Portsmouth Museum (aka Portsmouth City Museum) is a
local museum
A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region (local history) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exh ...
in Museum Road in the city of
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
, southern
England
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. It is one of six museums run by Portsmouth Museums, part of Portsmouth City Council. The museum is housed in a Grade II
listed building
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.
History
The building dates from the 1890s and was previously part of the
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Places
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and Victoria Barracks complex, which apart from the museum block, were demolished in
1967. It became the museum in 1972.
The museum includes a display on the author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
and his fictional creation, the detective
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
.
Richard Lancelyn Green
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's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Collection is one of the most wide-ranging in the world. It includes first editions of books, related letters, film and television memorabilia.
The story of Portsmouth is the name of those galleries which deal with the topic of what it was and is like to live in Portsmouth. These galleries are on the first floor and include 'Living in Portsmouth,' ‘No Place Like Pompey’ and ‘Portsmouth at Play.’ The first section looks back at life in the home, with reconstructions of rooms typical of specific people at different periods in history.
The Football in the City display includes memorability form the 1939 and 2008 FA Cup Finals.
Fine and decorative arts are on display throughout Portsmouth Museum. Displays change but there is always a mixture of works on display drawn from the permanent collections. There are a selection of paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, glass and textiles, relating to Portsmouth from the 17th century to the 1950s.
Architecture
The red brick building has stone dressings and tile roofs.
[ The front of the four-storey building is of 17- bays. On each side are projecting towers.][
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See also
* List of museums in Hampshire
References
External links
Museum website
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Art museums and galleries in Hampshire
City museums in the United Kingdom
Museums in Portsmouth
1972 establishments in England
Museums established in 1972