All aboard at the Maritime Museum

All aboard at the Maritime Museum The Aberdonian

Calling all pirates and sailors, this week's Aberdonian takes a look back at the Maritime Museum from 1984-1996.

We've picked some of the best images from our archives from over the years looking at people and displays from over the years, some of which still stand today.

Museum staff ease the 16ft inshore lifeboat outside

Special National Trust envelopes mark the Queen Mother’s visit to the museum

Lord Provost Alex Collie gets a private tour along with Lord Weymss, left, and Councillor George Whyte, centre

Graham Ritchie, the city’s reserve collection assistant, prepares a model for an effective herring fishing display

Model maker Donald Smith, right, and John Edwards with a restored Dutch ship

Orkney man David Simpson studies a sextant at the museum part of a new exhibition, Where am I?

Diane Duncan with a skull and crossbones flag similar to the one bought from her by Prince William

A restored painting of a Scottish navy warship on display in Aberdeen’s Maritime Museum

Bridge of Don girl Sarah-Jane Webb, 6, gets down to some light reading at Aberdeen Maritime Museum

Seaforth Maritime, Amoco and Shearwater Marine presented a model of the diving support vessel Seaforth Cape to the museum

A giant model of the Murchison platform and a £1000 cheque is presented by Conoco staff to an Aberdeen

The jacket of the Murchison oil platform model, which is to be the centrepiece of the extended Aberdeen Maritime Museum

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