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Curators inspect a Jolly Roger
Press Release HMS Alliance Victorian Ships and Aircraft

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…

Deathwatch Beetles in Habitat
Press Release Conservation 21st Century Museum behind the scenes

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…

Entrance to museum
Press Release Museum Teams Museum Story Museum behind the scenes

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

HMS Warrior 1860 at dusk at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Press Release Museum Teams Museum Story Museum behind the scenes

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 win at the News Excellence Awards 2024
Press Release Museum Teams Museum Story Museum behind the scenes

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…

The National Museum of the Royal Navy logo against a dark blue background with a white speech bubble.
Press Release Communities Navy Origins Naval Lives

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.

Two teenagers pose in front of HMS M.33 with a yellow speech bubble saying "We want you!".
Press Release Museum Teams Museum Story Museum behind the scenes

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…

Sopwith Baby aircraft at Fleet Air Arm Museum. Credit NMRN
Press Release Communication Museum Story Innovation and Exploration

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…

Author and science editor Tom Whipple
Press Release Battles Second World War War and Peace

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…

HMS Warrior and Action Stations during the stargazing event at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Press Release Oceans & Climate Museum Story Innovation and Exploration

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…

Work being done on the scaffold around HMS Victory
Press Release HMS Victory Museum Story Napoleonic Ships and Aircraft

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…

Contractors removing figurehead HMS Charlotte's figurehead in preparation for conservation.
Press Release Collections Conservation Museum Story Museum behind the scenes

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…

Muskaan Gandhi new curator at the National Museum of the Royal Navy credit NMRN
Press Release HMS Trincomalee Museum Story Ships and Aircraft

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. 

The Christmas lights on HMS Warrior Credit NMRN
Press Release Museum Teams 21st Century Museum behind the scenes

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 resident offer - faam
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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 of the NMRN Dominic Tweddle
Press Release Museum Teams Museum Story Museum behind the scenes

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