Historic Portsmouth Dockyard: for family days out at Easter, money-saving tickets and exciting new attractions

Advertisement Feature: Fun-filled family days out are set to be bigger and better this Easter thanks to an interactive new experience at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard where visitors untold story of the finding, excavation, and recovery of the Mary Rose.
Ad Feature by Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Published 6th Mar 2023, 07:00 BST
Dive the Mary Rose at this new 4D immersive experienceDive the Mary Rose at this new 4D immersive experience
Dive the Mary Rose at this new 4D immersive experience

Visitors can experience Dive the Mary Rose 4D at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard when the awe-inspiring immersive experience is launched on March 31, just in time for the school holidays.

Notably the favourite ship of Tudor king Henry VIII, this breathtaking experience sheds light on the story of the vessel’s raising from the bottom of the Solent back in 1982. This was the result of thousands of hours of work by a huge team of divers, archaeologists and scientists, breaking new ground in underwater archaeological techniques.

Now visitors can see, smell, hear and feel just what it was like to be one of those divers in this new state-of-the-art, multi-sensory 4D theatre based in the Mary Rose Museum.

See what life is like underwater at the Royal Navy Submarine MuseumSee what life is like underwater at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum
See what life is like underwater at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum

Dive the Mary Rose 4D is just one of many exciting things to do at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard which boasts a host of attractions plus child-friendly trails and interactive displays to specially-curated seasonal events.

If you want a bird’s eye view of some of Britain’s most impressive ships, then here are the chief attractions that you can discover this Easter and beyond.

HMS Victory

See HMS Victory as never before in one of the biggest conservation projects the National Museum of the Royal Navy has ever undertaken. Gain a fascinating insight into the work of specialist shipwrights by visiting Victory Live: The Big Repair.HMS Warrior

Marvel at the sheer scale of HMS Warrior - the largest and fastest of all Royal Navy ships that dominated Queen Victoria’s Black Battlefleet.Marvel at the sheer scale of HMS Warrior - the largest and fastest of all Royal Navy ships that dominated Queen Victoria’s Black Battlefleet.
Marvel at the sheer scale of HMS Warrior - the largest and fastest of all Royal Navy ships that dominated Queen Victoria’s Black Battlefleet.

Marvel at the sheer scale of HMS Warrior when it re-opens on April 1, the largest and fastest of all Royal Navy ships that dominated Queen Victoria’s Black Battlefleet. Catch a glimpse of the round-Britain tour brought to life by the Victorian characters on board.Action Stations

Are you up to the challenge? Be put through your paces in a series of physical activities and see if you have what it takes to be the best. Take on the Commando Experience and get your game face on as you experience training with the Royal Marines.

Hop aboard a waterbus

Take the waterbus to Gosport and walk the narrow confines of HMS Alliance at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum or wander around the new permanent gallery at the Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower. 

Action stations: Get ready to be put through your paces. Take on the Commando Experience and get your game face on as you experience training with the Royal Marines.Action stations: Get ready to be put through your paces. Take on the Commando Experience and get your game face on as you experience training with the Royal Marines.
Action stations: Get ready to be put through your paces. Take on the Commando Experience and get your game face on as you experience training with the Royal Marines.

With an ever-changing array of things to do, no two trips to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard are ever the same. Pay once and visit all year with an Ultimate Explorer ticket. Book online here to save money.

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