SeaCity Museum

Based at the heart of Southampton, SeaCity Museum tells the story of the people of the city, their fascinating lives and historic connections with Titanic and the sea. Visit SeaCity Museum and Southampton to discover how we bring maritime history to life through an interactive experience designed for all ages.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Open seven days a week 10:00 - 17:00.

 Admission charges

Adults: £6
Children under 5: FREE
Concessions (children aged 5-16, students and adults over 60): £4.50
Family (2 adults and 3 children): £18
Group travel (minimum 10 people. Advance booking and payment required): £5 each
Joint ticket for SeaCity Museum and Tudor House and Garden : £9.50, concessions : £7.50
Group admission rate for minimum of 10 visitors is £5 per person (paid in advance) Seniors concessions : £4.50

Annual museum pass available, please enquire at the venue.

Based at the heart of Southampton, SeaCity Museum tells the story of the people of the city, their fascinating lives and historic connections with Titanic and the sea. Visit SeaCity Museum and Southampton to discover how we bring maritime history to life through an interactive experience designed for all ages.

Collection details

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

Key artists and exhibits

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

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.

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

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

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.

SeaCity Museum
Havelock Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 7FY
England

Website

www.seacitymuseum.co.uk

E-mail

museums@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Direct Dial

023 8083 3007

All information is drawn from or provided by the venues 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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