Shipwreck Museum Hastings

The Shipwreck Museum is a unique independent, multi-sensory and free museum with helpful, friendly staff and an excellent nautical themed gift shop that is well worth a visit.

The Museum is situated in the Old Town, within the maritime quarter known as The Stade. Increasingly popular with local, regional, national and international visitors, it sees around 90,000 people a year through its doors, including numerous school, college and foreign language students. The entire Museum is on one level and is an accessible venue for the disabled. It is also dog-friendly

The sheer variety of exhibits never fails to astonish visitors, as indicated by many highly favourable reviews on Tripadvisor and other similar sites.

The Museum tells the fascinating stories of the shipwrecks which have been discovered around the area from Pevensey in the west to the Goodwin Sands in the east and has many artefacts from these wrecks on display. The Museum also explores the remarkable geological and environmental circumstances that have helped to preserve the wrecks. Young people in particular enjoy hands-on contact with dinosaur remains.

The stories of ships are international: particularly involving Dutch, French, German and Danish history, so visitors from abroad are particularly welcome.

The Museum owns shipwrecks and in particular the Anne, a ship of King Charles II's Restoration Navy, lost in the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 when she was run aground at Pett Level and burnt.

The Museum was award Full Accreditation by the Arts Council in 2012 and is deservedly proud of its excellent reputation.

Opening Times:

Summer: April - October 10.30-17.00 every day

Winter: November - 10:30-16.00 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and weekends only.

Group bookings any day throughout the year by prior arrangement.

For all enquiries please call: 01424 437452 or visit our website