Force 10 storm, zero visibility, 40ft waves, someone needs rescuing. It’s time to go to work.

Search and Rescue, the new blockbuster exhibition from National Maritime Museum Cornwall invites you to enter the world of the rescue services where ordinary people lead extraordinary lives, risking their life to save yours.

The exhibition takes you on an interactive, stimulating and emotive journey into the role of the maritime rescue services, celebrating the work of the RNLI, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, HM Coastguard and other organisations.

Objects of epic proportions include a 70ft Sea King helicopter, kindly loaned by the MOD, one of the Museum’s most ambitious installations. Uniquely painted in the colours of both the Royal Navy and RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) services (red and grey one side and yellow on the other) it offers you the rare opportunity to climb inside, without having to be rescued. Dress as a pilot, listen to accounts from the crew and from those that have been rescued, explore their lifesaving equipment and discover the world of the Royal Navy and RAF SAR teams.

Revisiting rescues from the past, some well-known and some untold, this exhibition showcases the individuals whose job it is to head into the eye of the storm, when most of us would flee.

 

ADMISSION CHARGES:
Buy a full price individual ticket and get in free to the National Maritime Museum for a year!

	Individuals	Groups (10+)
Adults	£11.00	£9.90
Seniors (60 +)	£9.00	£8.10
Students (F/T education)	£7.60	£6.80
Children (6-15 yrs)	£7.60	£6.80
Children (5 or under)	FREE	FREE
Family (2 Adults, up to 3 Children)	£31.00

Please be aware that all children (under 16) must be accompanied by an adult when visiting the museum.

 

Visit the National Maritime Museum Cornwall (Falmouth) website to find out more aboout the event: www.nmmc.co.uk/index.php?/whatson/events/search_rescue/
Click here to buy tickets online

 

From: Friday 16 March 2012
To: Saturday 1 February 2014
Every day