Events at the D-Day Museum

Members of the Portsmouth branch of the Normandy Veterans Association frequently come to the D-Day Museum to talk to visitors during school holidays and half terms.

The D-Day Museum holds events each year to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (late January), the D-Day anniversary (6 June), Armed Forces Day (early July) and Remembrance Sunday (Sunday nearest 11 November).

Some forthcoming events are listed below. Please see our events page for a complete listing of events at the D-Day Museum and other museums run by Portsmouth Museums & Records Service: www.portsmouthmuseums.co.uk

January 2012

Thursday 19 January

Portsmouth Museums and Records Society lecture
'Titanic's Predecessor', speaker: Reg Harris - Vice Chair Society for Nautical Research.
All are Welcome. £1.00 for members of the Society, £2 for non-members.
7.30pm

Sunday 29 January

Holocaust Memorial Day

Poster display "Never Again? Thinking about the Holocaust", produced by the Wiener Library, Britain's leading archive on the Holocaust and Nazi era. The display encourages people to think critically about the issues raised by the Holocaust and genocide.
Also at 12pm and 2pm there will be short talks on "Remembering the Holocaust in Postwar Germany" by Dr Mathias Seiter, Lecturer in History at Portsmouth University.
Free admission to the museum to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Museum open 10.00am - 5.00pm
In the following week (Monday 30 January - Thursday 2 February inclusive) the "Never Again?" display can also be seen at Portsmouth Central Library.

 

Photo: 'Pathfinder 101' and the Military Vehicle Trust at the D-Day Museum, on Veterans' Day, July 2007.

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Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Details are correct at time of upload. Every effort will be made to keep this site up-to-date but Portsmouth City Council reserves the right to make changes to the programme in the event of unforeseen circumstances.