The City of Aberdeen's award winning Maritime Museum brings the history of the North Sea to life. View multimedia displays and exciting exhibitions on the offshore oil industry, shipbuilding, fishing and clipper ships then visit the museum shop and licensed cafe. Awarded a 5 star museum rating by the Scottish Tourist Board.

What's it like to put on a survival suit, strap yourself into a helicopter and fly 150 miles to a North Sea platform? For many households this is a monthly routine that passes for commuting to work. For those left behind it is a lifestyle that can only be glimpsed through the media

In Aberdeen' Maritime Museum, visitors can experience for themselves what it's like to live and work on board an operational oil platform. The 8.5m high model of the Murchison oil production platform is surrounded by three floors of computer displays, reconstructions and hands on exhibits giving an in-depth view of life offshore. A real accommodation cabin shows the living arrangements, the full-size replica oil platform control room shows how oil and gas is processed through the platform.

Other major exhibits in the Museum include the massive 19th Century lighthouse assembly from Rattray Head Lighthouse and an original (full sized) teak deck house of the kind used on the famous North Boats. At the touch of a button you can watch archive footage of ship launchings or see how previous generations of fisherfolk lived and worked, as well as reconstructions of a 1925 ships drawing office and a steam traweler deck.