Sep 08 2010 - Sep 12 2010
Heritage Open Days
Wednesday 8 - Sunday 12 September
- A national event organised by English Heritage, which allows free access to buildings and the unseen collections of the Historic Dockyard.
- FREE – Numbers are limited & all tours must be booked in advance. Please contact 023 9272 8060 to reserve a place.
- Please note that 1 person cannot book more than 4 places per tour due to limited spaces.
- Also ALL individual's name, address and phone number will be required at the time of booking for Naval Base security reasons as you will be visiting restricted areas.
Wednesday 8 - Friday 10 September
11am, 1pm (and 3pm if demand is high)
Medical Matters
on board HMS Warrior 1860
New to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard's Heritage Open Days - find out more about mid-Victorian medicine on board HMS Warrior 1860.
FREE - Only 12 spaces per tour & must be booked in advance, please contact 023 9272 8060 to reserve a place.
Wednesday 8 - Friday 10 September
11am
Behind The Scenes At The Mary Rose Museum
Visit the reserve collection and see thousands of amazing artefacts awaiting display in our new museum, due to open in 2012.
FREE - Only 12 spaces per tour & must be booked in advance, please contact 023 9272 8060 to reserve a place.
Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September
11am, 1pm & 3pm
Behind The Scenes Tour Of The National Museum Of The Royal Navy
Join the Museum’s experts for these ever-popular tours behind the scenes. This is your chance to see the collections which cannot always be in our public exhibitions and to discover the history of the Museum’s magnificent ‘present use storehouse’ built in 1763.
FREE - Only 15 spaces per tour & must be booked in advance, please contact 023 9272 8060 to reserve a place.
Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September
10.30am, 1pm & 3pm
The Block Mills Tour
Take this rare opportunity to have a guided tour around the world’s first complete steam powered factory, now disused, with blockmaking machinery invented by Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s father, Marc Brunel.
FREE - Only 25 spaces per tour & all tours must be booked by 12noon on Wednesday 9 September for security purposes. Please contact 023 9272 8060 to reserve a place.
Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September
10am & 3pm
Tour of Boathouse 6
at Action Stations
Tours about the history of Boathouse 6 up to the present day, including Action Stations and InterAction gallery.
FREE - Only 20 spaces per tour, some areas within the tour are not accessible by a lift & must be booked in advance, please contact 023 9272 8060 to reserve a place.
Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September
1pm
Tour the Dockyard’s Oldest Building
Take a guided tour of the Porter’s Lodge (1708), the Historic Dockyard’s oldest building and learn about the life and times of the Porter who unlocked the gate, rang the Muster Bell - and kept a very good cellar!
FREE - Now fully booked
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