Windermere Jetty
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Windermere Jetty under construction, September 2017.
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| Former name | Windermere Steamboat Museum |
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| Established | 1977 |
| Location | Windermere, Cumbria |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 54°22′15.33″N 2°55′18.02″W / 54.3709250°N 2.9216722°W |
| Key holdings | Steamboats and Yachts |
| Founder | George Pattinson |
| Website | www |
Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories (formerly Windermere Steamboat Museum) is a museum currently under redevelopment on the eastern shore of Windermere between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere in Cumbria, England.
Windermere Steamboat Museum was opened in 1977 by George Pattinson, a local builder and boat collector, on the former Sand and Gravel Wharf on the eastern shore of Windermere.
In 2007, the museum was closed to the general public when it was taken over by the Lakeland Arts Trust, a local charity, in order to restore the collection and redevelop the site. The Trust also runs Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell and the Museum of Lakeland Life. In December 2011, the Lakeland Arts Trust announced that would redevelop the site and create a series of new buildings to house the boats and a conservation workshop where they will be restored and maintained. The museum is due to reopen under the new name Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories in 2018.
The Museum's collection of boats comprises
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