SS Great Britain, Bristol, Somerset
A visit to SS Great Britain in Bristol makes for a fantastic day out when you’re on your family holidays in Devon, because with two museums, a historic dockyard, the famous dry dock and the world’s first great ocean liner, there’s plenty to see and do.
Brunel’s famous ship has a permanent home in the same Bristol dockyard where it was built and launched by Prince Albert in 1843, and you can find out all about it when you explore the working shipyard, the museums and the dry dock where the enormous iron hull of the ship’s can be seen beneath the waterflooded glass roof. Learn all about Brunel’s life in the Being Brunel Museum, see his office and family dining room; immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and smells as you prepare to board the SS Great Britain in the Dockyard Museum, where the history is further brought to life with stories, photographs and interactive exhibits. See the galley and bakery, the stores, the opulent first class dining saloon and the crowded bunks where passengers slept on their voyage to New York. This is an amazing step back in time to life on board the world’s first great luxury liner with every detail painstakingly recreated to be just as it was in Victorian times. Don’t miss it.
https://www.ssgreatbritain.org/your-visit/opening-times/
T: 0117 926 0680 All information correct at the time of writing