The Maritime Archaeology Trust

The Maritime Archaeology Trust

02380 237300

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What your gift could provide

£10

Pays for education packs to teach children about local history & shipwrecks

£50

Will help our community projects preserving & recording archaeology

£100

Helps pay for fuel and staff to take our Discovery Bus into the community

Fundraise for us!

Researching, protecting and promoting sites of maritime heritage in an ever changing world.

The Maritime Archaeology Trust is a registered charity with over 20 years' experience in research, investigations and pioneering techniques for the study of marine cultural heritage. We are proud of all of our work. This is why our fundraising efforts and donations are reinvested into delivering and developing education and outreach programmes to help inform the public about this rich area of cultural heritage.

Why the community needs us

With so much history on our doorsteps, often maritime archaeology can be forgotten. We work hard to ensure that communities and local schools, colleges and youth groups are aware of the maritime history around them. We have a charity Discovery Bus which travels around Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and West Sussex that encourages children and adults to learn about local shipwrecks, submerged settlements and coastal change. This bus is able to do so by the goodwill of volunteers and donations.

Our impact on the community

We need support to help fund our Discovery Bus to help educate more children and communities. With the centenary of the First World War, we need to update our Discovery Bus with new exhibitions to inspire communities and be able to fund a programme of teaching.

Volunteers needed

We are currently recruiting teams of eager volunteers to work on a variety of projects from fieldwork and research to education and outreach events and activities.

Charity information

The Maritime Archaeology Trust

Telephone: 02380 237300

Address: Room 014/11 National Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3ZH

Established in: 1992

Registered charity no.: 900025