Discovery Visit

A Discovery Visit is a teacher led self-guided museum visit to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860, Mary Rose or HMS M.33. We are excited to be able to offer you a choice of Discovery Visit combined with a Discovery Challenge pack for pupils and a teacher trail to support your visit. This means you can tailor your school visit to suit your curriculum, visiting multiple attractions under the same ticket. And in addition, a visit to the National Museum of the Royal Navy galleries is included with any UK school visit booked.

Discover more

There is now even more to explore with our Discover More offer.

Teachers can book this enhanced visit which includes a choice of Discovery Visit plus the choice of themed Discovery Chest and supporting Discovery Back Pack. Inside each Discovery Chest are suggested activities and resources designed to encourage pupil led enquiry to answer key topic questions within a chosen museum gallery. The Discover More Back Packs are portable activity packs for use on HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860 or HMS M.33. Each pack contains a set of challenges and resources that encourage observation, discussion and imagination to support historical enquiry and creative writing. The Mary Rose also offers a Discover More option with an introductory talk and a glimpse behind the scenes at the reserve collection of artefacts not on show to the public. The museum team will help teachers orientate themselves ready to lead the class around the museum confidently

Discover more live

Discover More Live is a brand new new offer introducing a gallery-facilitated session with museum staff combined with a teacher self-led visit on a ship. Your school will have the opportunity to interact with costumed interpreters, handle real & replica artefacts and witness conservation in action.

For further details about the full programme on offer, please download the brochure below.

Resources

To support your Discovery Visit at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, please download our Teachers Guide, Teachers Trail and Discovery Challenge Pack.

Teachers Guide

Teachers Trail

Discovery Challenge Pack