Forthcoming Events at Portsmouth Museums and Records Service

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May - June - July - August - September

Recurring events

Every second Wednesday until 29 August

City Museum

Come and meet our writer-in-residence, Steve Tasane, in the exhibition ‘A Tale of One City’: During the afternoons of every second Wednesday until the end of August including 9th & 23rd May, 6th & 20th June, 4th & 18th July, 1st,15th & 29th August. Come and hear - or perform - some of Dickens' characters' most famous speeches.  Suppose Dickens were writing today - what type of speeches would he write for today's well-known characters? Sharpen your quills - it's time to turn speech-maker for the stars. You can either share, join in, or just sit back and enjoy.
2.00pm – 3.30pm
Free admission

Every Friday until 29 October

City Museum

Gallery Tour of ‘A Tale of One City’
Gain further insight into the exhibition with the museum’s specialist staff. 
Tickets £3 adult, £1 Leisure Card Holders, accompanied children free.
Places are limited. Please contact the museum on (023) 92282 7261 to book your place.
Tours start at 10.30am 

May 2012

Sunday 13 May

D-Day Museum

“The Home Front”: Films telling the story of life in the UK during the Second World War
A selection of films from the Imperial War Museum, introduced by the D-Day Museum’s curator, including a tribute to hard-working housewives, working in war factories, wartime schools and the hazards of letting out secrets through ‘careless talk’.
Included in usual admission price. No booking required.
Films shown 2.00pm – 3.30pm, with short interval.
Full list of films: "They also serve" (a tribute to wartime housewives); "Westward Ho!" (the evacuation of a group of children to Torquay); "Dangerous comment" ('careless talk' nearly causes disaster for an RAF squadron); "Village school" (the story of a countryside school); "Jane Brown changes her job" (following a woman as she starts work in a munitions factory); "Night shift" (featuring the night-time workers at a tank gun factory); "Peep behind the scenes" (glimpses into the wartime work of the Southern Railway workshops, including building landing craft and parts for Horsa gliders).
The same films will be shown again on Sunday 5 August 2012.

June 2012

Saturday 2 – Friday 8 June

D-Day Museum

D-Day anniversary: meet Normandy Veterans and other events
Monday 4 - Friday 8 June: This half term, exactly 68 years after the D-Day landings, members of the local branch of the Normandy Veterans Association will be at the museum to chat to visitors about their experiences in 1944 at the time of D-Day. On 6 June, veterans may not be present in the morning due to taking part in D-Day commemorations. Please phone on the day of your visit to confirm that the veterans have been able to attend. Veterans present 11.00am – 3.00pm.
Model of Pegasus Bridge
See a 12ft (3.7m) long model of Pegasus Bridge in Normandy. The model was made by Mark, John and Bunty Votier, and accurately depicts Pegasus Bridge at Benouville as it was on 6 June 1944. This vital bridge was seized by British airborne troops in the first minutes of D-Day. (Saturday 2 - Friday 8 June).
Included in usual admission price. Free admission on 6 June only, to mark the D-Day anniversary.
Other activities to mark the D-Day anniversary on 6 June, and over the period Saturday 2 - Friday 8 June, will be announced nearer the time.

Thursday 7 June

Natural History Museum

Join Hampshire Wildlife Trust for outdoor family activities at Cumberland House Gardens.
Drop in from 10:30am – 12:30pm or 13:30pm – 15:30pm
Free admission

Thurs 7/ Fri 8/ Sat 9 June

City Museum

Thu 7/ Fri 8/ Sat 9 June
In the fourth year of Portsmouth New Theatre Royal’s collaboration with Shakespeare’s Globe, we bring Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet to the perfect setting of the City Museum Gardens before it tours around the UK and Europe. Bring along a blanket or chair and a bottle of wine, and enjoy great theatre – come rain or shine! Come along early and enjoy a nice picnic!
To book please contact the new theatre royal box office on 023 9264 9000 or book online at www.newtheatreroyal.com
7:30pm (All days)
Sat 1:30pm Matinee
Tickets £16 (£14 concessions) Family ticket £40 (to include at least one adult)
 

Sunday 10 June

D-Day Museum

“A World War”: Films telling the story of the Second World War across the globe
From merchant seamen on the oceans to prisoners of war in Germany, West African troops in Burma to Indian troops in North Africa, see a selection of films from the Imperial War Museum, introduced by the D-Day Museum’s curator.
Included in usual admission price. No booking required.
Films shown 2.00pm – 3.30pm, with short interval. This is a repeat of the films shown on 29 April 2012.
Full list of films: "In enemy hands" (how the Red Cross helped prisoners of war and their relatives); "Merchant seamen" (the work of the Merchant Navy); "A tale of two cities" (a comparison of the experiences of London and Moscow in 1942); "Road to Russia" (moving supplies to Russia from Iran and Iraq); "West Africa was there" (West African troops fighting in Burma); "India marches" (Indian troops in the early years of the war); "West Indies calling" (West Indian people in the Britain to support the war effort).
(Please note that the “D-Day to VE-Day” films that were previously advertised as being shown on this day will be shown later in the year instead, on Sunday 23 September and on another day to be advertised here).

July 2012

Sunday 1 July

D-Day Museum

Armed Forces Day
Special events to mark Armed Forces Day. Display of model ships from the Surface Warship Association. Other events to be announced.
Museum open 10.00am - 5.30pm.
Free admission.

August 2012

Sunday 5 August

D-Day Museum

“The Home Front”: Films telling the story of life in the UK during the Second World War
A selection of films from the Imperial War Museum, introduced by the D-Day Museum’s curator, including a tribute to hard-working housewives, working in war factories, wartime schools and the hazards of letting out secrets through ‘careless talk’.
Included in usual admission price. No booking required. This is a repeat of the films shown on 13 May 2012.
Films shown 2.00pm – 3.30pm, with short interval.

Monday 6 – Friday 24 August (weekdays only)

D-Day Museum

Meet Normandy Veterans
During the school holiday, there is a chance to meet members of the local branch of the Normandy Veterans Association, and talk to them about their experiences on D-Day and in the Battle of Normandy. Veterans present 11.00am - 3.00pm. Please phone on the day to confirm the veterans have been able to attend.
Usual museum opening times and admission charges.

September 2012 

Sunday 23 September

D-Day Museum

“D-Day to VE-Day”: A selection of films from the Imperial War Museum.
See films showing preparations for D-Day and a film record of some of the events from the Normandy Landings through to the end of the Second World War in Europe. With an introduction by the D-Day Museum’s curator.
Included in usual admission price. No booking required.
Films shown 2.00pm – 3.30pm, with short interval.

 

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