Southampton Maritime Museum

Southampton Maritime Museum
Corner of Bugle Street and Town Quay Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AR
England

Website

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/history/museums-galleries/maritimemuseum.asp

E-mail

museums@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Direct Dial

023 8022 3941

Museum Offices

023 8063 5904

Fax

023 8033 9601

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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The Wool House is the only medieval warehouse in Southampton still in use today – it houses Southampton Maritime Museum. Built just after 1400 it was used to store wool before it was exported to Flanders and Italy. It was described in 1407 as the largest and strongest of ‘all the merchant houses in the town.”

Since the decline of Southampton’s wool-trade in the early 16th century, the Wool House has had many uses. In the late 16th century it was used to store alum, used to prepare cloth for dyeing. In the early 19th century it was used as a prison. Inside, on the first floor, you can see where French prisoners of war carved their names into the beams and the walls.

In 1961 the Wool House opened as Southampton Maritime Museum and houses one of the finest collections of Maritime History in the world.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues-Sat 10.00-16.00
Sun 13.00-16.00

Closed: Monday

 Admission charges

Adults: £2.00
Children 7-16: £1.00
Children under 7: FREE
Family Ticket (2 Adults, 3 Children): £5.00
School Groups: By arrangement

Concessions
Persons over 60: £1.00
Students/ Unwaged: £1.00
FOSMAG Members: £1.00
MLA Members: FREE
(Proof of status for all concessions will be required)

Season Tickets (One Year)
Indivduals: £6.00
Families: £15.00

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Additional info

Access: Wheelchair access to ground floor exhibitions. Stair access to first floor and Titanic exhibition.

Southampton Maritime Museum
Corner of Bugle Street and Town Quay Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AR
England

Website

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/history/museums-galleries/maritimemuseum.asp

E-mail

museums@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Direct Dial

023 8022 3941

Museum Offices

023 8063 5904

Fax

023 8033 9601

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.

Some of Southampton's fine maritime collections are on display in Southampton Maritime Museum. If you are interested in seeing more local history material behind the scenes at our local collections store, you can contact Alastair Arnott, Curator of Local Collections, on +44 (0)23 80 237584. You could join one of the monthly tours of the store or, if you have a specialist interest, undertake some research.

Collection details

Industry, Maritime, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History

Key artists and exhibits

  • Titanic
  • Southampton Maritime History
  • Southampton Dock History
  • Temporary Exhibitions

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Southampton Maritime Museum
Corner of Bugle Street and Town Quay Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AR
England

Website

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/history/museums-galleries/maritimemuseum.asp

E-mail

museums@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Direct Dial

023 8022 3941

Museum Offices

023 8063 5904

Fax

023 8033 9601

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.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

All Hands on Deck

13 April 2007 — 30 December 2012 *on now

Explore the interactive area to find out about sailing and steam ships! Fun for all the family!

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

10am-4pm

Where

Maritime Museum, Town Quay Road

Docks Remembered

13 April 2007 — 30 December 2012 *on now

The modern docks of Southampton were founded in 1838; this exhibition explores the history of the port from its Victorian foundation to the 1960's container port. Don't miss the docks model built for the 1939 New York World Fair and models of liners, including Cunards' world famous Queen Mary.

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

10am-4pm

Where

Maritime Museum, Town Quay Road

Titanic - Southampton Remembers

13 April 2007 — 30 April 2012 *on now

To mark the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Southampton Maritime Museum presents this redesigned permanent exhibition which includes newly acquired material to provide a fresh and exciting interpretation.
The story is presented through the lives of the men and women who served on the ship. Memories of survivors as well as those who lost family members add a personal dimension to the display. Contemporary artefacts, photographs, documents, film and voices are used to describe the events and its impact on the city. There is also a cinema booth that features archive film footage and voices of survivors to bring the poignant story to life. Audio posts offer extracts from intervi

Suitable for

  • All ages

Where

Maritime Museum, Town Quay Road

Southampton Maritime Museum
Corner of Bugle Street and Town Quay Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AR
England

Website

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/history/museums-galleries/maritimemuseum.asp

E-mail

museums@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Direct Dial

023 8022 3941

Museum Offices

023 8063 5904

Fax

023 8033 9601

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.
 Boxes, objects and other kit

Handling Session at School or the Museum

Handle real museum artefacts with our Education Officer in School or at the Museum. Topics include Romans, Egyptians, Medieval Life and the Titanic.

How to obtain

Contact the Education Officer at museums.education@southampton.gov.uk or telephone 023 8091 5730 for details

Hands on activities using museum objects

Artefacts for use in the classroom. Loans boxes contain around twelve artefacts with accompanting notes and background information.
Themes include Archaeology, Romans, Saxons, Medieval Life, Victorian House and Home, Victorian People, Education, Laundry, Lighting, 1930's, World War 2 and the Titanic.

How to obtain

Contact the administrative assistant at museums@southampton.gov.uk or telephone 023 8063 5904 for conditions of hire, booking and cost.

 Digital and online resources

Oral History Archive

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/oralhistory/

700 life story interviews with local people including maritime, civilian experience of World War 1 and 2, Asian women and local communities.
5000 related photographic images
Local History publications

Creator

  • Sheila Jemima and Padmini Broomfield
 Face to face resources

Teacher Training

INSET service to support use of artefacts in school

How to obtain

Contact the Education Officer at museums.education@southampton.gov.uk or telephone 023 8091 5730 for costs, details and booking

 Resources

Titanic Voices

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/oralhistory/page7

Titanic Voices takes you back through time, reliving those events through the the first hand accounts of those who were actually there. Using many perviously unpublished photographs, letters and oral histories, the book traces how the town of Southampton, its people and the TITANIC have been inextricably linked from event before the ship was built to the present day.

Creator

  • Donald Hyslop, Alastair Forsyth and Sheila Jemima

How to obtain

Available from good bookshops, libraries or the museum shop.

Southampton Maritime Museum
Corner of Bugle Street and Town Quay Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AR
England

Website

http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/history/museums-galleries/maritimemuseum.asp

E-mail

museums@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Direct Dial

023 8022 3941

Museum Offices

023 8063 5904

Fax

023 8033 9601

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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