Preparing for the new Research Centre

Important information for visitors

Until summer 2025, there is a new visitor route at the National Maritime Museum while we carry out essential improvements to the Museum's roof. Most galleries will still be open as normal, and special exhibitions are currently free for all visitors. However, the Great Map and AHOY! will be closed for the duration of the works. Find out more.

Essential Information

Location	National Maritime Museum

10 Jun 2008

Planning is now well underway for the Museum's South West Wing Project: an exciting opportunity for us to enhance the service provision of the National Maritime Museum's Archive & Library.

The new Research Centre, opening in 2012, will offer users a large modern reading room and improved access to the paper-based collections of the museum, including the Archive & Library collections. Building work is expected to begin in the summer 2009. The project requires substantial Archive & Library resources including the completion of a full location control and audit prior to the removal of the collections to the offsite store.

In order to prepare for the decant of Archive & Library collections from the south west wing of the Museum in preparation for the building work on the south west wing, the Caird Library will be closed during the following weeks:

Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July
Monday 29 September - Friday 10 October

The Library will continue to be open by appointment every Saturday 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-16.45, including the Saturdays around these closed periods ie. 28 June, 5 July, 27 September, 4 and 11 October.

The E-Library will continue to handle public enquiries seven days a week tel. +44 (0)20 8312 6516.

Eleanor (Head of Archive and Library)