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Artist rendering of ground floor of Royal Marine Museum featuring Lynx Helicopter
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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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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…
‘Appreciating the Situation’ on display, one of the key objects looked at by Chat Over Chai Credit NMRN
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Cross-service Diwali celebrations bring colour and light to a grey November

Celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, and find out more about the shared maritime heritage of Indian and Hindu communities with the Royal…
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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…
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Pride Month 2023 - Exploring LGBTQ+ history in the Royal Navy

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…
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Pride Month 2023 - What are 'Crossing the Line' ceremonies?

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…
Nikhil Ahluwalia alongside Appreciating the Situation before its conservation
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As seen on BBC South Today, historic painting unveiled at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

As part of the over two million objects in the collection of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the painting ‘Appreciating the Situation’ may…
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The extraordinary life of Horatia Nelson

Horatia Nelson, born 29 January 1801, was the only surviving child of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and his lover Lady Emma Hamilton. At the time of…
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Tidal Teatime Exchange Project brings artefacts’ history to life

Recently the National Museum of the Royal Navy has worked with community group Chat Over Chai and the Royal Navy’s Equality and Diversity Team.The…