Accessibility and Wi-Fi

Accessibility

The Dock Museum spans two floors and is fully accessible to wheelchair users, as is our landscaped waterfront site.

We also have a manual wheelchair available for use during your visit.

Touch tours for those with visual impairments are available if required, whether you are a group or an individual visiting. Please let us know in advance if you require this service.

Parking for disabled drivers is available close to the main entrance and on the main museum car park. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Museum Panorama

Free Wi-Fi

Thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Dock Museum is able to provide free WiFi to its visitors.  

Visitors can connect to the service from their smartphones and tablets in different areas of the museum, from the galleries to the shop and café.

Did you know that more than 50% of our collection can be viewed online?  This includes the popular shipbuilding photographic collection, the Vickers Photographic Archive.

Terms and Conditions 

You must read and accept the following terms and conditions to proceed:

  1. Security Warning

    The service operates open wireless network and is therefore not secure.  Users must take appropriate steps to protect their own systems before connecting to it.

    When you use the service please be aware that:

    No network communication should be considered private or protected.  Communication over this wireless network is not protected.  Wireless networks are not unique in this respect.  All users of shared networks can potentially eavesdrop on another person's data.  You can be at risk of viruses, worms and Trojans.

    The museum is not responsible for the safety, security, configuration or integrity of any of your equipment or data used to access the service.

    By using this service you accept and acknowledge the risks associated with connecting unprotected systems to an unsecured network.

     

  2. Prohibited Activities

    The use of the service for the following activities is prohibited:

    Unsolicited bulk communications; Invasion of privacy of others; Infringing the intellectual property rights of others.

    Use of the service for the creation, collection, storage, downloading or displaying of any offensive, obscene, indecent or menacing images, data or material capable of being resolved into such.

    Use of the service to harass, defame, libel, slander, intimidate, impersonate or otherwise abuse another person.

    Hacking or distribution of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other malicious code.

    Accessing systems, data or resources to which you are not authorised.

    Excessive use of network bandwidth.

    Any use that does not comply with the law.

    Any use that may interfere with the normal running of the Service or with others' use of the Service.

     

  3. General Terms

    The museum reserves the right to withdraw the service at any time without prior warning.

    Any misuse of the service or any breach by you of these terms of service will result in the withdrawal of your wireless connection.

    In certain circumstances it may be necessary for the museum to disclose this information to the authorities, who may interrogate the data further.

    These terms of service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising in relation to the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.