Finding out more about the life and times of Nelson - a Georgian commode. |
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. Yarmouth as a cultural centre>>> | 
