Following the Fish Pop-up Exhibition ~ 26th August – 11th September 2025

Lowestoft Maritime Museum is pleased to announce that they will be hosting Suffolk Archives’ latest pop-up exhibition. This follows our successful Fisher Girls exhibition which was last year’s Heritage Open Days highlight at Lowestoft Maritime Museum.

Entitled ‘Following the Fish’, the upcoming exhibition tells the stories of the Herring Fisher Girls and their vital importance to our national maritime history. Between 1850 and 1950, these women left the Western Isles to travel north to Caithness then down the Scottish coast into England, travelling hundreds of miles, following the herring fishing fleets; Lowestoft playing a significant part in their role.

The exhibition is touring these same areas and will be on site at the Lowestoft Maritime Museum at no additional charge – usual museum entry charges apply.

Free parking in Whapload Road alongside the museum or car park opposite. Disabled access. WC available.

Further details here: https://suffolkarchives.shorthandstories.com/following-the-fish/

Following the Fish is a collaborative project run by High Life Highland’s Archive Service in partnership with Suffolk Archives, the Norfolk Record Office, and Tasglann nan Eilean (the Hebridean Archives) and funded by Lloyds Register Foundation.

*Don’t forget to check out our Fishermen’s Gansey Exhibition
In conjunction with The Lowestoft Gansey Project available to view until Sunday 7th September 2025.

* Suffolk Archives Trailer Tour - one day only! 26th August
"Anchors Away: Suffolk and The Sea Exhibition" Check out our Events for further details.

You may also like the following events from Lowestoft Maritime Museum:

• This month, 26th August, 10:00 am, Archives Trailer on Tour – Anchors Away: Suffolk and The Sea Exhibition in Lowestoft
• Next month, 4th September, 10:00 am, Fishermen's Gansey Exhibition - In conjunction with The Lowestoft Gansey Project 7.8.25-7.9.25 in Lowestoft

Also check out other Exhibitions in Lowestoft, Entertainment events in Lowestoft.