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The First Years The Wounded Lion by W. L. Wyllie: By kind permission of Mr Nicholas Beatty 5 Y F T E I H R A E S R T S OUR SUPPORTERS CONTENTS Hon Rear Admiral Sir Donald Gosling KCVO RNR, Mr Tony Bird OBE Introduction 2 Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom The Bulldog Trust Sir Ronald Hobson KCVO Janie Cadbury Maps: 2010 to 2014 4 The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Carnival Corporation HB Allen Charitable Trust Lady Cobham Our Sites 6 The American Friends of the National Museum HMS Collingwood of the Royal Navy and HMS Victory Coutts Charitable Trust Visitor Numbers 8 The Astor Foundation Olga Danilova The Aurelius Charitable Trust Mr and Mrs John Dews Our Visitors 10 Babcock International HMS Dragon crew and families BAE Systems Our Ships and Submarines The Drapers’ Charitable Trust 12 Mrs Kate Barnes in memory of The Eranda Foundation John Williams Dawkins VRD Our Aircraft 16 Explosion conservation volunteers Bathgate Charitable Trust Sir John Fisher Foundation Our Learning, Access and Beko 18 Commander R .S. Forsyth RN Audience Development Holly Bellingham The Friends of the Royal Naval Museum Mr and Mrs Julian Benson and HMS Victory Grant in Aid 20 BIFFA Award Scheme Friends of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum Brune Park Community School Our Collections and Scholarship 22 Garfield Weston Charitable Trust Our Affiliates 24 Our Future Projects 26 Lockheed Martin ~ Corporate Partner Value for Money 28 INTRODUCTION 2009 January First Director General, Dr Dominic Tweddle, is appointed. Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB; the Chairman of the Board of the National Museum of the Royal Navy As I look back over the first 5 years in the life of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN), I will permit myself a small smile of satisfaction. Without any shadow of doubt, the story is one of unparalleled accomplishment. This young National Museum prides itself in achievement; in striving to tell the naval story. This First Five Years Report charts success, measured by any yardstick you care to choose. The NMRN Group, or rather the Above: Admiral Sir Jonathon NMRN family, now has 5 museum sites, 10 historic naval ships and Professor Dominic Tweddle; Director General of the National Band GCB; the Chairman of submarines, 99 historic aircraft and 6 affiliations. In 2014, 1,651,582 Museum of the Royal Navy the Board of the National visitors went to our museums, ships and websites. In film, television Museum of the Royal Navy and all forms of media, we touch hundreds of millions. The NMRN The strategy of the NMRN, adopted by the Trustees in July (NMRN). has a truly national presence and emerging international 2009, set out to increase the scale, scope and reach of the perspective. museum. The vision is to be the world’s most respected Naval Museum underpinned by a spirit of enterprise and In celebrating what we have achieved in such a short time, I am adventure; their goal to promote public understanding of truly grateful for the work of the first Chairman, Admiral Sir Peter the Royal Navy past, present and future. What we wish to Abbott. It was he, and his Trustees in the Royal Naval Museum do is to enable people to learn, enjoy and engage with Portsmouth, who took the decisive strategic step to merge with the story of the Royal Navy. the National Museum; what followed was a journey that is still continuing. The NMRN has built a new kind of museum. We are one of the few national museums headquartered outside London and are acquiring key sites, also outside London, telling Right and far right: A flood-lit HMS Victory at night – she remains the most the Naval story in the regions. We have built up a network popular attraction at the NMRN in Portsmouth; Professor Dominic Tweddle, of affiliates and without these excellent and innovative Director General of the NMRN with Dr Jane Mee, Head of Museums and partners we would be much the poorer. Finally, we have Visitor Services at Portsmouth City Council, at the D-Day Museum. chosen to take on the difficult things, such as saving HMS Caroline and raising LCT 7074 from the deep. The pace is relentless but we are a young museum in a hurry! 2008 October Formal creation of the NMRN. 2 The First Five Years The First Five Years 3 2010 N M RN S ITE S 2014 NMRN SITES Left: The Yomper statue at NMRN SHIPS the entrance to the Royal Marines Museum. AFFILIATES OF THE NMRN Frigate Unicorn HMS Trincomalee HMS Caroline Fleet Air Arm Museum HQS Wellington NMRN Portsmouth RML 526 Royal Navy Submarine Museum Seaplane Lighter H21 Royal Marines Museum Explosion ~ The Museum of Naval Firepower Portsmouth NMRN Portsmouth Holland 1 HMS Victory X51 HMS Alliance X24 HMS Monitor M33 Steam Pinnace 199 2009 September 2009 Formal public launch of the NMRN by Coastal Forces Heritage Trust Baroness Taylor, Minister for Defence Procurement. HDML Medusa D-Day Museum Portsmouth 4 The First Five Years The First Five Years 5 OUR SITES September The NMRN launches the affiliate programme with HMS Trincomalee in Hartlepool. Images clockwise from above: Images clockwise from top left: HMS Alliance at the Royal Navy Explosion, the Museum of Naval Submarine Museum; a cadet Firepower; the Royal Marines band on HMS Victory ; the Museum; inside the Fleet Air new glass link at the NMRN Arm Museum. Portsmouth at night. 2010 The NMRN launches the Learning Voyages February The Royal Naval programme for Schools and Colleges. Museum joins the NMRN. 6 The First Five Years The First Five Years 7 Images clockwise from left: Daleks prove popular with our visitors at the Fleet Air Arm Museum; pupils get hands on as pirates at the VISITOR NUMBERS NMRN Portsmouth; the figurehead of the Frigate Unicorn. 20 11 January Opening of the new Heritage Centre at HMS Raleigh with content developed by the NMRN. 800,000 25,000 2010 357,048 visitors 700,000 Twitter: 2014 765,810 visitors 2012 8,697 tweets 600,000 20,000 Up by 408,762 2014 23,970 tweets 500,000 15,000 Up by 15,273 400,000 300,000 10,000 Left and below: Visitors Facebook : 200,000 enjoying a day out at the 2012 7,222 visits 5,000 2014 24,263 visits 100,000 NMRN Portsmouth; learning activities for schools. Up by 17,041 0 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 NMRN Visitor Numbers to Museum Sites NMRN Followers on Social Media 100,0000 2,000,000 800,000 2010 562,010 website visits 2010 919,058 visits 2014 821,181 website visits 1,500,000 2014 1,651,582 visits 600,000 Up by 259,171 Up by 732,524 1,000,000 400,000 200,000 500,000 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 NMRN Unique Visits to Websites NMRN Total Number of Visits to Sites, Tours, Websites and Social Media 8 The First Five Years The First Five Years 9 Below: Enjoying a Punch and Judy show at the NMRN Portsmouth. Opposite: Visitors at the NMRN Portsmouth, Explosion and May Announcement of a £3.4 June The NMRN is amongst the five OUR VISITORS the Royal Marines Museum. million HLF grant for HMS finalists for the Art Fund Prize Clore Alliance and start of the project. Award for Museum Learning. 2011 April Launch of a campaign to secure the future of HMS Caroline after she is decommissioned and gifted to the NMRN by the MoD. June The NMRN is amongst the five finalists for the Art Fund Prize Clore 10 The First Five Years Award for Museum Learning The First Five Years 11 Clockwise from below: The midget submarine HMS X24; HMS Holland 1; the restored HMS Alliance; H21 Sea Plane Lighter after conservation; OUR SHIPS AND SUBMARINES HMS Victory on Trafalgar Day. October Launch of a comprehensive research seminar programme at the NMRN in Portsmouth. 2011 June ~ August The Royal Navy August The Frigate Unicorn Submarine Museum, Royal and the Coastal Forces Heritage June The NMRN is amongst the five Marines Museum and Fleet Air Trust become NMRN affiliates. finalists for the Art Fund Prize Clore 12 The First Five Years Arm Museum join the NMRN. Award for Museum Learning The First Five Years 13 Opposite: HMS Caroline in Belfast. Images clockwise from left: HMS Trincomalee ; Steam Pinnace 199; HMS Monitor M33; X51 arrives OUR SHIPS AND SUBMARINES November Achievement of a £1.4 million HLF Round 1 Grant towards the at the NMRN in Portsmouth. new 20th and 21st Century Galleries at the NMRN in Portsmouth. 14 The First Five Years The First Five Years 15 Images clockwise from below: BAE Systems Harrier March Ownership of HMS Victory is transferred T8 ZB604; the Seafire F17 – a Second World War to the HMS Victory Preservation Trust, part of fighter aeroplane; the Reserve Collection Open the NMRN, following a £25 million grant from OUR AIRCRAFT Day at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. the Gosling Foundation and £25 million in matched funding from the MoD. The recent additions to the NMRN's historic Fleet Air Arm Fleet reflect the emphasis on contemporary collections and the importance of ensuring that the public can see and engage with modern collections. Clockwise from top left: Replica of a 1910 Short S27; a Grumman Martle t/ Wildcat 1 AL246; a Westland Lynx HAS2 XZ720; a de Havilland Sea Vixen. 2012 February Creation of a six year partnership agreement with Lockheed Martin worth £250,000. 16 The First Five Years The First Five Years 17 Images from top: HMS Alliance volunteers; the ‘Destination Afghanistan’ programme at the Royal OUR LEARNING, ACCESS AND ..
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