Museum Day

Sunday is Museum Day – why not take a break and visit one of the many museums in or near Portsmouth this weekend?

We’ve compiled a list of all those we know about …

• Charles Dickens’ Birthplace Museum

• Cumberland House Natural History Museum (free admission)

• D-Day Museum

• Eastney Beam Engine House (free admission)

• Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower (Gosport)

• Fort Nelson (free admission)

• Portsmouth City Museum (free admission)

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Note that the Historic Dockyard contains a number of museums. You can buy tickets for all attractions, or individual tickets for:

– The Mary Rose Museum

– HMS Victory

– HMS Warrior 1860

– National Museum Royal Navy Portsmouth

• The Royal Marines Museum

• Royal Navy Submarine Museum (HMS Alliance) (Gosport)

• Southsea Castle (free admission)

But if you’d rather stay in, you can still visit a virtual museum …

• A Tale of One City – Portsmouth’s community history website and online archive

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Photo by heatheronhertravels via Flickr