The updated edition of A Manual of Maritime Curatorship has now been published and is available to ICMM members.

Produced by the Maritime Heritage Network, this handbook provides a useful introduction to maritime curatorship for those who work in maritime museums, as well as those in related museum and heritage fields who are not maritime specialists, but who may have to deal with maritime material. 

ICMM President and Chief Executive of the ss Great Britain Trust, Matthew Tanner was one of the editors of the first 2002 edition and on the editorial team of the updated edition.


Arrangements have been made for the Manual of Maritime Curatorship to be available to ICMM members. The Manual is available in nine downloadable chapters below:

1. Cover and contents

2. introduction

3. ships

4. fittings

5. nautical skills

6. shore support

7. maritime culture

8. practice

9. selected glossary