Staff at the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard are marking Portsmouth’s enduring naval legacy by choosing their favourite museum items to celebrate the centenary year of a significant Naval Museum in the Dockyard.
Museum staff were asked to select their favourite objects or an object that had made a significant contribution to naval history from the collections...
Museum staff were asked to select their favourite objects or an object that had made a significant contribution to naval history from the collections...
Former First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom and museum Trustees Chairman Sir Jonathan Band names Nelson's Death Mask as his object of choice from the National Museum of the Royal Navy's collections
Enterprise Manager Giles Gould chooses codecracker the Enigma Machine. "It is an artefact that I see as having had a tangible impact on the course of world events," he says
Chief Operating Officer Graham Dobbin calls the Glass Bottle Recovered from Rubble at Hiroshima a "haunting, evocative and thought-provoking" exhibit
Head of Development Julian Thomas picks the Wyllie Panorama. "It was painted in 1929/30 to help people picture how the Battle of Trafalgar looked, to raise money for a new museum dedicated to the Victory and as the final expression of [William Lionel] Wyllie's great passion for ships and the sea. He died less than a year after completing it, aged 80"
Technician Bryn Jenkins chooses The Royal Barge of King Charles 2nd."I think that Nelson’s Funeral Barge would be my favorite item because it typifies the great esteem in which he was held by the nation," he explains
- The team are keen to hear from visitors who have their own favourites. Email your suggestions to them and they will be posted on the museum website alongside a picture of your chosen one.
- See what staff picked in part two of the series.
