Museums · South East England
Royal Marines Museum
In or near Portsmouth.
Royal Marines Museum — museum in Portsmouth, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Fratton · 1.9 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Royal Marines Museum in Portsmouth, the nearest railway station is Fratton, located 1.9 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is PO4 9XF. The museum is wheelchair accessible.
About
Royal Marines Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1958. Part of National Museum of the Royal Navy. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Portsmouth, England". Coordinates: 50.7850°, -1.0540°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Royal Marines Museum is a museum in Portsmouth, England, dedicated to the history of the Royal Marines from their beginnings in 1664 to the present day. A registered charity, it is also a designated service museum under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983 and receives Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Defence. In 2011 it formally became part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, an executive non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Defence. The museum's galleries, formerly housed at Eastney Barracks, have been closed since 2017 pending relocation to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
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Background
History
The Museum was established in October 1958 at Eastney Barracks, which was originally constructed as the Headquarters of the Royal Marine Artillery in the 1860s. From 1972 to 2017 the Museum's displays were housed in the Barracks' former officers' mess. On 28 October 2008 – its 50th birthday – the Museum won the Best Small Visitor Attraction of the Year award from Tourism South East, recognising its excellence, both in terms of exhibitions and the quality of the customer service provided. March 2009 saw the launch of the Beverley Gallery – an area dedicated to a rolling programme of Special Exhibitions highlighting a broad range of subjects to a variety of audiences. The first exhibition was…
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- Coordinates
- 50.7850, -1.0540
- District
- Portsmouth
- Parish
- Portsmouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- PO4 9XF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Established
- 1958
- Nearest railway station
- Fratton — 1.9 km
- Official site
- www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7374452 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Royal Marines Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Royal Marines Museum, Southsea.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Royal Marines Museum?
- Royal Marines Museum is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode PO4 9XF), in the parish of Portsmouth, unparished area.
- What is Royal Marines Museum?
- Royal Marines Museum — museum in Portsmouth, England.
- How do I get to Royal Marines Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Fratton, about 1.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode PO4 9XF.
- When was Royal Marines Museum built?
- Built or established in 1958.
- How do I get to Royal Marines Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Fratton, about 1.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PO4 9XF.