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News

HMS VICTORY

In a ground-breaking enterprise the Ministry of Defence has decided to transfer the custodianship of HMS Victory, the world’s most iconic ship, to the HMS Victory Preservation Trust, a charitable trust established as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy to ensure the preservation of Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar for future generations.

Victory will remain the flagship of the Second Sea Lord until, as previously planned, she is made the flagship of the First Sea Lord. This enhancement in Victory’s status will reinforce the ship’s continuing special position within the Royal Navy.

For full details of this historic event, download the press release here

NEW EDITION OF SCUTTLEBUTT

The latest edition of our magazine Scuttlebutt is now available.

Click here to view the downloadable edition.

NMRN WINS HLF SUPPORT FOR NEW EXHIBITIONS

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded just over £1.4m to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to create new exhibitions on the Navy in the 20th and 21st Centuries, it was announced today. 

The confirmed grant will help tell the story of the Royal Navy since 1900, a largely untold part of our maritime heritage. The 18th century Storehouse 10, built in 1776, is one of the finest Georgian storehouses in the UK and will be completely restored providing new exhibition spaces for the museum’s vast collections. Storehouse 10 will be connected to Storehouse 11 enabling the museum to showcase four centuries of our important naval history properly for the first time. State-of-the-art interactive displays and exhibitions will help bring the collections alive and into the 21st century for everyone, especially young people, to learn from and enjoy.

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WORLD's OLDEST CHRISTMAS PUDDING?

A Christmas pudding dated 1900 and sent to the Naval Brigade during the Boer War has been given to The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, after having been left in the back of a food cupboard for years!

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CURRENT

HMS Victory Exhibition: Bones of Oak and Iron

A new free exhibition has opened which looks at the past restoration and current conservation of the great ship. For more information follow this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-WvGIj3Whw

Events

 

Take a look at our forthcoming events and we hope you find something of interest.

For further information and booking please contact us on 023 9272 7582 or email events@nmrn.org.uk unless otherwise stated below