HMS Victory is the Royal Navy's most famous warship. Come and experience:- • The world’s oldest commissioned ship and a proud memorial to Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Britain's greatest Naval hero. • The Great Cabin, where the battle was planned...

Visit the world famous historic ships at the home of the Royal Navy. Go aboard HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860 and see the Mary Rose Museum for the best day out in the South of England.

Warrior, launched in 1860, was the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet. Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest, fastest and most powerful ship of her day and had a profound effect on naval architecture. Warrior was, in her time, the ultimate deterrent. Yet...

Our core purpose is to preserve and present HMS Warrior 1860 as the world’s first modern battleship, to explain her influence on warship design and to demonstrate life at sea in the Victorian Navy.

Remember when you visited Portsmouth Historic Dockyard? You will. Learn about life on board three of the world’s most famous warships ever built, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860 and the Mary Rose via the Mary Rose Museum. See, touch and smell the history of the...

See treasures from the last 350 years like the Life Mask taken from Nelsons face in 1800, the first Victoria Cross ever awarded in 1856, or a World War II Enigma Machine which helped win the Battle of the Atlantic. Get hands on and test your skills. See if you can...

The City is the museum of and for the people of Portsmouth. There are temporary exhibition galleries, which have a frequently changing parade of fascinating shows on a wide range of subjects. Recent exhibitions have included Space Exploration, Portsmouth at the time...

aspex specialises in supporting contemporary artists at an early stage in their career and is a showcase for new work being made at a regional, national and international level. You can expect to see this variety of approaches reflected in the diverse and ever...

Elegant Edwardian playhouse in Southsea, Portsmouth

One of Portsmouth's oldest permanent fortifications. The Round Tower was built in around 1418 to defend the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour and prevent raids on the city by French ships. Inside there is a fine vaulted brick ceiling dating from the early 19th Century....