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The D-Day Story curator Andrew Whitmarsh.

Props from new war film Pressure on display at The D-Day Story

Bath Lane, Fareham

Museum, care home and office sites being sold by council

Royal Marines Experience

Opening date for £15m Royal Marines Experience is revealed

Discover more this summer at The D-Day Story

Discover more this summer at The D-Day Story

Fort Nelson will hold an outdoor production of The Three Musketeers

Fort Nelson to host outdoor theatre

People enjoying the bank holiday sun in Southsea at the water fountains in front of Southsea Castle . Pictured by Alec Chapman

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Commissioned by Qatar Foundation and nestled in its Education City campus, the museum was inaugurated on November 28, 2025

Ad Feature M. F. Husain Museum named one of TIME World's Greatest Places 2026

The Diving Museum Gosport had a refurbishment with new accessible areas on Friday 5th June 2025
Picture: Habibur Rahman

Delight as the Gosport Diving Museum reopens after a major revamp

The new Royal Marines Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is starting to take shape. On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, The News, Portsmouth, was invited on a tour of the tourist attraction.

'Hugely important' new Royal Marines Museum starts to shape

The Conan Doyle Collection

University of Chichester awarded funding for Sherlock Holmes research project in...

Pupils from Great Ballard School at the Weald & Downland Living Museum

Weald & Downland Living Museum achieves recognition for high quality educational...

Beaulieu looks ahead to a jam-packed 2026!

Beaulieu looks ahead to a jam-packed 2026!

Work has been taking place at The Diving Museum in Gosport

Unique museum that's a wonderful asset a step closer to reopening

On Your Doorstep Days: Local Museum Launches £5 Offer

Watch A Christmas Carol brought to life at Charles Dickens birthplace

Children found out what lessons would have been like at a Victorian Ragged School in Portsmouth by exploring a maths problem at Aspex in Gunwharf Quays.

Dream to open national education museum in Portsmouth comes closer
THE dream to open Britain's first national education museum in the birthplace of free schooling has taken a leap forward.
Mark Waldron

Divers are analysing the hull of HMS Warrior using ultra sonic scanners.

"Ultrasonic scanners" being used to analyse condition of HMS Warrior

From warship weddings to dining on a submarine, these unique venues will make for unforgettable events

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Explore rural life over the last 1,000 years. Photo: Weald & Downland Living Museum

Weald & Downland Living Museum celebrates 55 years with 55% off tickets

The gun that found the Mary Rose as it appears in the Mary Rose Museum (Mary Rose Trust).

Alexander McKee’s shot in time: The gun that confirmed the Mary Rose

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31 fun-filled summer activities for children - for every day in August

31 fun-filled summer activities for every day in August

A guitar once thought to have been lost for over 50 years, owned by The Rolling Stones, has been discovered as part of a collection at a New York art museum.

Stolen Rolling Stones' guitar found at New York Museum

The Air Museum's new home in the historic Daedalus building at HMS Sultan, preserving over a century of aviation heritage.

"Preserves a remarkable legacy": New museum opens at HMS Sultan

Dr Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections at the Mary Rose Trust (Harvey Mills)

The Life Scientific at the Mary Rose Museum: Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with...

The Mary Rose Museum is the host sponsor for this year's conference (Mary Rose Trust)

Mary Rose Museum to host AIM 2025 Conference

Volunteers can even dress up in Tudor costume if they wish to do so (Mary Rose Trust)

Volunteers’ Week: Celebrating the people behind the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose is marking Volunteers’ Week by joining in celebrations and sharing the story of one of its longest serving volunteers.
Michelle Monaghan

A pod of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins swimming across the coral reefs of the Red Sea, Egypt.

Dive into the deep: Ocean with David Attenborough comes to the Mary Rose Museum

Couple forced to call police after they were locked in Madame Tussauds for four hours

'I had to wee in bin': Terrified woman 'trapped' in Madame Tussauds

The unique artwork captures two centuries of railway heritage.

The Watercress Line’s stunning ‘200 Community Textile Timeline of Train Travel’ ...

The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

A small dog being groomed

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Shop owner holding an artificial leg

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Professor Brad Beaven, Matthew Sheldon and Dr Karl Bell.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy and the University of Portsmouth form new ...

Gosport Diving Museum has been given the green light for a new exhibit

Green light for next step of unique museum's exciting revamp

Westbury Manor Museum in Fareham will reopen, councillors have been told

Cafe at museum forced to close down will reopen in weeks

The exhibition, The Lucky Ones Grow Old, features portraits of veterans by Matt Sills taken at The D-Day Story on Wednesday 18th December 2024. Pictured: Cyril Stanley (Stan) Ford alongside his portrait. Picture: Habibur Rahman.

D-Day veterans honoured to have story told at new museum exhibition

Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

I have a collection of 4,000 bricks...each one tells a story

The Mary Rose Braille Word Search has been created by Portsmouth visually impaired artist, Clarke Reynolds, with help from students from Craneswater Junior School, including Eva Brinkman ,10 (pictured).

Incredible artwork unveiled helping to "break down barriers"

Three brandy glasses during Ararat factory tour

I tried brandy in Armenia - and it has made me a convert

HMS Victory in Portsmouth will be showcased on the latest episode of the Channel 5 documentary Warship; Life in the Royal Navy. Pictured is JJ Chalmers and the CO of HMS Victory.

Historic landmarks HMS Victory and D-Day craft to be on TV doc, when

Gosport Museum. High Street, Gosport. Structural problems have been reported at the site.

Structural issues found at museum - urgent repairs necessary

A six figure sum has been donated to the Gosport Diving Museum as work to progress its renovations progresses.

Huge £800k funding boost for historic diving museum

A full compliment of passengers about to enjoy the heritage service

Extra free Heritage Bus Services to run in Portsmouth during August - when

Boathouse 6 which is home to No6 Cinema and Action Stations in the Historic Dockyard

Royal Marines Museum plans clear first hurdle for Lottery funding bid

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

Park Lane Recreation Ground 1940s

Free Fareham local history 'pop up museum' for one weekend only

The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu has opened a new display showcasing a street from the 1960s

Nostalgic Streets Ahead opened at the National Motor Museum

Free bus travel is being run in Portsmouth for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and Armed Forces Day.

Free bus travel for veterans and military during D-Day

Steven Melnikoff, 104, talks through the D-Day landings to his fellow veterans.

US WWII veterans visit the D-Day Story museum

'Great Escaper' D-Day medals on display at The D-Day Story

A special D-Day 80 Antiques Roadshow will be shown on BBC One this weekend, with large parts of it filmed in the D-Day Story museum.

Antiques Roadshow filmed in Portsmouth to be shown this weekend

Wonderful bank holiday and half term things to do in Portsmouth

Howard Bidmead alongside the figure depicting his father Bill, who served during D-Day and was one of the soldiers to return from the attacks in 1944. Picture: Matt Scott-Joynt

Son recounts father's memories of D-Day as figure of him displayed

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