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Celebrating Dr Cathryn Harvey: The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s First Doctoral Graduate
We are delighted to congratulate Cathryn Harvey of Cranfield University on successfully passing her Doctoral viva. Cathryn will very soon be the…
HMS Victory shortlisted for best conservation project
HMS Victory: The Big Repair has been named as one of the UK’s best conservation and restoration projects, following stellar progress over the last 12…
The National Museum of the Royal Navy and the University of Portsmouth form new partnership
A new collaboration has been established between the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Port Cities and…
Commemorating World AIDS Day
In 1981, the first five cases of a rare lung infection were detected in five young, previously healthy gay men in L.A. It would go on to mark the…
Remembrance Day 2024 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy
Every year 11th November marks Remembrance Day, held in honour of all armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. The National…
Meet Alannah Hay: Article in Iconnect
Alannah Hay talks about her early career progression, advocating conservation work to HRH Princess Anne, winning a 2024 Marsh Conservation Award and…
Important information regarding the upcoming closure of Action Stations
We would like to inform our visitors that Action Stations will be closing on 23 February 2025. This closure marks the start of a significant…
HMS Warrior Wedding Competition Final 3
We are thrilled to announce the three couples who have made it to the final stage of our HMS Warrior wedding competition!This unique contest was…
Uncharted Waters LGBTQ+ film nominated for award
Following its premiere earlier this year, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is proud to announce that the film Uncharted Waters, created in…
Know your enemy: deathwatch beetles taken to task in HMS Victory restoration project
“It’s a case of ‘know your enemy": Experts from Cranfield University and the National Museum of the Royal Navy work with ZSL to breed a colony of…
A close-up on HMS Victory’s smallest inhabitants: The deathwatch beetle
One of the biggest jobs in the conservation of HMS Victory concerns its smallest inhabitant. The conservation team at the National Museum of the…
The wedding of Mr Martin Hitchcox and Lt Cdr Edward Bean RN
We love to hear how much our couples enjoyed their wedding day at the National Museum of the Royal Navy. From the illustrious allure of HMS Warrior…
A history of Christmas traditions in the Royal Navy
Christmas is a time for friends, family, and merriment. But life can be different when you’re serving, as our collection at the National Museum of…
A month full of festive fun with the National Museum of the Royal Navy
December is a month full of festive fun at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, with events and decorations across all of the museum’s sites. Keep…
National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool celebrates Tall Ships Race 2023
The National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool welcomed over 40,000 visitors during this year's Tall Ships Race (6th-9th July) - kicking off a…
Pride Month 2023 - Should we assign meaning to 'hidden' identities?
To commemorate Pride Month the National Museum of the Royal Navy has produced a short series of blogs detailing the long and complicated history of…