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HDS and Diving Museum receive an industry award

Museum closes in October to enable construction work to improve access to the building.

It was "All Hands on Deck" for our Pirate weekend while we dressed up, walked the plank, fished in a barrel, hunted down the treasure, tied ourselves in knots and all this while 'Deeps' the Giant Diver Puppet patrolled around the museum on the look out for scallywags...

Thursday 10th August 2023.The Diving Museum, Stokes Bay, Gosport. We are excited to announce that after 2 years in the planning, and thanks to the generosity of Subsea7, the Subsea7 DSV Eagle diving bell finally found its place in the Diving Museum. It was delivered...

Since opening in 2011 we have worked with and been supported by South East Museum Development (SEMD). Without their advice and help we would not be where we are today – an accredited museum with industry and community support and a bright, sustainable future. In fact...

We were honoured today to receive a visit from a 98 year-old D-Day Veteran who came to see the museum on his way home from this year's D-Day Commemorations in Normandy. He visits every year to honour his fellow soldiers and friends who didn't return from that...

The Diving Museum has recently been fortunate to attract funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.  During the coming months we will be preparing plans for an exciting redevelopment of the museum and this is why we need your opinions to help us shape our plans....

Our final weekend this 2022 season is on 29th–30th October. It is also 'Halloween weekend', so our volunteers are joining in the fun by seeing out the Museum year in Halloween costumes.  During the winter months when the museum is closed, we will be carrying out works...

Our parent organisation, The Historical Diving Society, is holding its 31st Annual Conference at the UK head office of world-renowned offshore engineering contractor Subsea­­­7 in Sutton UK on Saturday 19th November 2022.The conference is open to anyone who may have...

Hornswagglers, rapscallions and scallywags aplenty at the Museum this weekend. An immensely enjoyable family day out with dressing up, talking 'pirate', walking the plank, cutlasses, stickers aplenty, treasure hunts, belly dancers, and sea shanties from the Gosport...

The shameless troupe of volunteers known as the MAD (* Museum Amateur Dramatics) actors played to full houses for the summer season (that's 2 whole nights) that they presented the murder mystery play, Death by Corvid.  Written, directed and produced by Margaret Marks,...