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Margaret Marks takes JIM for a walk in the diving trials tank in HMS Vernon in the early 1970s.

Important new exhibits, never before been on public display, arrive from the Science Museum Group on loan to the Diving Museum.

Jim arrives at The Diving Museum

Swimmer delivery vehicle, AML, arrives at the museum. A new exhibit for 2019.

Six years of hard work – the vision of our Chairman John Bevan, the unwavering direction of our Vice Chairman Mike O'Meara, and the dedication of every single volunteer has paid off and we are now proud to say that we are 'Fully Accredited'.So what does it...

In response to Bruges' Triennial theme, 'Liquid City', StudioKCA created a 11.5m blue and white whale from 5 tons of plastic recovered from the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The whale is called, 'Skyscraper' – whales are the natural skyscrapers of the ocean...

Underwater navigation for Navy Frogmen in the 1950s and 60s.

We are proud to be shortlisted for the Best Age-Friendly welcome Award 2019.

In August this year, one of our longest-serving and most popular volunteers, Terry Nash, unexpectedly passed away.Terry was a bubbly cheerful man with enthusiastic hands and heart. He took on so many projects in the museum that almost every electrically...

In commemoration of the centenary of the end of the First World War, our Red Hat Knitters supported by friends and family, have been knitting and sewing poppies to decorate the front of the museum.  Over 700 poppies were made - our youngest contributors...

Our last event of the season closed last night after two sell-out performances of our Murder Mystery play, 'Death Under Pressure'. The play was the maiden performance of the company of actors known as the Museum Amateur Dramatics Group (or MAD for short)....

Andrew Tonge, former submariner and a qualified technical diving instructor visited the museum recently and has written an article about the museum which has appeared in Scuba Diver Magazine. For a visitor's-eye-view of the museum, you can read the article...