Marlipins Museum, Medieval museum in Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Marlipins Museum is housed in a stone building featuring a distinctive black and white checkered pattern across its front, constructed with flint and limestone materials. The building contains collections documenting the settlement's long connection to maritime trade and the port.
The building dates from between 1167 and 1197, making it one of the oldest fully surviving secular buildings in Britain. It originally served as a customs house for the port, showing the settlement's importance to medieval trade.
The museum displays maritime heritage through ship models, navigational tools, and objects salvaged from coastal shipwrecks, telling the story of a community shaped by the sea and its dangers.
The museum operates from May through November, Thursday to Saturday with morning hours. The site is roughly five minutes on foot from the train station and easy to reach.
The building's name first appeared in 1488 as 'Malappynnys' and evolved to the current spelling by 1703. This naming evolution reflects the community's documentation across several centuries.
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