Enjoy an open-ended play session with 'Subdays Museum Engineers' at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum Busy Boats Bay. This specially designed drop in activity uses loose parts to encourage engineering skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, fine and gross motor skills, and curiosity. Sessions are suitable for families with children aged between 3 and […]
Discover something truly unique with our Merry Vintage Christmas party onboard HMS Warrior, located within Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard on Friday 8th December 2023, from 6:30pm. Our Merry Vintage Christmas Party is perfect for those looking for a place where history and nautical elegance converge to create the perfect setting for a glamorous festive evening. Tickets are £80 […]
Join us for this unique and unforgettable experience which explores archery in Tudor times. Discover how a Tudor arrow was made step by step, explore the museum with a guided, behind the scenes tour of our collection. Enjoy refreshments in our wardroom and access to our exterior VIP balcony. This experience is perfect for archery […]
What is a yule log? Who is the Lord of Misrule? How many days of Christmas did the Tudors celebrate? Who ate golden boars’ heads and what on earth is wassailing? Uncover the many wonderfully festive, and sometimes peculiar traditions that the Tudors celebrated the festive season with in our Tudor Christmas Trail! This free […]
The Submariners are celebrating the Christmas season with a festive feast but all the labels have fallen off the tins and Pollyanna the reindeer has eaten them! Help Sniff the Polar Bear to save Christmas! Spot the greedy reindeer hiding around the gallery, choose a mystery tin from the bag and come up with your […]
The Christmas cheese board is ruined! The naughty museum mice have pinched all the pongy cheese! Help the festive felines find all the mice and make sure there will 'brie' a cheesy Christmas! Don't miss the classic cracker jokes as you explore!
Christmas is coming ! There’s snow in the air, So why not explore with Barbara The Royal Navy’s own polar bear?! Have fun solving the rhyming clues and spotting some of Barbara’s festive friends in the gallery! Don't miss the classic cracker jokes as you explore!
Take part in Christmas Candle Making with our Hands on History craft sessions. Create your very own Tudor inspired candle from beeswax, take it home and enjoy the cosy candlelight, and warming scent of honey. Free activity - with a valid Mary Rose/Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ticket. Please note: no candles to be lit inside the […]
Take part in Christmas Candle Making with our Hands on History craft sessions. Create your very own Tudor inspired candle from beeswax, take it home and enjoy the cosy candlelight, and warming scent of honey. Free activity - with a valid Mary Rose/Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ticket. Please note: no candles to be lit inside the […]
Take part in Christmas Candle Making with our Hands on History craft sessions. Create your very own Tudor inspired candle from beeswax, take it home and enjoy the cosy candlelight, and warming scent of honey. Free activity - with a valid Mary Rose/Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ticket. Please note: no candles to be lit inside the […]
Enjoy an open-ended play session with 'Subdays Museum Engineers' at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum Busy Boats Bay. This specially designed drop in activity uses loose parts to encourage engineering skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, fine and gross motor skills, and curiosity. Sessions are suitable for families with children aged between 3 and […]
Stargazing at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is back again in Action Stations and HMS Warrior on Wednesday 31 January 2024 from 6pm to 9pm. Join astrophysicists and cosmologists from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, navigation experts from the National Museum of the Royal Navy, amateur astronomers from Hampshire Astronomical Group, space engineers […]