{"id":1569,"date":"2011-03-16T13:10:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2014-02-17T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T11:59:20","slug":"lowestoft-maritime-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/lowestoft-maritime-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowestoft Maritime Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular attractions in the Lowestoft, Suffolk area, the Lowestoft Maritime Museum is located in Whapload Road, and opened in 1958 as a resource for local people to trace the maritime history of this area. Ideal for a visit when the weather is not so good, it was founded by the Lowestoft and East Suffolk Maritime Society in Robert Sparrow\u2019s cottage, in what is known as \u201cSparrows Nest Park\u201d, the museum housed in a small cottage, has rooms featuring various aspects of Lowestoft\u2019s maritime history, specifically the fishing industry, with exhibits of nets, tools and trawling equipment. So if you are planning a visit or holiday in the Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth or Corton areas, this year, be sure to head along to this fine museum and learn something of the industry which has been so important for the area. The address of the Lowestoft Maritime Museum is: Maritime Museum &#8211; Sparrows Nest, Whapload Rd, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1XG. Telephone Number: <span class=\"skype_c2c_print_container\">01502 561963<\/span><span class=\"skype_c2c_container\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" onmouseover=\"SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.showMenu(this, event)\" onmouseout=\"SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.hideMenu(event)\"><span class=\"skype_c2c_highlighting_inactive_common\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"skype_c2c_textarea_span\"><img class=\"skype_c2c_logo_img\" alt=\"\" src=\"resource:\/\/skype_ff_extension-at-jetpack\/skype_ff_extension\/data\/call_skype_logo.png\" \/><span class=\"skype_c2c_text_span\">01502 561963<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>. Website: lowestoftmaritimemuseum.org.uk Lowestoft is 3 miles from Corton and 12 miles from Great Yarmouth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_container\" id=\"skype_c2c_menu_container\" style=\"display: none;\" onmouseover=\"SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.showMenu(this, event)\" onmouseout=\"SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.hideMenu(event)\">\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2call\"><a class=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2call_action\" id=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2call_action\"><\/a>Call<\/div>\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2sms\"><a class=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2sms_action\" id=\"skype_c2c_menu_click2sms_action\"><\/a>Send SMS<\/div>\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_add2skype\"><a class=\"skype_c2c_menu_add2skype_text\" id=\"skype_c2c_menu_add2skype_text\"><\/a>Add to Skype<\/div>\n<div class=\"skype_c2c_menu_toll_info\"><span class=\"skype_c2c_menu_toll_callcredit\">You&#8217;ll need Skype Credit<\/span><span class=\"skype_c2c_menu_toll_free\">Free via Skype<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular attractions in the Lowestoft, Suffolk area, the Lowestoft Maritime Museum is located in Whapload Road, and opened in 1958 as a resource for local people to trace the maritime history of this area. Ideal for a visit when the weather is not so good, it was founded by the Lowestoft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6,38,3],"tags":[813,464,372,626,814,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions\/2638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapamundo.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}