The iconic museum dedicated to preserving Brunel’s pioneering steamship the SS Great Britain has changed its name for the sake of ‘diversity’.
The maritime museum aboard the ship in Bristol has declared it will discard the name SS Great Britain in favour of ‘Bristol Dockyards’ after a 37 per cent drop in visitors since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Instead, the historic name will become a side note, as the museum will describe itself as ‘home to the SS Great Britain’.
A revised version of the museum, opening next month, will now be about the role the vessel played in the British Empire, focusing on
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