A visit to Underwater Photographer of the Year - Gosport Museum and Gallery 2023

Issy Arnett · Issue 132, May/Jun 2023 · pp. 23–24

Today Mr Scrummie and I headed off to the newly refurbished Gosport Museum and Art Gallery to attend the press preview of the Underwater Photographer of the Year exhibition. We’d never visited the museum and gallery before and had absolutely no idea what to expect, but were enticed ‘down Gosport way’, by the prospect of seeing the prestigious annual competition for underwater photography in flesh! To say we were pleasantly surprised by the venue is a total understatement; nestled in Walpole A visit to Underwater Photographer of the Year - Gosport Museum and Gallery 2023 by Issy Arnett (aka mummyscrummie) Road, the neighbour of Morrisons and Pets At Home, and housed in what was the old Grammar School, the space is a total hidden-in-plain-sight gem in Gosport’s crown. The magnificent 1901 building has been beautifully refurbished and transformed into the most fantastic community hub; housi…