HRS 1383 Windermere steamboat museum
Interior of the Windermere Steamboat Museum, Bowness-on-windermere 1980s
The Steam boat Museum
“The Windermere Steamboat Museum has a nationally important collection of historic vessels demonstrating the continuous development of boatbuilding in the Lake District over 200 years from 1745. The collection, however, dates from 1200 all the way through to the late 20th century ...” Source
http://www.steamboats.org.uk/windermere-historic-boat-collection
At the time of writing The Lakeland Arts Trust who are responsible for the Collection are redeveloping the Museum and an architectural design competition for a new building is underway.