Try your hand at our festive quiz, which mixes maritime knowledge with Greenwich-related facts to impress your festive guests. It's just for fun but you might learn something too!
Take the quiz...
Christmas opening
All four Museum sites are closed 24–26 December.
All sites close at 15.00 on 31 Dec and re-open 12.00 on 1 Jan.
The Caird Library will close to visitors at 16.45 on Fri 21 Dec, re-opening 10.00 on 2 January. Read more
Give the gift of Membership
Membership of Royal Museums Greenwich is the ideal gift for anyone with an interest in ships, stars, the sea or time.
Now is the perfect time to join, with Members getting free entry to the Cutty Sark as well as to the Meridian Line and Planetarium shows.
To buy Gift Membership, simply fill in the Gift membership form (PDF, 0.1MB) and post to: Membership Office, National Maritime Museum, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF.
Alternatively contact us on 020 8312 6678 or at membership@rmg.co.uk.
Festive items of the month
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A selection of photographs relating to a Christmas production of Aladdin as performed by the staff of RNAS Culdrose.
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The Cunard Line produced magazines that seem to have been aimed at staff and crews, such as this 1928 Christmas publication. -
A Christmas Day menu from HMS 'Hood' in 1935, and a photo of Wrens stirring a Christmas pudding, 1965. -
The Caird Library holds copies of the 'Illustrated London News' from 1842–1989.
Christmas in Greenwich
- Christmas Stars planetarium show, 1-23 Dec
- Aladdin: A Wish Come True, Theatre at The O2,
7 Dec–5 Jan - Greenwich Market at Christmas, 10–24 Dec
- Dear Father Christmas, Greenwich Theatre,
13–24 Dec
Christmas past
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Have you ever wished Christmas lasted for months? For Charles I it did! Celebrate like Stuart royalty by making your own festive food and gifts. -
Many people have attempted to give an astronomical explanation for the star of Bethlehem.
Thames frost fairs
Christmas in our collections
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Festive and Christmassy items from the Museum's collections... -
Snowy landscapes, mainly by artist William Lionel Wyllie.