The Windermere Steamboat Museum[1] was formed by the boat collector G. H. Pattinson, and was located on the former Sand and Gravel Wharf between Bowness-on-Windermere and the town of Windermere, on the eastern shore of Windermere in Cumbria, England. In 2007, the museum was taken over by the Lakeland Arts Trust,[2] a local charity, in order to restore the collection and redevelop the site. It is not currently open to visitors as work is ongoing on the collection.
The Lakeland Arts Trust plans a major redevelopment of the site to create a series of new buildings to house the boats and a conservation unit where they will be restored and maintained.
The Lakeland Arts Trust also runs Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell and the Museum of Lakeland Life.