Fodor's Expert Review Explosion! The Museum of Naval Firepower

Portsmouth Family

This museum located in a Georgian building used by the Royal Navy to store weapons and ammunition since 1771 explores the history of warfare at sea with interactive touch-screen exhibits on naval armaments, from cannonballs to mines, missiles, torpedoes, and even a decommissioned nuclear bomb. Reached by water bus from the Historic Dockyard, the museum also tells the story of the local people who manufactured the weapons.

Family History Museum

Quick Facts

Heritage Way
Gosport, Hampshire  PO12 4LE, England

023-9250–5600

www.explosion.org.uk

Sight Details:
Rate Includes: £10, Closed weekdays Nov.–Mar.

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