SeaCity Museum

19/06/2026

⚓One of the key displays in our Southampton's Titanic Story gallery is our crew wall which shows information about the crew of the Titanic, their name, job role, age and where they lived. Around three quarters of the crew were resident in Southampton before embarking on the Titanic.
🚢Although we do not have photographs of all of our crew, the research continues to identify the faces of Titanic's crew. Once provenance has been confirmed and permissions granted, new cards are gradually made and added to the wall. Today we have been adding a number of new faces to the wall, an ongoing mission to honour those who served and were lost on the Titanic.

17/06/2026

Treat Dad this Father’s Day ⭐
For a Father’s Day with a difference, treat your dad to a day of history at SeaCity Museum and learn all about Southampton’s Titanic story or visit Tudor House and Garden, Southampton’s most historic building.

What’s more, if you live in an SO postcode, your dad gets in for free! That beats a new pair of socks! The offer applies only on Sunday 21 June.

17/06/2026

Today marks the anniversary of the worst British maritime disaster in history, the sinking of the RMS Lancastria. We are privileged to be hosting a talk by Becky Sharp, whose ancestor tragically died in the sinking in June 1940. This free talk, part of Armed Forces Day, will explore the story in detail and draw upon her own link to this story.
If you would like to find out more and book your free ticket you can do so here: https://southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/rms-lancastria-online-talk/?source=scc

13/06/2026

📣Thanks for visiting us St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School!
🏫If you would like to bring a school group to us you can find out more about our education programme at https://seacitymuseum.co.uk/learning/schools/
Our sister venues Southampton City Art Gallery and Tudor House and Garden also offer a broad and varied programme too, so it's worth looking them up too!

11/06/2026

📣Our sister venue Southampton City Art Gallery is hosting a brand new temporary exhibition exploring one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in the south of England: Avebury.
🖼️Over the coming months you will be able to see this fantastic exhibition and associated free talks, tours and workshops.
📅There will also be an archaeological study day in October too! We can't wait!

The Avebury Papers Project commissioned two artists, Dr Gayle Chong Kwan and Kialy Tihngang, to respond to the wealth of material digitised as part of the project. Join the artists... Read more »

28/05/2026

Our café is getting a refresh! ☕️

We will be closed on Monday 1 June, then reopen from Tuesday 2 June with a slightly reduced menu while improvement works continue until early July. The seating area will stay the same, but please bear with us while the works are ongoing.

You will still be able to enjoy our barista coffees, along with a selection of drinks, snacks and treats.

As a thank you for your patience, visitors during this period will receive a free hot drink voucher to use when our full offer returns!

See you soon! ☀

26/05/2026

26/05/2026

Today it's pretty ☀️🌡️, so make sure you keep hydrated 💦.
💧Did you know that lifeboats on ships like the Titanic and Mauretania carried these lifeboat water dippers which were designed to help ration drinking water aboard a lifeboat.
🚰 Each boat had enough potable water so that each person could have about 1.5l, which had to last for as long as the boat was in trouble.