Maritime

Hull Maritime Museum reopens following £20.4m redevelopment

More than 8,000 visitors have already booked free tickets for venue's opening month

Q&A | ‘If you’re going to attract funders, you’ve got to have a big, bold ambition’

As a new SS Great Britain museum opens, CEO Andrew Edwards talks to us about his wider plans for dockyard site – and how he dealt with a media backlash against its new name

Brunel’s SS Great Britain site renamed as new museum prepares to launch

Maritime attraction will now be known as Bristol Dockyards

Hull Maritime Museum sets date for reopening after £20.4m transformation

Six-year revamp is the centrepiece of Hull’s city-wide maritime regeneration programme

National Museum of the Royal Navy launches new name and visual identity

'Royal Navy Museums' branding will be rolled out over two years

Royal Marines Experience launches fundraising push ahead of summer opening

Immersive museum set to open in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Quay to success | Poole Museum, Poole, Dorset

These restored historic galleries take in a modern twist

In brief | Latest projects, announcements and moves from the sector

Spurn Lightship reopening | Underwater cultural heritage partnership | Herefordshire City of Culture bid

Kraken show | Pirates, National Maritime Museum, London

This exhibition explores the myths and realities of piracy and its resonance in the modern world

Hull’s North End Shipyard Visitor Centre gets Passivhaus accreditation

Building is part of Hull Maritime, a city-wide regeneration project due to finish in 2026

Profile | ‘Theme parks are fantastic ways of telling stories – so are museums’

The chief executive of Portsmouth’s Mary Rose Trust, Dominic Jones, entered the museum sector seven years ago, but now finally feels as though he belongs in it

Construction begins on Derry-Londonderry’s DNA Museum

New £15m venue dedicated to city’s maritime and social history due to open in 2027