Finding out more about the life and times of Nelson - a Georgian
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The museum has
cost around £750,000 to set up - and it needs to be funded
by donations to remain open. If
enough money can be raised, the museum will be able to host touring
exhibitions.
Volunteers are
also needed to staff the museum and run educational projects.
Education will
be an important focus. Children can attend activity days: in the
Naval Room they can play battle games and copy Nelson's signature,
while in the Below Decks Experience they can find how people used
to live in Georgian times by opening up information panels on the
cut-out models.
"We'd love
to have schools visit - as many as possible," said Faith Carpenter.
"I think schools really liven up a museum. Also Nelson is an
individual and in the National Curriculum, projects can be done
on individual heroes."
A-level and
degree students can also use the museum's library - which includes
a manuscript draft of an important biography written by Admiral
Mahan in 1897, bought in New York.
"We've
got all the books here, we've got pictures - it's perfect as a resource,"
she added.
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