June 2011

A full programme of events for children and family visitors to the historic Greenwich National Maritime Museum (NMM) and Queen’s House (QH). For Royal Observatory, Greenwich and Peter Harrison Planetarium events please contact the Press Office on 020 8312 6790/6732/6545

June Highlights

Treasure Island

Half-term: Monday 30 May–Friday 3 June 2011

Half-term events continue at the National Maritime Museum into early June, based around Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Visitors can hop aboard for a swashbuckling adventure and discover what real pirates and privateers got up to on the high seas.

Pirate ship

Make a pirate ship for you and your family to sail to Treasure Island.
Drop-in workshop

Dates:1–3 June
Times:  11.30–13.30 | 14.00–16.00
Venue: NMM – Upper Deck
Ages:  Suitable for all ages
Admission: Free

Treasure map

Hunt through the galleries looking for hidden pirate treasure and make a secret map showing where to find the loot in the Museum.
Drop-in workshop

Dates:  Wednesday 1 June | Friday 3 June
Times:  11.30–13.30 | 14.00–16.00
Venue: NMM – Mess Deck
Ages:  Suitable for all ages
Admission: Free

Creative Cargo: Ideas Trolley

Discover more about what real pirates and privateers stole as treasure, and think about your personal treasures. Write and draw your ideas using a range of materials.
Drop-in workshop

Dates:  Thursday 2 June
Times:  11.30–13.30 | 14.00–16.00
Venue: NMM – Explorers gallery
Ages:  Suitable for all ages
Admission: Free

Female pirate

Meet a fearsome female pirate and find out about the life of danger and mischief for pirates on the seven seas.
Interactive performance

Dates:  Thursday 2 June
Times:  12.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 15.00
Venue: NMM – Explorers gallery
Ages:  Suitable for ages 6+
Admission: Free

Hidden treasures

Discover a real pirate journal, images of famous pirates like Blackbeard, and a first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Treasure Island.
Archive session

Dates:  Wednesday 1 June | Friday 3 June
Times:  14.30
Venue: NMM – E-library
Ages:  Suitable for ages 7+
Admission: Free

Pirates ahoy!

Get dressed up in your best pirate togs and sail down to Greenwich ready to take over the National Maritime Museum and Old Royal Naval College for a day of swashbuckling fun. Events running at the Museum will be Pirate Ship, Treasure Map and Hidden Treasures – see above listings for details.
Drop-in workshops

Dates:  Friday 3 June
Times:  11.30–16.00
Venue: National Maritime Museum and Old Royal Naval College
Ages:  Suitable for all ages
Admission: Free

Weekly Events

Explore Saturdays

Meet a character from the past and take part in an exciting performance that will bring maritime history to life.

Dates:  4, 11, 18, 25 June
Times:  12.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 15.00
Venue: NMM
Ages:  Suitable for ages 6+
Admission: Free

Discover Sundays

Be inspired by our maritime past and explore your personal connections to the sea. Ask staff where the activity is today.

Dates:  5, 12, 19, 26 June
Times:  11.30–13.30 | 14.00–16.00
Venue: NMM
Ages:  Suitable for all ages
Admission: Free

Play Tuesdays

Young children can have fun with their families as they explore the Museum through making, music, dance and drama.
Timed sessions; collect free tickets from the admissions desk

Dates:  7, 14, 21, 28 June
Times:  10.30 | 11.30 | 13.00 | 14.00
Venue: NMM
Ages:  Suitable for under-5s
Admission: Free

Galleries

All Hands and The Bridge Interactive Galleries

These family-friendly galleries are ideal for younger visitors, allowing them to explore maritime skills and technologies past and present, from deep-sea diving to steering a ship into port. Step aboard ‘The Bridge’ and discover the art of navigation and communication at sea. Become the captain of a ship and try your hand at manoeuvring into port using the state-of-the-art bridge simulator. Equipped with the very latest technology used to train real seafarers, the simulator brings to life the excitement, difficulties, hazards and skills of handling ships at sea. You could find yourself at the helm of a fishing boat navigating buoys in New York Harbour, following a helicopter rescue mission to a sinking vessel, navigating a frigate into position off Sydney shores or steering a P&O ferry into port in Dover. Over in the All Hands gallery, children can have a go at everything from sending a semaphore signal to cargo loading, and even firing a canon.
Admission: Free

General Information

National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory, Greenwich and Queen’s House are open: 10.00–17.00 daily.

General admission to National Maritime Museum and Queen’s House is free. Admission to the Royal Observatory’s historic Flamsteed House, Time Galleries, Meridian Line Courtyard and Meridian Building is £10 for adults (£7.50 concessions). Entry for children under 16 is free. The £10 entry is an annual pass (visitors are able to return as many times as they like within 12 months for no additional charge). Admission to the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Centre which houses three state-of-the-art modern astronomy galleries is free of charge.

All events included here are free of charge to all visitors unless stated.

The Museum is located a short walk from the Cutty Sark DLR, and Maze Hill and Greenwich train stations. The closest tube stations are North Greenwich (to change to local buses) and Canary Wharf (to change to DLR), both on the Jubilee line.

For updated information prior to visit please visit our web site: http://www.rmg.co.uk or phone (020) 8858 4422.

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Issued 1 April 2011 by the National Maritime Museum Press Office.

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National Maritime Museum Press Office
Tel: 020 8312 6545/6732 | 07960 509 802
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