May half term activities to inspire and entertain at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

News release issued: 12th May 2008

 

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be hosting a range of activities, to inspire, to entertain and to intrigue visitors during May half term.

 

There will be a programme of workshops, have-a-go activities and tours, which will also incorporate Museum and Galleries month as well as the chance to view a new exhibition.

 

 A new special exhibition, Sea Your History: 20th Century Royal Navy, recently opened at the Royal Naval Museum, will offer visitors the opportunity to discover the very personal and experiences of the Navy’s real people. The exhibition, which opened at the end of April, captures images and testimonies of the people of the Navy in combat and under stress, doing their day-to-day work, at rest and play, at home and abroad, at sea and on land - during a century of almost continuous conflict and rapid technological and social change.

 

Inspirational ideas are the focus of national initiative Museum and Galleries Month taking place from 1st May – 31st May, which this year, has the theme of Ideas and Innovation. Taking advantage of the Historic Dockyard’s vast heritage, visitors will have the opportunity to discover innovations from history that have helped to shape the world today with a variety of activities, including investigations of Tudor medicine at the Mary Rose Museum and free talks at the Royal Naval Museum.  For a full listing visit: www.historicdockyard.co.uk/events

 

Highlights for May half term include:

Daily:

Follow the Flag Trail on board HMS Warrior 1860 and find out about the men who lived and worked on board Warrior. 10am – 4.30pm. FREE with a valid attraction ticket

 

Mary Rose Museum Highlight tours - 45 minute guided tours of the Mary Rose Museum. 10.30am & 4.30pm daily. Free with a valid attraction ticket

 

Weekly:

Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 May 11am – 4pm

Meet Jack Green – the Tudor Doctor of Physic at the Mary Rose Museum and discover his strange remedies and treatments. Free with a valid attraction ticket.

 

Macramé Workshop on board HMS Warrior 1860. Tuesday 27 May 11am – 4.30pm. FREE with attraction ticket. All welcome

 

Sea Scientists! at the Royal Naval Museum where visitors can try some experiments in the mad scientist’s laboratory. Wednesday 28 May 11am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm. FREE drop-in workshop, all ages welcome

 

Inspiring Inventions on board HMS Warrior 1860 - a scrapheap challenge style activity where visitors can make their own inventions out of junk. Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 May 11am – 1pm & 2pm – 3pm. Free with a valid attraction ticket.

 

Victorian Storytelling on board HMS Warrior 1860. Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 May 11am, 12noon, 2pm & 3pm. FREE with a valid attraction ticket

 

All school holiday activities are included with a valid attraction ticket unless otherwise stated.  All under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.