Objectives

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust has two core charitable objectives:

• To secure for the public benefit the preservation and use of the Historic Dockyard at Chatham in the County of Kent in a manner appropriate to its archaeological, historical and architectural importance
• To promote and foster for the public benefit a wide knowledge and understanding of the archaeological, historical and architectural significance of the Historic Dockyard.
  

The Trust is a fully accredited museum that collects, preserves, studies and exhibits objects and material connected with the history of:

• The people who worked in, or were associated with the dockyard,
• The development of Royal Navy warship design and construction, 
• The Royal Navy’s use of the River Medway and its role in the development of the Medway area.