, so if you haven't been since before Covid, it's well worth a visit.
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The Classic Boat Museum Trust is staffed and supported entirely by volunteers so please take this opportunity to come along and learn how you might help.
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The Classic Boat Museum in Cowes will be displaying the Fresnel Lens from St Catherine's Lighthouse for the first time since it was removed
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The wonderful Classic Boat Museum - which has a gallery in East Cowes and a soon-to-open Museum in Cowes - are very keen to recruit new volunteers to help in a variety of roles.
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Escape the boredom of lockdown with these two new Websites that provide an audio and visual treat for the soul. Step inside the memories of those who worked the land and sea of the Isle of Wight to hear their fascinating stories.
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The Made in Cowes exhibition at Regatta House runs until 10th November
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Over the last two years a team of volunteers, supporting companies and the Council have all come together to enable the Isle of Wight to once again provide an amazing visitors' attraction to tell the wonderful maritime story of the Island.
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Despite battling with cancer, Islander Arthur Farley has made it onto the British Sailing Olympic Squad, and is now receiving vital training support from the Classic Boat Museum
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The Classic Boat Museum will be given unwanted tins of paint disposed of at Lynnbottom Household Waste and Recycling Centre.
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Richard Smout is the Heritage Service Manager for the Isle of Wight council. He shares with us details of a fascinating project that aims to fire the imagination of the Island's young people .. so they are inspired by the Island, and all it has to offer
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60th anniversary celebration being marked with commemoration ceremony and seaplane flypast at 12.28pm on Wednesday in East Cowes.
