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Portsmouth City Museum & Records Office
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Museum Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2LJ
Hampshire
England
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(c) Portsmouth Museums & Records Service
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Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Social History
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Contact details
General information (Tel)
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023 9282 7261
General information (Fax)
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023 9287 5276
E-mail
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mvs@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Website
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www.portsmouthmuseums.co.uk
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Open
Daily 1000-1730
Open Bank holidays
1st October-31 March Closes 1700
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Closed
24-26 December
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Admission charges
Free admission
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Discounts
Museums Association
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Description
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.
The City Museum is dedicated to local history and fine and decorative art. 'The Story of Portsmouth' displays room settings showing life in Portsmouth from the 17th century to the 1950's using modern audio-visual techniques. Experience the different life-styles of the Victorian working poor in the 'Dockyard Workers Cottage' and the affluent 'Victorian Parlour'. A 1930's kitchen with everything including the kitchen sink! A 1930's 'Art Deco' dinning room and a 1950's front-room complete with flying ducks on the wall and early television showing "Listen With Mother".
The 'Portsmouth at Play' exhibition looks at all aspects of leisure pursuits from the Victorian period to the 1970's. "What the Butler Saw" machines on the pier, a "Pennyfarthing" cycle and film archive's from the 1930's and 1960's.
Our new ‘exhibition ‘A Study in Sherlock’ looks at the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the context of Victorian and Edwardian England, his strong relationship with Portsmouth (where he wrote the first 2 Sherlock Holmes stories) and the creation and phenomenon that is Sherlock Holmes.
Narrated by Stephen Fry, the exhibition includes the opportunity to watch a new Sherlock Holmes mystery, become one of the Bakers Street Irregulars, listen to some of the stories and act them out using hand-puppets.
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Articles
Portsmouth Museums' Saxon Skeletons Enlisted To Help Find Cure For TB
News In Brief - Week Ending January 13 2008
News In Brief - Week Ending November 25 2007
Artist Turns People's Treasures Into Forensic Art In Portsmouth
Sherlock Holmes & Conan Doyle Explored At Portsmouth Museum
MGM 2007 - Top Ten Family History Events In Museums & Galleries
Conan Doyle Collection Comes Home To Portsmouth
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Trails
Hidden Treasure Trail For The South East
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General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
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Collections
Specialist publications on collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
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Disability Access
Induction loops in exhibition spaces
Large print information and/or interpretation
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan
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Children and Families
Activities for pre-school children
Baby changing facilities
Events and resources for children and families
Gardens open to public
Picnic area
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General Education
Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Education facilities available
Loan service
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
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Schools Education
Direct teaching services for schools
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
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Facilities
Cafeteria
Facilities for private functions and events
Gardens open to public
Mail order service available
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Picnic area
Refreshments
Research facilities for academics
Restaurant
Shop
Study facilities
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Copyright © 24 Hour Museum
Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared. Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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