News in September 2010
| Who Do YOU Think They Were? | |
With a vast number of TV programmes, websites and magazines specialising in genealogy it is no surprise that more and more people are asking the question – Who do you think they were? With that in mind, curators at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, on September 25th, are offering visitors the chance to find out about the different ca... |
|
| 24th September 2010 | FULL STORY  |
| HMS Trincomalee Becomes FIRST Affiliate of the National Museum of The Royal Navy | |
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is setting sail for the North East as HMS Trincomalee becomes the first official affiliate of the new museum. The NMRN was established to create, preserve, explain and celebrate the enormous contribution made by the Royal Navy during its remarkable history of over 1000 years, in the defence of ... |
|
| 22nd September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Share HMS Victory with loved ones this Christmas | |
With January’s heavy snowfall, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard was transformed into a winter wonderland and a photographer’s dream! Now that dream is being shared as one of the images has been made into a Christmas card.
As the site was unable to open to the public, staff members took the opportunity to take photos of the attra... |
|
| 15th September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Victorian Festival of Christmas Enters the Next Chapter for 2010 | |
The Victorian era is considered the golden age for Christmas as well as children’s literature and book illustration and with this in mind Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is inviting visitors to step into the magical world of the Victorian Festival of Christmas, taking place on Friday 26th – Sunday 28th November, and explore their very own Wo... |
|
| 13th September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| ‘Spitfires of the Sea’ return home to Southampton | |
As the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the last remaining, fully operational high-speed World War II motor boats – known as the ‘Spitfires of the Sea’ – will make an historic voyage home to where they were built over 70 years ago, when they feature at this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show (10-19 September).&nbs... |
|
| 10th September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Mary Rose at the Heart of Latest C J Sansom Novel | |
Last Thursday, 2nd September, saw a very special publication party for the latest C J Sansom novel “Heartstone”, at the Mary Rose Museum. The Mary Rose and Portsmouth feature prominently in this 5th instalment of the Shardlake series of historical crime stories.
Editor and Publisher Maria Rejt commented:
“Chris h... |
|
| 9th September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Patrick O’Brian Weekend (11th – 13th March 2011) | |
The 20 completed novels of Patrick O’Brian are by far the most popular fictional accounts of Nelson’s Navy. Once again, The National Museum of the Royal Navy is proud to celebrate O’Brian’s achievement with a special weekend devoted to his novels and the Royal Navy they depict.
Lectures by leading experts in their fields will sho... |
|
| 8th September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Artefact Artwork on Display | |
The City of Portsmouth Girls’ school is now accompanying the Western Church of England Primary School from Winchester with their artwork being displayed for all to see, on the hoardings at the construction site for the new Mary Rose Museum.
Over the last few months Dan Hurdle, Head of Art and his GCSE art class have prepared a se... |
|
| 7th September 2010 | FULL STORY |
| Ask A Curator! | |
Yesterday, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard used social media to invite visitors to find out more about the guardians of the Historic Dockyard’s treasures as part of Ask A Curator day on Twitter.
Ask A Curator Day was a world-wide online question-and-answer event in which anyone could put questions to museum and gallery curators on... |
|
| 2nd September 2010 | FULL STORY |
News by Date
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
Press Packs
