Tag: Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 08:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government agrees new financial package in support of its heritage

  

  On Wednesday 22 September, the Falkland Islands 'Executive Council, ExCo agreed on the provision of a capital grant of up to £1m and a loan facility of up to £750,000 to support the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust (FIMNT) to progress the development and construction of the new Lookout Gallery and Exhibition Hall. The package is designed to mitigate ongoing financial pandemic pressures, including the continued absence of international tourism.

• Thursday, December 5th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Discovery of WW1 German Battlecruiser SMS Scharnhorst in Falklands waters

  

  The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst, an armoured battle-cruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on 8 December 1914 during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a crucial naval battle in the early days of the First World War.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  New Falklands Books: The Falkland Islands Journal 2019

  

  Ian Strange, who died in September 2018 aged 84, was a naturalist, accomplished wildlife artist and photographer who championed wildlife conservation in the Falkland Islands from the early 1960s.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 18:04 UTC

  Falklands attends International Maritime Museums Congress in Chile

  

  The 18th International Congress of Maritime Museums (ICOM) was held recently in Valparaiso, Chile and Manager of the Falkland Islands Historic Dockyard Museum Alison Barton attended to represent the Museum.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 09:25 UTC

  Falklands' iconic Whalebone Arch in Stanley again open to view after weeks of repair

  

  Falkland Islands' newly-restored Whalebone Arch was revealed this week. After six weeks of sanding and repairing and coating with epoxy resin, the iconic structure in Stanley is now open to view, and to the elements.

• Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 06:16 UTC

  Falklands' Museum and National Trust to receive decommissioned Sea King

  

  In recognition of the time the Sea King helicopter has spent supporting both the military and the civilian population of the Falkland Islands, the UK Ministry of Defense has donated the decommissioned Sea King Search and Rescue Helicopter to the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2016 - 12:11 UTC

  Falklands museum receives gift of a Sea King SAR helicopter

  

  The ex-Royal Air Force (RAF) Sea King helicopter, XZ593, is to be gifted to the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust to commemorate its gallant service to the Falklands, Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Commodore Darren Bone RN, has announced.