Library
The Museum's Caird Library is a comprehensive specialist reference library and a rich research resource for all. The Library is open Monday to Friday, 10.00–16.45 (until 19.45 on Thursday), and 10.00–13.00 and 14.00–16.45 on Saturday. To request items to view in the Library, please register at Aeon.
Please note that the Caird Library will be closed over the Spring Bank Holiday and Queen’s Jubilee from 2–5 June inclusive.
The Caird Library will close from 2 July to 4 September 2012 inclusive due to the preparations and holding of the Olympics equestrian events at Greenwich Park. See Temporary closure of Library for more information.
Contact
General enquiries: +44 (0)20 8312 6516 | library@rmg.co.uk
Manuscripts, charts, atlases: manuscripts@rmg.co.uk
Other collections: for enquiries about 3D objects or paintings, please email rmenquiries@rmg.co.uk for your message to be forwarded to the relevant curator.
Search our Collections
Archive catalogue
Library catalogue
Staff publications
How British travellers, explorers and artists viewed southern Africa in a period of British interest in the region.
Propaganda, dirty tricks and failing technologies come together in a story of the Greenwich Time Lady with a will to succeed in Edwardian England.
Staff profiles
Meet the curators who research the Museum’s collection of over 2 million objects.
Conferences and seminars
Research areas and projects
A major new AHRC-funded five-year research project on the British Board of Longitude, led by Professor Simon Schaffer and Dr Richard Dunn.
The Centre supports research on the Museum's imperial and maritime collections, and seeks to engage a wider audience...
Fellowships and internships
The Trustees of the National Maritime Museum approved the latest Research Strategy on 19 February 2009.
The Museum also takes very seriously its Policy on Good Conduct and Practice in Research.