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Royal Naval Museum
HM Naval Base,
Portsmouth,
PO1 3NH
Tel: +44 (0)23 9257 27562
Mission statement:
To offer the British public of all ages and to visitors from
overseas, an understanding of both the importance of the Royal Navy
to the history of Britain and of the decisive influence that the
service has had on the shaping of our national identity, customs
and cultures: to encourage scholarship and research into the history
of the Royal Navy.
UKMCS lead museum for:
Modern Naval Technology (provisional)
Website address:
www.royalnavalmuseum.org
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Types of collections:
- Clothing
- Figureheads
- Manuscripts
- Medals
- Models
- Paintings
- Personal items
- Photographs
- Printed books and periodicals
- Prints and drawings
- Sound records
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Types of expertise:
- History of the Royal Navy- 18th to 20th centuries
- Nelson
- The merchant navy in war
- Marine engineering
- Oral history of the Royal Navy
- 20th century naval photography
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