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Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Room W1/95
National Oceanography Centre
Empress Dock
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
England

Website

www.hwtma.org.uk

E-mail

general enquires

info@hwtma.org.uk

Telephone

Head Office

023 8059 3290

Archaeology and Reference

023 8023 7300

Underwater Archaeology Centre

01983 761214

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
A visitor making use of the archaeology activities at the Underwater Archaeology Centre
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Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology promotes interest, research and knowledge of maritime archaeology and heritage in Great Britain with core activities concentrated in the counties of Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the adjacent South Coast areas.

HWTMA run a programme of research led fieldwork involving professional archaeologists, volunteers and students. The results of this work are widely disseminated through our programme of educational initiatives including lectures, seminars and publications. Events and activities are provided throughout the year for the Friends of Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology.

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology run the Underwater Archaeology Centre at Fort Victoria, near Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. Inside you will discover submerged secrets beneath the waters of the Hampshire and Wight area from shipwrecks to sumerged pre-historic landscapes. Artifacts have been brought to the surface by the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology's maritime archaology team. Here you can see them in first aid conservation, watch divers work under water in our projection room and discover the military history of the Fort.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archaeological site, Ship or maritime heritage site, Association or society

 Opening hours

Easter - October 31st
10:00 - 16:30
open seven days a week

November: Weekends only

Closed: October - Easter

 Admission charges

Adluts £2.20
Children £1.10
Family (2 adults + 2 Children) £6.00

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Room W1/95
National Oceanography Centre
Empress Dock
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
England

Website

www.hwtma.org.uk

E-mail

general enquires

info@hwtma.org.uk

Telephone

Head Office

023 8059 3290

Archaeology and Reference

023 8023 7300

Underwater Archaeology Centre

01983 761214

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Shipwrecks:
Artefacts from protected wreck sites in the region such as Pomone and Santa Lucia.
Submerged Solent:
Artefacts and stratigraphy from Bouldnor Cliff the only submerged mesolithic landscape of its kind in Britain. Large collection of flint tools from lost Stone age sites beneath the sea. Digatal footage of divers excavating the site at Bouldnor Cliff.
Fort History:
Fort Victoria was compleated in 1855 and has housed many diffrent branches of the military services. Here you can find a propeller from a Miles Monitor lost inthe solent. Artifacts from military instalations and an ongoing oral history programme.

Collection details

Archaeology, Maritime, Social History

Collections services

  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Room W1/95
National Oceanography Centre
Empress Dock
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
England

Website

www.hwtma.org.uk

E-mail

general enquires

info@hwtma.org.uk

Telephone

Head Office

023 8059 3290

Archaeology and Reference

023 8023 7300

Underwater Archaeology Centre

01983 761214

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Paper-based and downloads

‘Exploring the Seabed of the Solent and Wight: maritime archaeology and marine aggregate'

http://www.hwtma.org.uk/education/aggtoout/index.htm

Free schools resource including real and reconstructed artefacts, information and activities. The multidisciplinary nature of archaeology provides cross-curricular study opportunities with many of the activities encouraging the use of observational, interpretive, and reporting skills.
Brings to life the fascinating world of underwater heritage and its links with the aggregate industry. The accompanying artefacts is what make this resource particularly exciting. Ancient hand axes, pottery, nit combs, clay pipes and much more are available for pupils to observe and handle.

Creator

  • Rebecca Causer

Publisher

  • Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology

How to obtain

Please contact HWTMA to loan a pack or go to www.hwtma.org.uk/education/aggtoout/index.htm. to review the pack prior to use

Secrets of the Solent

http://www.hwtma.org.uk/education/secretsofsolent/index.htm

Secrets of the Solent is a Key Stage 2/3 pack available free of charge from HWTMA. Although it has been designed to compliment a visit to the Underwater Archaeology Centre it can be used as a stand alone resource of activities and lesson ideas. Themes include: What is Maritime Archaeology?, Shipwrecks and Underwater Landscapes.
The pack was reviewed positivly in the Times Educational Supplement and has been given good feedback.

Creator

  • Alison Hamer

Publisher

  • Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology

How to obtain

Please contact HWTMA for your free copy.
Tel: 023 8059 3290
Email: info@hwtma.org.uk

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Room W1/95
National Oceanography Centre
Empress Dock
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
England

Website

www.hwtma.org.uk

E-mail

general enquires

info@hwtma.org.uk

Telephone

Head Office

023 8059 3290

Archaeology and Reference

023 8023 7300

Underwater Archaeology Centre

01983 761214

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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