Touch Tour

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Exclusively for blind and partially sighted visitors.

Join expert guide Jo Bressloff as she takes you on a fascinating tour of The D-Day Story’s stunning Overlord Embroidery. During the tour you will handle artefacts and textiles to find out how the embroidery was made.

At 83 metres long, this incredible artwork tells the story of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy and was hand stitched by the Royal School of Needlework.

Spaces must be booked in advance, call 023 9283 4744 / 4737 or email MVS@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.

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Touch Tour

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The D-Day Story, Clarence Esplanade, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 3NT
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