the devonport naval heritage centre is a maritime museum in devonport's historic south yard. run by volunteers, it is only accessible for pre-booked tours, or on naval base open days. plymouth naval base museum opened in 1969 following an appeal from the office of the admiral-superintendent for items of memorabilia and was housed in the dockyard fire station. since then, the museum has expanded and now occupies, in addition, the 18th-century pay office and porter's lodge. the scrieve board (project managed by pdm) currently serves as a museum store. discussions were underway in 2014 around removing the museum from the dockyard and displaying some of its collections within an expanded plymouth city museum and art gallery.