They saw the museum’s Falklands war exhibition and 300 years of action-packed Royal Marines history, watched a marching display by the Royal Marines Band of the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, and played on the museum’s exhibits and assault course before having a picnic on the lawns.
Later, they visited the Royal Naval Submarine Museum at Gosport.
The children were from schools in the Hampshire area and the Portsmouth Central Gingerbread Group.