Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Eyemouth HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities The centrepiece of the museum is unique tapestry worked to commemorate the centenary of the great fishing disaster of 1881 when the community suffered the loss of 129 local fishermen at sea. The current exhibition “The Pickit Men” is a moving contemporary interpretation in ceramic of the disaster. OpeningTime1 11.00-16.00 OpeningDate1 17/9/2011 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 11924 Refreshments No Street The street address Auld Kirk AddressLine2 Manse Road Postcode TD14 5JE Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eyemouth Museum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived scottishborders Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 830 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.8716,-2.088979; Description An account of the resource Built in 1811 as Eyemouth Parish Church, the handsome stone tower makes a decorative addition to the Eyemouth skyline. The church was extended in 1902 and sensitively converted into a museum in 1980. It is an independent museum, run by local people, with exhibitions on farming, milling and the local fishing heritage.