Timeline gallery

The family friendly Timeline Gallery shows how people have lived, worked and visited the Fareham area throughout history.

From Stone – Age to Phone-Age
There are stone-age tools used by people living in the area around 9,000 years ago and the timeline takes a journey right up to the present day. Among the more recent items is an early 1980s mobile phone including its own shoulder strap! Younger visitors may find it hard to believe that this would have been the height sophistication for an estate agent or financial trader some twenty years ago!

Roman Curse
One of the more unusual items is an amazing Roman curse, written on a small lead tablet, asking the Mighty Neptune to punish  someone who stole a purse almost 2,000 years ago! Found in the Hamble River, this astonishing item is a very personal link across the centuries – we may no longer call upon Neptune but the basic emotion will have changed little!

Join In
A huge board game provides a centre point for the gallery and a light-hearted approach to local history and heritage.  Join in and travel through Fareham’s history yourself!