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Beware! Jolly Rogers on display
The earliest known surviving example of a Royal Navy submarine Jolly Roger from HMS E54 flown over a century ago in 1916 joins the Museum’s newest…
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…
Fleet Air Arm Museum cited in premier league of visitor attractions
Yeovilton’s Fleet Air Arm Museum sees 33% increase in visitors in last year. Popular local resident winter-long discount campaign boosted numbers
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard features in top forty UK visitor attractions for third year in a row
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has been named in the top forty UK visitor attractions according to ALVA figures for the third year in a row. The…
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Wins "The News Excellence Award" for Visitor Attraction/Event of the Year
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has been awarded Visitor Attraction of the Year in The News Excellence Awards. The prestigious award recognises the…
Mutual support for museums in Addressing Empire
A recent comment piece for Museums Journal is already attracting new members to a network co-founded by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Call out for new members – Youth Advisory Group
Are you aged between 18-30 and interested in heritage? The National Museum of the Royal Navy are looking to recruit you for our newly created Youth…
Collections explorer, only available on Bloomberg Connects, the arts and culture app
In a first for The National Museum of the Royal Navy, our Fleet Air Arm Museum has launched a new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the arts and…
The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War retold at the Fleet Air Arm Museum
Award-winning science editor and Times journalist Tom Whipple joins Yeovilton’s Fleet Air Arm Museum for a special lecture on Friday 15 March at 7…
Historic fleet of ships and aircraft host nationwide stargazing events at The National Museum of the Royal Navy
The National Museum of the Royal Navy opened its historic fleet of ships and aircraft across their sites in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Yeovilton…
Archaeology meets AI in ground-breaking collaboration between The National Museum of the Royal Navy and the University of Southampton
The National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has recently completed phase one of a world-first collaboration with the…
Conserved figureheads to tell untold and sometimes difficult stories
Ships’ figureheads have long captured the imagination and the suspicions of sailors. Now curators and conservators at The National Museum of the…
Funding to unlock intriguing travels of HMS Trincomalee
The hidden, intriguing stories of HMS Trincomalee are set to be shared thanks to generous funding for a new project.
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…
Local residents get 30% off entry at Fleet Air Arm Museum for a limited time
Discounted limitless days out for a year are now possible for residents in BA, TA, DT and SP postcodes as the region's biggest visitor attraction…
Director-General Prof. Dominic Tweddle to step down at National Museum of the Royal Navy
Matthew Sheldon, the current Executive Director of Museum Operations, to take over as interim DG