Please Note: The Museum will open at 10am every Saturday and Sunday and close at 4pm. Last Admission to the galleries will be at 3pm.
Explosion!
The Museum of Naval Firepower, Priddy's Hard, Gosport, Hampshire PO12
4LE.
Telephone:023 9250 5600
Fax:023 9250 5605
24 Hour Infoline 023 9250 5678
email:info@explosion.org.uk
How to get to us
prices
Opening Times
Group Information
Food and Explosion! Shop
How to get to us
Map Locating Priddy's Hard
By Road: M27 to junction 11. Follow A32 to Gosport and brown
tourist signs to Explosion! at Priddy's Hard.
For more information on the link road to Explosion! Click Here
By Rail: Mainline route London to Portsmouth Harbour. Take the frequent ferry service across to Gosport (3mins). From the Ferry at Gosport, turn right and follow the Millennium Promenade to Explosion! at Priddy’s Hard (20mins walk) or taxi to Forton Lake Bridge (3mins).
The Museum will open at 10am every Saturday and Sunday and close at 4pm. Last Admission to the galleries will be at 3pm.
Please contact the Museum's Ticket Desk on 02392 505600 for further details.
Prices
* Adults £4.00
* Senior Citizens £3.00
* Children (5-16yrs) £2.00
* Full time students, Unemployed, Disabled £2.00
* Family ticket (up to 2 adults + 4 children) £10.00
* Single parent ticket (1 adult + 3 children) £8.00
* Adult parties of 10 or more (20% discount) £3.20
* Pre-booked school parties FREE, other Child Groups (20%
discount) £1.60
* Annual visitor pass (unlimited visits for 12 months) £8.00
* Children under 5, Disabled visitor's carer, Party-leaders, Coach
drivers Free
Friends of Explosion!
Prices: Single £15.00, Double £28.00, Family £33.00 (2ad + 2 children)
By being a Friend of the Museum you are helping to support the museum in its continuing work and your membership subscription will help our finances for which we are very grateful.
As a Friend of Explosion! you also have many opportunities to get directly involved with the work of the museum. We are eager to recruit volunteers, for example, to help with guiding, education, documentation, conservation, publicity and administration. Alternatively you may wish to take part in fundraising activity or special events.
Your benefits as a Friend of Explosion! include: FREE Annual Pass - unlimited entrance to Explosion! for one year, 20% discount on entrance for accompanying friends and relatives, Priority notice of special events & opening, 10% discount in the Museum Shop, FREE hot drink at the Coffee Shop when buying a cake or snack, 10% off Passport ticket at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, 10% off room hire at Explosion! and also a 25% discount at the Submarine Museum.
To download the Friends application form click this link
This link will take you to the Museum's Group Information Page.
Birthday
Parties at Explosion!
Why not celebrate your Birthday with a bang at Explosion! As part of the day each child will be given a Souvenir Guidebook and a birthday trail before touring the Museum. Then afterwards in the Museum's Coffee Shop, we can organise a Birthday Tea with balloons and bunting. Birthday Parties at Explosion! cost £7 per child and accompanying adults are FREE!
For further details please contact the Bookings and Events Coordinator by phone on 02392 505603 or email mfarrance@explosion.org.uk.
Above: The 'Birthday Tea' at Explosion!
Eating & Drinking on the Camber at the Coffee Shop at Explosion!
Sit and relax with a drink
and a snack from our waterside coffee shop and enjoy our sun terrace on
the eighteenth century Camber dock overlooking the magnificent views of
Portsmouth Harbour.
The waterside coffee shop offers a wide variety of hot and cold drinks
including speciality coffees and herbal teas, fresh sandwiches and deliciously
naughty cakes.
The shop at Explosion! has something for everyone, from pocket
money gifts to individually crafted pieces and specialist books on Naval
Ordnance.
For a full list of gifts and prices email:
mfarrance@explosion.org.uk
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