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Shipwreck Museum

Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3DW

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About

Touch part of the wooden London Bridge that spanned the River Thames in Roman times; sit on a dinosaur footprint while holding a dinosaur bone; get up close to part of a Roman ship, identified as the earliest sea-going sailing vessel ever discovered in the northern hemisphere; feel a perfectly-preserved 4000 year old Bronze Age tree; try out your skills at tying knots and handling pulleys; see an Anglo-Saxon dugout canoe. All this – and a great deal more – awaits you at the Shipwreck Museum, situated in the historic Old Town of Hastings, which contains a truly astonishing array of maritime artefacts.

Outstanding amongst these are the displays focusing on two major historic shipwrecks, both to be found locally - the 17th-century warship Anne, the only known accessible survivor of Samuel Pepys’ Restoration navy, and the great 18th-century Dutch East Indiaman, the Amsterdam, the best-preserved wreck of an East Indiaman anywhere in the world, two-thirds complete and with most of her cargo still on board! With the additional attraction of a well-stocked gift shop for you to browse, it is no surprise that the Shipwreck Museum draws in around 80,000 visitors each year.

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    • Alex S
      travel out
      5 of 5 stars
      Tuesday, 26th September 2023
      staff very good great history about the ship and boats thought Hastings enjoy the beach thank :) ;0 Read full review
    • joe201670
      Chelmsford, United Kingdom
      Great Museum
      5 of 5 stars
      Monday, 2nd October 2023
      Great museum to visit if you are in the area. Free entry, donations welcome. We really enjoyed our visit here and would recommend to others. Read full review
    • aaronwaller8
      Antalya, Turkiye
      Great museum!
      4 of 5 stars
      Thursday, 9th November 2023
      Great little museum with an easy to follow lay out. Some very eye opening and intriguing things on display from cannons to little coins that pretty much formed the import and export all over the... Read full review

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    Facilities

    Accessibility

    • All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
    • Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors - Loop
    • Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors - Guided tour
    • Guide Dogs Permitted
    • Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
    • Ramp/Level Access

    Establishment Features

    • Printed Material in Foreign Languages

    Languages spoken

    • French spoken

    Parking & Transport

    • Parking (charge)

    Payment Methods

    • Approx length of visit
    • Delta accepted
    • Groups Accepted - Booking advisable but not essential.
    • JCB accepted
    • Maestro Accepted
    • MasterCard accepted
    • Max group size - 90
    • Min group size - 10
    • Solo accepted
    • Sterling Travellers Cheques accepted
    • Visa accepted

    Printed Material in Foreign Languages

    • French printed material
    • German printed material
    • Italian printed material
    • Spanish printed material

    Provider Preferences

    • In town/city centre
    • Indoor Attraction
    • No Smoking Attraction

    Tours and Demonstrations

    • Educational Visits Accepted

    Opening Times

    Shipwreck Museum (1 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2024)
    DayTimes
    MondayClosed
    Tuesday - Wednesday10:30 - 16:00
    Thursday - FridayClosed
    Saturday - Sunday10:30 - 16:00
    Bank Holiday10:30 - 16:00

    * Please check the website for Christmas and bank holiday opening times.

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