Fleetwood Museum

Fleetwood Lights art trail, photo by Gregg Wolstenholme / Right: Reporter, Lucinda Herbert, takes the tour. Pictured at the Marine Hall.

My walk through a quiet coastal town bathed in kaleidoscopic lights

Chomper the monster was a hit with children and grown-ups!

Winter illuminations trail lights up town

Chomper at The Marine Hall: As night falls, a giant monster named Chomper will illuminate the fabulous Marine Hall, offering light-hearted fun for visitors.

Coastal town will light up this weekend with Lightpool-style installations

Fleetwood Mount

Exhibition on the people and heritage of town set for the high street

Fleetwood Museum and (right) the red bricked house intended to be turned into a visitor attraction

Victorian house at centre of ambitious visitor attraction plans

Blackpool Civic Trust

Blackpool Civic Trust annual meeting coming up

One of the more unusual designs for the annual Fleetwood Christmas Tree Festival in a previous year

Fleetwood's Christmas Tree Festival is back

Opening of the new urban park - Custom House Square - in Fleetwood

Official opening of new urban park in Fleetwood

A family observes one of the exhibits at Fleetwood Museum

Bumper diary of fun activities at Fleetwood Museum

A family observes one of the exhibits at Fleetwood Museum

Bumper diary of fun activities at Fleetwood Museum

The Stunning crown of Fleetwood's Fish Queen from the 1930s is now on display at Fleetwood Museum

Fish Queen's stunning regalia on show at Fleetwood Museum

Fleetwood Museum is reopening. Pictured is museum manager Ben Whittaker.

You'll be amazed by what you discover as Fleetwood Museum reopens

Fleetwood museum

We owe a great debt to volunteers writes Andy Mitchell

Some of the ex-pupils at the Fleetwood Grammar School reuin

Centenary reunion of Fleetwood Grammar School is a double success

A scene at Fleetwood Docks

Like nostaglic photos? This event is a must for Fleetwood folk

Victoria Mitchell who is co-ordinating the Mapping Memories project

Share your memories of Fleetwood town centre for new Museum project
Fleetwood Museum’s new project Mapping Memories is underway - but it needs input from the locals.
Claire Lark

Fleetwood Museum

Find out about new Fleetwood Museum project at this weekend's Heritage Open Days

An overhead picture of the Fleetwood beach art, taken by Scott Rimmer using his drone

Families shine a light on their artistic talent with healthy outdoor beach art

Zara Robinson played a key role in one of the new exhibits at Fleetwood Museum

Fleetwood Museum reopens with impressive new exhibits

All the scaffolding has been removed to reveal the newly restored Fleetwood Museum

Huge restoration project completed reveals Fleetwood Museum grandeur

Jane Couch (left) with Suranne Jones

Fleetwood's ex-boxer Jane has got plans for this year

Fleetwood Museum on Queens Terrace

Fleetwood Museum shut for rest of week after volunteer tests positive for Covid

Zara Robinson, collections assistant at Fleetwood Museum, with a cardboard cut-out and usherette’s jacket from the Victoria Cinema (and later Barney’s Bingo) in Fleetwood.

How women's roles have helped shape Fleetwood will form new museum exhibition

Catriona Bailey said she loved Fleetwood's Memorial Park, which was named in 1917 as a place to remember the fallen heroes of the First World War.

What Fleetwood residents say they love the most about their FY7 town

The Fisherman's Friend exhibition at Fleetwood Museum

Fleetwood Museum all set for re-opening

Fleetwood Museum manager Ben Whittaker

Fleetwood Museum seeks items to capture life under lockdown

Children line the street near the old Fleetwood Railway Station to welcome Princess Margaret

In pictures: Discovering more about royal visits to the Fylde Coast
Local historian Richard Gillingham spoke to a packed Fleetwood Museum last week about royal visits to Fleetwood.
Claire Lark

Children line the street near the old Fleetwood Railway Station to welcome Princess Margaret

In pictures: Discovering more about royal visits to the Fylde Coast

Princess Margaret meets local dignitaries in Fleetwood 1955.

Find out about Royal visitors to Fleetwood in latest historical talk

Ben Whittaker, Museum Manager, Fleetwood Museum,

Could you be a Fisherman's Friend and help exhibition at Fleetwood?

Teaching staff, senior pupils and governors from wartime years at Fleetwood Grammar School. The Headmaster Albert Brier and Senior Teacher Miss Lumsden along with many long serving staff are pictured. Photos courtesy of Gill Harding

Memory Lane: Uniform colours and stripes of Fleetwood Grammar School days

Coun Terry Rogers

Town council chairman thanks Fleetwood residents

Fleetwood Museum in its early Georgian days

Fleetwood Museum: Here's how they plan to restore the building

Service users at The Ormerod Trust have been creating art out of materials they find while beach cleaning in Fleetwood. The artwork is now on display at Fleetwood Museum.

Museum's successful year with new trust at the helm

Service users at The Ormerod Trust have been creating art out of materials they find while beach cleaning in Fleetwood. The artwork is now on display at Fleetwood Museum. Pictured clockwise from top left are Graham Selby, Linda Spencer, Tracy Nicklin, Chris Smith, Declan Hirst, Ria Sheehan and Madison Stead.

Art at Fleetwood Museum highlights plastic pollution

Members of Ormerod Trust have created displays at Fleetwood Museum using items found during their weekly beach cleans.

Fleetwood Museum's final display of the season captures plastic pollution

Member of the Ormerod Turst have created displays at Fleetwood Museum using plastic waste washed up on Fleetwood beach.

Fleetwood Museum display highlights plastic pollution

Youngsters have taken part in a variety of craft days at Fleetwood Museum.

Crafty days of sea witches and magical knots

Keith and Sue Porter, of Fleetwood Museum Trust, are toasting confirmation that the Trust will officially take over the running of the museum.

Volunteers from Trust take over port museum

The Gazette Best of Health Awards took place at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool. Nikki Brown, Toni Shaw, Helena Mottashed, Janet Tippett, Melanie Kearns and Lois Taaffe.

Celebrating the best of the social scene calendar from 2017

HISTORY BOYS (l to r): Dave Pearce, Dick Gillingham and Ron Baxter.

History boys to return with fishing tales

Coffee morning at Fleetwood Museum. L-R Sheila Gaynor, Rory Fearon and Beth Lindsay.

Coffee, chat and chance to see new exhibition

Fleetwood Museum

Museum repairs: trade for town

Fleetwood Museum Trust's Keith and Sue Porter with Iain Johnstone.

Optimism that museum will re-open in 2017

How the Fleetwood heritage centre could look.

Plans for heritage centre in Fleetwood

Councillor Terry Rogers.

New hope for port museum

Organisers of Fleetwood Maritime Day are Dick Gillingham, Alan Bell and David Pearce

Port to have a good maritime

Trustees and volunteers from the Fleetwood Museum are battling to keep it safe from closure. Pictured are Keith and Sue Porter from the Fleetwood Museum Trust.

Museum given extra time until September

Trustees and volunteers from the Fleetwood Museum are battling to keep it safe from closure. Pictured are Keith e Porter from the Fleetwood Museum Trust.

It has been confirmed that funding will be cut to Fleetwood Museum

Councils clash over cutbacks to services

Cartoon Food perform at the Fleetwood Folk and Blues Weekend.

Live festival raises hopes for future

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