Museum · Southampton · Hampshire

SeaCity Museum

SeaCity Museum is a museum in Southampton, Hampshire. Its operator is Southampton City Council. 58 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Southampton Castle (800 m).

Photo: SeaCity Museum, hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Southampton

inside the built-up area

Run by

Southampton City Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Southampton

Inside Southampton

SeaCity Museum is inside Southampton’s built-up area, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The seasons here

If warmth matters, go May to September: Southampton reaches 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°95 mm

Feb9° / 3°67 mm

Mar12° / 4°57 mm

Apr15° / 6°57 mm

May18° / 9°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 13°51 mm

Aug23° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 11°66 mm

Oct16° / 9°95 mm

Nov12° / 5°102 mm

Dec9° / 3°95 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Southampton, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Southampton. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Southampton’s full climate →

About

SeaCity Museum

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages.

Type: Museum
Run by: Southampton City Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Southampton
Official site: seacitymuseum.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Orange: SeaCity Museum.

Towns near it

Bases near SeaCity Museum

With 249,633 people, Southampton is the largest of the 6. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Southampton

249,633 people · 31 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km southwest of it

Marchwood

5,776 people · 22 places to visit

3 · 3.5 km south of it

Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

19,857 people · 23 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km northeast of it

West End

10,865 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where SeaCity Museum is	People	Places to visit
Southampton	It’s in town	249,633	31
Marchwood	1.8 km southwest of it	5,776	22
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu	3.5 km south of it	19,857	23
West End	4.3 km northeast of it	10,865	20
Netley	4.5 km southeast of it	6,309	20
Chilworth	4.6 km north of it	1,169	9

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Also near SeaCity Museum

Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 castles and an art gallery, among 58 within 15 km.

CastleSouthampton Castle800 m away 2

Art gallerySouthampton City Art Gallery100 m away 3

Museum · English HeritageMedieval Merchants House1.1 km away 4

MuseumTudor House Museum1 km away 5

CastleNetley Castle4.7 km away 6

Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park11 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)7

Historic shipShieldhall2.4 km away 8

MuseumSolent Sky1.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about SeaCity Museum

Where is SeaCity Museum?

SeaCity Museum is in Southampton, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is SeaCity Museum?

Museum in Southampton, Hampshire, UK.

Who runs SeaCity Museum?

Southampton City Council.

When is the best time to visit SeaCity Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Southampton, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near SeaCity Museum?

Within 15 km: Southampton Castle (800 m), Southampton City Art Gallery (100 m), Medieval Merchants House (1.1 km) and Tudor House Museum (1 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

SeaCity Museum: hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton City Art Gallery: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Medieval Merchants House: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tudor House Museum: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shieldhall: dave souza, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Solent Sky: Nimbus227, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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