National Museum Of The Royal Navy Hartlepool

Come and celebrate your Christmas Party with us!
Looking for a venue to ring in the festive season with style? Then look no further! Prices start from £34.95 per person and include a 3-course meal, welcome drink and our resident disco so you can dance the night away!
Available dates: Friday 7th December, Saturday 8th December, Saturday 15th December, Friday 21st December and Saturday 22nd December.
... Upgrades available. Terms and conditions apply. For more information please email hartlepool.events@nmrn.org.uk
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If you're planning to visit us this weekend you can save 20% by purchasing tickets online. You don't even need to print anything out - you can just show us the confirmation email on your phone as long as the details are clear.
If you're a UK taxpayer you can gift aid for no additional cost and you can visit us unlimited for a full year!
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Did you know that there are theories that "Pirate Talk" is actually just an exaggerated West Country accent? This could be down to the Dorset born actor, Robert Newton. He played Black Beard in the 1952 film 'Blackbeard the Pirate' and Long John Silver in 'Treasure Island' released in 1950, which are both Disney films.
In films before this, such as the 1934 'Treasure Island', there's no pirate lingo apart from one which is "Yarrrr" and this could have been the first time it was heard.
This is only one of the many theories, what's yours? ☠️

It’s a little breezy here today. If you’re planning to visit us while we have heavy winds, we recommend phoning ahead to check that HMS Trincomalee is open. Sometimes to keep our visitors safe we have to close the ship, the quayside will still be open as normal.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

⚔️⚓☠️ ARRR ME HARTTYYSSS!!! TODAY BE NATIONAL SPEAK LIKE A PIRATE DAY! ☠️⚓⚔️
Come visit us today for International Talk like a Pirate Day 2018. All visitors will get free general admission to the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool if you're dressed like a pirate!
See all you land lubbers Laterrrr!

The team have done a fantastic job, Thank You 😁

This week, Watsons Removals Ltd from Darlington were kind enough to offer their help, free of charge, to move some huge lengths of rope out of the ship’s hold. The ship is being laser scanned by Wessex Archaeology this week and the results of the scanning will enable them to make very accurate drawings of the ship and 3d images of the interiors. The rope in the hold was in the way of the laser scanning but it was also useful to get it out so our Ship Keepers can access and clean the area.

The award winning Northern Dales Farmers' Market is back this Saturday. There will be a range of local sellers here with something for everyone. Its at the rear of our car park so come down and support your #localfoodnetwork and get some delicious goodies.
If you are interested in joining the Hartlepool market as a Trader complete an application form on the Northern Dales Farmers Market website- http://www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.co m/sell-with-us.php

Good luck to everyone preparing to go back to school. If your are a teacher and are looking for somewhere to go for an Educational Trip, look no further. In September we are launching our brand new self led trail for HMS Trincomalee which has been created in partnership with Abby Taylor - Graphic Design & Illustration. Vegas and Poll the Parrot's love the new trails! A typical curriculum based visit here includes:-
✅Explore the HMS Trincomalee with our brand new self led tra...il. ✅Step back in time through our Fighting ships. ✅Visit the Historic quayside and see how people lived and worked 200 years ago. ✅Make your own rope with our guides using a traditional rope making machine that you can keep and take back to school. ✅Spend an hour with our costumed LEAP team learning how the Royal Navy fought pirates. From handling a real cutlass and flintlock pistol, to role play, knot tying and learn about the tallest tales of the sea. ✅Have your own private Cannon and Musket display and get photos holding a real musket!
From only £4.50 per pupil its easy to book, you just need to give our booking team a call on 01429 260077 or drop an email to NMRNH.Enquiries@NMRN.org.uk
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Were backing the bid with Enjoy Tees Valley for the Rugby League World Cup 2021. Tens of thousands of people flooded Newcastle for the Rugby Union World Cup in 2015, let’s do it again and bring Rugby to the Tees Valley.
If you would like to get involved take a look at the Back the Bid website. https://bit.ly/2wjwBqJ
#RLWC2021 #Backthebod #TeesValley21 #Rugby #rugbyleague #Hartlepool #local

We will be closed to the public tomorrow while filming takes place for an ITV Drama.
We will will reopen as normal from 10am-5pm the following day - Wednesday 15th August, the shop and Museum of Hartlepool will still be open as normal. The planned workshops will now be taking place on Wednesday.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Candle and bell will be here filming in September, If you would like to be involved get in touch with them direct, be quick as the deadline is 27th August.

Due to the Museum being closed tomorrow the planned workshop has been moved to Wedensday 11am till 12.30pm & 1pm till 4pm.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) Hartlepool will be closed to the public on Tuesday 14th August when filming takes place for an ITV Drama.
The Museum, which is home to HMS Trincomalee, Britain’s oldest warship still afloat, will reopen as normal from 10am-5pm the following day - Wednesday 15th August.

Is it a Bird? Is it a plane? no it's Andy our Master Rigger and Droid from TS Rigging Ltd carrying out the annual survey on the miles of rope holding the masts in place.

Wetheriggs Animal Rescue will be back tomorrow 10am till 5pm for our weekly animal handling session. Last week they brought these week old ducklings, we can’t wait to see who come to visit us tomorrow 😍
Animal handling is free with a general admission ticket, return gift aid ticket or membership.

Hartlepool Rum Festival is almost upon us so this is your final chance to get your tickets! There are only a few left so don't miss this opportunity to attend. Tickets will not be available on the door and must be purchased in advance.
You can find all of the information you need, including the final Festival line-up, over on the event page so check it out!

Tributes to mark the Battle of Amiens today

Wow! I had wanted to visit her for ages to see HMS Trincomalee - a ship as beautifully preserved as her counterpart HMS Victory at Portsmouth. Friendly staff - a day out to be highly recommended.

Well worth visiting part of our history let keep our history by support our heritage .

We went yesterday and thought it was very good lots to do for the kids.pleasantly surprised by how much there was to see and do and staff were very knowligable on their history.and there was gun and a canon demonstration.

We really enjoyed ourselves and had a great time, especially the fighting ships exhibit! Learning about all the history and being taken back in time was fab. The HMS Trincomalee was marvellous to explore. Plenty of thing's for the kids to do and see as well. We will definitely be going back again.

We just spent a brilliant 4 hours here with children aged between 4 - 8. They learnt so much!! Just the right amount of things to do and things to read.

The staff were very friendly. The whole place was clean.

We had a fab time with our little boy William. Thanks to all the guys who work there. A big shout out to Lee who made my boys day with a photo following the weapons demonstration. Thanks

Museum is very much underrated, I was pleasantly surprised how good it is.

I never allowed enough time for visit & rushed it a little.

I never had time to view the presentations which occurr at various times during the day.

The main exhibit in the dock is HMS Trincomalee, restored to mint condition, amazing since it was built in 1817

Hadn’t been to Hartlepool before but came to try the museum. We weren’t disappointed - great family day out and reasonably priced. We were there nearly 4 hours & could’ve stayed longer but 4pm close in winter season.

Had a fab family day yesterday the kids loved it and the weapons demo was excellent, the whole experience was really intresting

Great day out. Both educational and fun for children. Reasonably priced. Helpful and informative staff. The way the museum is set out really helps to bring the history to life.

My only quibble would be that the men's toilets on the dockside were in a very sorry state considering how early we visited and how few visitors were on site.

Great day out, lots to see . Only niggle was that some of the displays could have been better lit for us with aged eyesight .

Great day out for all the family, would recommend it to everyone

First time my 2 year old went here and he really enjoyed wanted to walk all over and really interested in everything he looked at definately going to be coming back with him during the summer.

Fabulous day out, wasn't sure my girls (7 & 4) would be enjoy it but they loved; the ship, the houses & shops & the guns. So good they demanded to go again before the holiday was over.

Fab day out at the historic quay and every member of staff we came into contact with was so helpful, couldn’t do enough for us. Can’t wait to come back soon!

Excellent displays, informative and interesting. Four hours just sped by and at no time did I suffer my usual info-overload. Congratulations on a brilliant historical site.

An excellent day out, plenty to see and do, informative and interesting as well as being good value. Well worth visiting.

A must visit for Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander) and C.S.Forester fans. The museum is home to HMS Tricomalee an actual Royal Navy Frigate built in 1817 - too late for the Napoleonic wars by just a few years but nevertheless an example of the type of warship depicted in the above novels and sailed by some of the Royal Navy's greatest heroes. Also gives an excellent guided tour for those unfamiliar with life in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era.

I visited the museum a number of times when it was the Hartlepool Historic Quay. The exhibits remained the same for decades, and consequently many of them were in a state of disrepair.



Since becoming the Royal Navy Museum, none of the shabby old exhibits have been improved, and the entry cost is now higher than it ever was.



The staff are friendly enough, but the museum itself is in dire need of some refurbishment. I recommend visiting the adjoining Museum of Hartlepool instead, which is much better and free to enter.

Wow! I had wanted to visit her for ages to see HMS Trincomalee - a ship as beautifully preserved as her counterpart HMS Victory at Portsmouth. Friendly staff - a day out to be highly recommended.

Well worth visiting part of our history let keep our history by support our heritage .

We went yesterday and thought it was very good lots to do for the kids.pleasantly surprised by how much there was to see and do and staff were very knowligable on their history.and there was gun and a canon demonstration.

We really enjoyed ourselves and had a great time, especially the fighting ships exhibit! Learning about all the history and being taken back in time was fab. The HMS Trincomalee was marvellous to explore. Plenty of thing's for the kids to do and see as well. We will definitely be going back again.

We just spent a brilliant 4 hours here with children aged between 4 - 8. They learnt so much!! Just the right amount of things to do and things to read.

The staff were very friendly. The whole place was clean.

We had a fab time with our little boy William. Thanks to all the guys who work there. A big shout out to Lee who made my boys day with a photo following the weapons demonstration. Thanks

Museum is very much underrated, I was pleasantly surprised how good it is.

I never allowed enough time for visit & rushed it a little.

I never had time to view the presentations which occurr at various times during the day.

The main exhibit in the dock is HMS Trincomalee, restored to mint condition, amazing since it was built in 1817

Hadn’t been to Hartlepool before but came to try the museum. We weren’t disappointed - great family day out and reasonably priced. We were there nearly 4 hours & could’ve stayed longer but 4pm close in winter season.

Had a fab family day yesterday the kids loved it and the weapons demo was excellent, the whole experience was really intresting

Great day out. Both educational and fun for children. Reasonably priced. Helpful and informative staff. The way the museum is set out really helps to bring the history to life.

My only quibble would be that the men's toilets on the dockside were in a very sorry state considering how early we visited and how few visitors were on site.

Great day out, lots to see . Only niggle was that some of the displays could have been better lit for us with aged eyesight .

Great day out for all the family, would recommend it to everyone

First time my 2 year old went here and he really enjoyed wanted to walk all over and really interested in everything he looked at definately going to be coming back with him during the summer.

Fabulous day out, wasn't sure my girls (7 & 4) would be enjoy it but they loved; the ship, the houses & shops & the guns. So good they demanded to go again before the holiday was over.

Fab day out at the historic quay and every member of staff we came into contact with was so helpful, couldn’t do enough for us. Can’t wait to come back soon!

Excellent displays, informative and interesting. Four hours just sped by and at no time did I suffer my usual info-overload. Congratulations on a brilliant historical site.

An excellent day out, plenty to see and do, informative and interesting as well as being good value. Well worth visiting.

A must visit for Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander) and C.S.Forester fans. The museum is home to HMS Tricomalee an actual Royal Navy Frigate built in 1817 - too late for the Napoleonic wars by just a few years but nevertheless an example of the type of warship depicted in the above novels and sailed by some of the Royal Navy's greatest heroes. Also gives an excellent guided tour for those unfamiliar with life in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era.

I visited the museum a number of times when it was the Hartlepool Historic Quay. The exhibits remained the same for decades, and consequently many of them were in a state of disrepair.



Since becoming the Royal Navy Museum, none of the shabby old exhibits have been improved, and the entry cost is now higher than it ever was.



The staff are friendly enough, but the museum itself is in dire need of some refurbishment. I recommend visiting the adjoining Museum of Hartlepool instead, which is much better and free to enter.

Wow! I had wanted to visit her for ages to see HMS Trincomalee - a ship as beautifully preserved as her counterpart HMS Victory at Portsmouth. Friendly staff - a day out to be highly recommended.

Well worth visiting part of our history let keep our history by support our heritage .

We went yesterday and thought it was very good lots to do for the kids.pleasantly surprised by how much there was to see and do and staff were very knowligable on their history.and there was gun and a canon demonstration.

We really enjoyed ourselves and had a great time, especially the fighting ships exhibit! Learning about all the history and being taken back in time was fab. The HMS Trincomalee was marvellous to explore. Plenty of thing's for the kids to do and see as well. We will definitely be going back again.

We just spent a brilliant 4 hours here with children aged between 4 - 8. They learnt so much!! Just the right amount of things to do and things to read.

The staff were very friendly. The whole place was clean.

We had a fab time with our little boy William. Thanks to all the guys who work there. A big shout out to Lee who made my boys day with a photo following the weapons demonstration. Thanks

Museum is very much underrated, I was pleasantly surprised how good it is.

I never allowed enough time for visit & rushed it a little.

I never had time to view the presentations which occurr at various times during the day.

The main exhibit in the dock is HMS Trincomalee, restored to mint condition, amazing since it was built in 1817

Hadn’t been to Hartlepool before but came to try the museum. We weren’t disappointed - great family day out and reasonably priced. We were there nearly 4 hours & could’ve stayed longer but 4pm close in winter season.

Had a fab family day yesterday the kids loved it and the weapons demo was excellent, the whole experience was really intresting

Great day out. Both educational and fun for children. Reasonably priced. Helpful and informative staff. The way the museum is set out really helps to bring the history to life.

My only quibble would be that the men's toilets on the dockside were in a very sorry state considering how early we visited and how few visitors were on site.

Great day out, lots to see . Only niggle was that some of the displays could have been better lit for us with aged eyesight .

Great day out for all the family, would recommend it to everyone

First time my 2 year old went here and he really enjoyed wanted to walk all over and really interested in everything he looked at definately going to be coming back with him during the summer.

Fabulous day out, wasn't sure my girls (7 & 4) would be enjoy it but they loved; the ship, the houses & shops & the guns. So good they demanded to go again before the holiday was over.

Fab day out at the historic quay and every member of staff we came into contact with was so helpful, couldn’t do enough for us. Can’t wait to come back soon!

Excellent displays, informative and interesting. Four hours just sped by and at no time did I suffer my usual info-overload. Congratulations on a brilliant historical site.

An excellent day out, plenty to see and do, informative and interesting as well as being good value. Well worth visiting.

A must visit for Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander) and C.S.Forester fans. The museum is home to HMS Tricomalee an actual Royal Navy Frigate built in 1817 - too late for the Napoleonic wars by just a few years but nevertheless an example of the type of warship depicted in the above novels and sailed by some of the Royal Navy's greatest heroes. Also gives an excellent guided tour for those unfamiliar with life in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era.

I visited the museum a number of times when it was the Hartlepool Historic Quay. The exhibits remained the same for decades, and consequently many of them were in a state of disrepair.



Since becoming the Royal Navy Museum, none of the shabby old exhibits have been improved, and the entry cost is now higher than it ever was.



The staff are friendly enough, but the museum itself is in dire need of some refurbishment. I recommend visiting the adjoining Museum of Hartlepool instead, which is much better and free to enter.

Wow! I had wanted to visit her for ages to see HMS Trincomalee - a ship as beautifully preserved as her counterpart HMS Victory at Portsmouth. Friendly staff - a day out to be highly recommended.

Well worth visiting part of our history let keep our history by support our heritage .

We went yesterday and thought it was very good lots to do for the kids.pleasantly surprised by how much there was to see and do and staff were very knowligable on their history.and there was gun and a canon demonstration.

We really enjoyed ourselves and had a great time, especially the fighting ships exhibit! Learning about all the history and being taken back in time was fab. The HMS Trincomalee was marvellous to explore. Plenty of thing's for the kids to do and see as well. We will definitely be going back again.

We just spent a brilliant 4 hours here with children aged between 4 - 8. They learnt so much!! Just the right amount of things to do and things to read.

The staff were very friendly. The whole place was clean.

We had a fab time with our little boy William. Thanks to all the guys who work there. A big shout out to Lee who made my boys day with a photo following the weapons demonstration. Thanks

Museum is very much underrated, I was pleasantly surprised how good it is.

I never allowed enough time for visit & rushed it a little.

I never had time to view the presentations which occurr at various times during the day.

The main exhibit in the dock is HMS Trincomalee, restored to mint condition, amazing since it was built in 1817

Hadn’t been to Hartlepool before but came to try the museum. We weren’t disappointed - great family day out and reasonably priced. We were there nearly 4 hours & could’ve stayed longer but 4pm close in winter season.

Had a fab family day yesterday the kids loved it and the weapons demo was excellent, the whole experience was really intresting

Great day out. Both educational and fun for children. Reasonably priced. Helpful and informative staff. The way the museum is set out really helps to bring the history to life.

My only quibble would be that the men's toilets on the dockside were in a very sorry state considering how early we visited and how few visitors were on site.

Great day out, lots to see . Only niggle was that some of the displays could have been better lit for us with aged eyesight .

Great day out for all the family, would recommend it to everyone

First time my 2 year old went here and he really enjoyed wanted to walk all over and really interested in everything he looked at definately going to be coming back with him during the summer.

Fabulous day out, wasn't sure my girls (7 & 4) would be enjoy it but they loved; the ship, the houses & shops & the guns. So good they demanded to go again before the holiday was over.

Fab day out at the historic quay and every member of staff we came into contact with was so helpful, couldn’t do enough for us. Can’t wait to come back soon!

Excellent displays, informative and interesting. Four hours just sped by and at no time did I suffer my usual info-overload. Congratulations on a brilliant historical site.

An excellent day out, plenty to see and do, informative and interesting as well as being good value. Well worth visiting.

A must visit for Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander) and C.S.Forester fans. The museum is home to HMS Tricomalee an actual Royal Navy Frigate built in 1817 - too late for the Napoleonic wars by just a few years but nevertheless an example of the type of warship depicted in the above novels and sailed by some of the Royal Navy's greatest heroes. Also gives an excellent guided tour for those unfamiliar with life in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era.

I visited the museum a number of times when it was the Hartlepool Historic Quay. The exhibits remained the same for decades, and consequently many of them were in a state of disrepair.



Since becoming the Royal Navy Museum, none of the shabby old exhibits have been improved, and the entry cost is now higher than it ever was.



The staff are friendly enough, but the museum itself is in dire need of some refurbishment. I recommend visiting the adjoining Museum of Hartlepool instead, which is much better and free to enter.