[2] The building dates from the 1890s and was previously part of the Clarence and Victoria Barracks complex,[3] which apart from the museum block, were demolished in 1967.

[5] The museum includes a display on the author Arthur Conan Doyle and his fictional creation, the detective Sherlock Holmes.

Richard Lancelyn Green's Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Collection is one of the most wide-ranging in the world.

[7] The Football in the City display includes memorability form the 1939 and 2008 FA Cup Finals.

There are a selection of paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, glass and textiles, relating to Portsmouth from the 17th century to the 1950s.