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Artist rendering of ground floor of Royal Marine Museum featuring Lynx Helicopter
Funding Announced To Reimagine Historic Boathouse Including New Royal Marines Museum
A gallery space featuring a 3/4 angle painting of Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Trafalgar Day 2024: Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
A logo for the Iris prize featuring a laurel and a figure holding a United Kingdom flag
Uncharted Waters LGBTQ+ film nominated for award

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A child looks at a wall with photographs and a poppy-wreath with a sign reading 'lest we forget'
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Remembrance Day 2024 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy

Every year 11th November marks Remembrance Day, held in honour of all armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. The National…
HRH Princess Anne with Allanah Hay reviewing conservation
Interview

Meet Alannah Hay: Article in Iconnect

Alannah Hay talks about her early career progression, advocating conservation work to HRH Princess Anne, winning a 2024 Marsh Conservation Award and…
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Statement

Important information regarding the upcoming closure of Action Stations

We would like to inform our visitors that Action Stations will be closing on 23 February 2025. This closure marks the start of a significant…
HMS Warrior exterior and view of spinnaker tower
Listicle

HMS Warrior Wedding Competition Final 3

We are thrilled to announce the three couples who have made it to the final stage of our HMS Warrior wedding competition!This unique contest was…
A logo for the Iris prize featuring a laurel and a figure holding a United Kingdom flag
Press Release

Uncharted Waters LGBTQ+ film nominated for award

Following its premiere earlier this year, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is proud to announce that the film Uncharted Waters, created in…
Deathwatch Beetles in Habitat
Press Release

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…
Two costume interpreters sit in the stocks in front of HMS Trincomalee in Hartlepool
Press Release

National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool celebrates Tall Ships Race 2023

The National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool welcomed over 40,000 visitors during this year's Tall Ships Race (6th-9th July) - kicking off a…
Blog

Pride Month 2023 - Should we assign meaning to 'hidden' identities?

To commemorate Pride Month the National Museum of the Royal Navy has produced a short series of blogs detailing the long and complicated history of…