Partnerships & initiatives

  • The Art Fund
    The Art Fund has a long history of supporting acquisitions at the National Maritime Museum.
    The Art Fund
  • National Heritage Memorials Fund
    The National Maritime Museum has benefited greatly from NHMF assistance over the past 30 years.
    National Heritage Memorials Fund
  • The Sammy Ofer Wing
    Now open, the Sammy Ofer Wing is the biggest development in the Museum’s history.
    The Sammy Ofer Wing
  • No.1 Smithery
    No.1 Smithery is a new cultural venue and centre for world-class maritime collections at the heart of the Historic Dockyard, Chatham.
    No.1 Smithery
  • Conservation Skills Initiative
    CSI has been created to give experience working with conservators at the NMM's Conservation Department.
    Conservation Skills Initiative
  • Flamsteed Astronomy Society
    The Flamsteed promotes the understanding of astronomy and offers members hands-on experience of the workings of the Royal Observatory's telescopes.
    Flamsteed Astronomy Society
  • Time & Space Project
    The Royal Observatory has undergone a spectacular £15 million redevelopment – the Time and Space Project.
    Time & Space Project
  • Understanding Slavery
    Understanding Slavery is a national education project and a teaching website developed by a partnership of national and regional museums.
    Understanding Slavery
  • Community partnerships
    The Museum works with a number of local and national organizations on community projects and initiatives.
    Community partnerships
  • PortCities
    Partners from organisations in London, Bristol, Southampton, Hartlepool and Liverpool have worked to create the NOF-funded PortCities website for...
    PortCities
  • National Historic Ships
    National Historic Ships is a non-departmental public body reporting to the DCMS on ship preservation and funding priorities.
    National Historic Ships
  • CLIWOC
    CLIWOC was an EU-funded research programme designed to abstract, interpret and analyse climatological data from historic naval documents.
    CLIWOC
  • Planet Ocean
    Planet Ocean aims to promote public awareness of the oceans and the importance of their conservation and sustainable development.
    Planet Ocean
  • New Visions 1999-2009
    New Visions is the Museum's contemporary art programme to encourage and broaden access to the arts.
    New Visions 1999-2009
  • Sea Vision
    Sea Vision UK is the national campaign to raise awareness of the sea, including the maritime sector in its widest sense.
    Sea Vision
  • SeaBritain
    SeaBritain 2005 was a national celebration inspired by the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson.
    SeaBritain