The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich has acquired a rare pocket chronometer – a timekeeper used on ships to determine ...

The daring dog dived nearly 11,000 metres (36,000 feet) to the deepest point of the ocean before returning safely to the surface. In doing so Snoopy became part of an exclusive club: to date, only 27 ...

The National Maritime Museum will celebrate Diwali with All Together Now, a free festival curated by Mehala Ford, founder of COMMONGROUND& and Friday Sari Project. Taking place on 7 November 2026, the ...

Naval volunteer Howard Ormerod shares his memories of 25 May 1982, when a container ship requisitioned by the British government was hit and sunk by Argentinian forces. On 2 April 1982, Argentinian ...

A variety of names for the novice sea-goer exist, including tadpoles, griffins and pollywogs (American slang for tadpole). A wide variety of characters can also be included in the festivities: 19th ...

Applications are CLOSED for our six-month residence programme, which invites creatives to respond to the Atlantic Worlds gallery in the National Maritime Museum The Creative Practitioner Residency is ...

In this blog we look at cartographer John Rocque's An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, ‘the outstanding plan of the capital in the eighteenth century’ One of the treasures of the ...

This self-guided route takes you through many of the National Maritime Museum's free galleries, and should take around 1-2 hours to complete. Best suited for adults, history lovers and intrepid ...

(Updated, June 2016). This panorama was originally mounted as a complete circle about 10 feet 6 inches (3.2m) across. Only a few spectators at a time would have been able to view it, by stepping up ...

Discover wool from both familiar and new perspectives at Cutty Sark after hours. In partnership with the British Council, Cutty Sark Wool Evening explores wool’s role across British, Indian and ...

Get into the festive spirit with our round-up of the best things to see and do in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Greenwich offers a Christmas day out that combines stand-out festive events with ...

The winning images in the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 competition have been announced! All the winners and runners-up were revealed during an online awards ceremony on Thursday 17 ...