Tag: Falkland Islands Museum

• Thursday, February 5th 2026 - 00:07 UTC

  Falklands’ Port Louis settlement discoveries shared with Dr. Robert Philpott

  

  Friends of the Falkland Islands Museum and the Jane Cameron National Archives is inviting to a conference by archeologist Dr. Robert Philpott, who will be sharing his discoveries in the settlement of Port Louis on February 10.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2024 - 09:27 UTC

  Falklands, Arrival and transportation of the Sea Harrier and Lynx helicopter

  

  We would like to advise the public that a Sea Harrier and Lynx helicopter will be transported to Stanley at the following times. The aircraft are being moved by a team from the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS) and are being helped by Big B’s Haulage, and the Haulage and Groundworks section of the Falklands Islands Company.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:36 UTC

  A mind blowing donation to the Falklands Museum and a remarkable letter from 1914

  

  Friends of Falkland Islands Museum and Archives (FIMA) have donated £225,000 to the museum in recent months, to go towards the costs of building the new Lookout Gallery.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  “Etched in Memory,” ambitious exhibit opens at the Falkland Islands Museum

  

  The largest ever and newest exhibit of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust (FIMNT), “Etched in Memory,” opened at the Historic Dockyard Museum in the lead to Liberation Day.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Funds for the Falkland Islands Museum and for paving an MPA road tract

  

  Falkland Islands members of the elected Legislative Assembly have approved financial support for the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust to bring forward the build program for the Lookout Gallery and Exhibition Hall.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:00 UTC

  A masterly account of the Battle of the Falklands 1914

  

  The Battle of the Falklands 1914 By Graham Pascoe reviewed by David Tatham - With the centenary of the 1914 naval battle coming up in December and commemorations planned for Falkland Islands capital, Stanley and London, Graham Pascoe’s concise account of the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands is well timed.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 18:59 UTC

  New Falklands Museum to be a positive political statement.

  

  When the seat of government of the fledgling British colony in the Falkland Islands was moved from Port Louis to Stanley, in 1845, under the direction of Governor Moody, one of the first buildings to be constructed in what became known as the Government Dockyard, was a large store. This shingle clad, two story building, known as the Old Central Store still exists and is thought to be possibly the earliest large construction in the whole of the Southern Cone of South America.