The main feature of the museum is the magnificent Overlord Embroidery which tells the story of the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, just as 900 years earlier the story of William the Conqueror's invasion of England was told in the Bayeux Tapestry
There are sections on the Home Front, the events leading up to D-Day and Operation Overlord, all illustrated by photographs and a wide range of objects of the period. The style of presentation is very lively with audio-visuals, sound effects and several reconstructed scenes.
These include:

a 1940 dining room

an air-raid shelter,

a factory scene,

an invasion preparation area and

the D-Day control room at Southwick House.

You can walk through a Dakota aircraft during a parachute drop and there is a scene of a crashed Horsa Glider unloading a Jeep. From inside a German bunker you can see the invasion fleet approaching, and you can land on the beaches with a DUKW, a very rare beach armoured recovery vehicle and board a genuine landing craft.

Adult £6, Senior citizens £450, Child £3.60. Concessions and group rates available, free for Portsmouth school parties. Chargeable car and coach park at site.