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| May half term activities to inspire and entertain at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be hosting a range of activities, to inspire, to entertain and to intrigue visitors during May half term.
There will be a programme of workshops, have-a-go activities and tours, which will also incorporate Museum and Galleries month as well as the chance to view a new exhibition.
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| 12th May 2008 | FULL STORY  |
| Families to meet classic children’s character during Celebration of Steam at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard | |
Families visiting Celebration of Steam on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will have the opportunity to meet special guests, Ivor the Engine and friends, who have travelled all the way from “the top left hand corner of Wales”.
It is the first time that Ivor and friends have appeared at Celebrat... |
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| 6th May 2008 | FULL STORY |
| ‘Sea Your History: 20th Century Royal Navy’ opens window onto real-life experiences of the Navy’s people. | |
A new special exhibition which opens a window onto the real experiences of the Navy’s people opens at the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard from Saturday 26th April.
‘Sea Your History: 20th Century Royal Navy’ captures images and testimonies of the people of the Navy in combat and under stress, doing their day-to-d... |
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| 30th April 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Starring role for HMS Warrior 1860 in “How to look good naked.” | |
Portsmouth’s well-known Victorian warship HMS Warrior 1860 plays an unusual and starring role in this week’s “How to look good naked” on Channel 4 as popular TV host Gok Wan uses Queen Victoria’s famous ship as a venue for an extraordinary wardrobe clear-out.
Fans of the programme, due to be broadcast on Tuesday 29th at ... |
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| 28th April 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard embraces ideas and innovation during Museum and Galleries Month | |
Inspirational ideas are to be the focus of attention at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in support of the national initiative Museum and Galleries Month taking place from 1st May – 31st May which has the theme of Ideas and Innovation.
Taking advantage of the Historic Dockyard’s vast heritage, visitors will have the opportunity to di... |
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| 21st April 2008 | FULL STORY |
| Easter School Holidays at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard offers assorted programme of events | |
The Easter school holidays at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard are packed with entertainment for visitors of all ages and interests, with a programme ranging from storytelling, games to arts and crafts and even a Royal Bengal Tiger.
Visitors can also sample the new eating experience ‘The Georgian at Antiques Storehouse.’
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| 1st April 2008 | FULL STORY |
| TV Historian champions Mary Rose bid for new museum | |
TV
Historian Dr David Starkey has become a champion of the Mary Rose Trust
and filmed a special fundraising DVD detailing why the 16th century
ship and her collection of artefacts is so worthy of a new museum.
The call to action from
Dr Starkey comes as the Trust comes close to submitting a renewed bid
for £20 million to the Heritag... |
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| 22nd May 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Visitors to experience The Royal Navy as past and present combine | |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard provides a fitting backdrop to combine the navy's past and present, as it teams up with Portsmouth Naval Base for a brand new event, Royal Navy Past and Present, from Saturday 26th - Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 2007, 10am - 5.30pm. During the weekend, visitors will have the rare opportunity to step on boar... | |
| 17th May 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Mary Rose Chief Executive publishes intimate insight into Falklands War. | |
| The intimate letters shared between a serving officer during the Falklands War and his wife back home are to be published to mark the 25th anniversary of the Conflict and excerpts are to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme over the next weeks as an imaginative and evocative recollection of the campaign. The servicing o... | |
| 30th April 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Chasing Freedom brings unique, unseen images of the Slave Trade to light at the Royal Naval Museum | |
The launch of new exhibition ‘Chasing Freedom -The Royal Navy and the suppression of the Transatlantic Slave Trade’ at the Royal Naval Museum, has not only attracted thousands of visitors, but has brought to light previously unseen images and unheard stories highlighting the role of the Royal Navy in suppressing the Transatlantic Slave Tr... |
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| 30th April 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Statement on proposed Portsmouth Football Club stadium | |
| At this stage we have not seen any detailed plans for the proposed new stadium but cautiously welcome what could be a very exciting development. As the premier tourist attraction in the City, we will need to be reassured that a premier division football stadium is an appropriate neighbour. But when combined with the Spinnaker Tower... | |
| 25th April 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard celebrates the legacy of ‘people’ during | |
| ‘People’ are to be the focus of attention at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in support of the national initiative Museum and Galleries Month taking place from 1st May – 31st May with a theme of People: Who are we?Visitors will have the opportunity to meet a host of interesting people with fascinating tales to tell and experiences to share, ... | |
| 17th April 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard have the opportunity to vote three great warships as Britai | |
| HMS Victory, the Mary Rose and HMS Warrior 1860 have all been selected as contenders for UKTV History’s Britain’s Best Campaign, a new annual celebration of the nation’s most treasured historical hot-spots. The campaign aims to encourage the public to visit, value and vote for the historical places that matter most to them. Visitors to Po... | |
| 12th April 2007 | FULL STORY |
| Historic cross of nails – a symbol of hope and survival – to go on display as part of Royal Naval Museum | |
An historic cross that was recovered from the wreck of the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Coventry after she was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 is to go on display in a Portsmouth museum as part of an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the conflict.The Cross of Nails is made up of medieval iron nails that were picked up from the ... |
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| 2nd April 2007 | FULL STORY |
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