The Jetty Museum, Bowness-on-Windermere

The Jetty Museum, Windermere, like Blackwell, is run by Lakeland Arts. It covers the hostory of boating on the lake over 2oo years.

We found the contents very interesting, the experience better than we had expected.

The most imposing exhibit when you enter the main part of the museum is the motor launch, Branksome, whose rear is the first bit you encounter:-

The Jetty Museum, Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District

Prow of Branksome:-

Branksome Motor Launch, Jetty Museum, Windermere

 

The Jetty Museum, Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District

Tea setting inside Branksome:-

Laid Table in Branksome Motor :Launch

There is also a model of Branksome in a glass case beside a photograph of a hydroplane on the lake:-

Model of Branksome Motor Launch, Jetty Museum, Windermere

Speedboats on wall behind Branksome:-

The Jetty Museum, Lake District, Bowness-on-Windermere

Glider and speedboat:-

Glider and Speedboat, Jetty Museum, Windermere

Hanging on the wall just by the entrance door (and seen behind Branksome’s funnel in photo 3 above) is Beatrix Potter’s Rowing Boat:-

Beatrix Potter's Rowing Boat

 

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