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COWES PORT HANDBOOK 2014 - 2015

In the town centre, the East Cowes Heritage Centre houses a permanent
exhibition giving an insight into the history of East Cowes over the last
200 years. Supported also by temporary exhibitions mounted several
times a year, the East Cowes Heritage Centre aims to preserve and
present the town’s industrial and social heritage before reminders of the
past are lost forever.

Sir Max Aitken Museum

In Cowes High Street, the famous pink building, ‘The Prospect’, is home
to the Sir Max Aitken Museum. The beautiful 18th century sail maker’s
loft, where Britannia’s mainsail was made, was acquired and restored by
Sir Max Aitken in 1947. Today, with its traditional splendour, the building
boasts Sir Max Aitken’s personal collec