Royal Museums Greenwich

Nelson display in Maritime London

Location: Maritime London: 1700 to now gallery.

Admission: Free, open daily 10.00–17.00.

This display explores the Nelson story through the narrative of the Battle of Trafalgar, his death, funeral and commemoration in the capital. The space includes an interactive feature with life-size digital reproductions of Nelson’s Trafalgar coat and Nile uniform, through which visitors can learn more about Nelson’s life and death and related objects, paintings and manuscripts.

Trafalgar uniform

  • Nelson's Trafalgar uniform

    Nelson's Trafalgar uniform

    See the jacket Nelson was wearing at Trafalgar, with the bullet-hole in the left shoulder from the fatal shot.
    Nelson's Trafalgar uniform

Nelson's Trafalgar jacket talk

Gallery Assistant Ann Stamper talks about the undress coat Nelson wore at Trafalgar.

Nelson objects in Collections online

Please note: not all of these items are on display in the Maritime London gallery.

Fighting vessel; Bomb vessel
Nelson Testimonial Medal
The Fall of Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
A Correct Representation of the Funeral Barge which conveyed the Body of the Late Lord Nelson from Greenwich to Whitehall Jany. 8th. 1806.
The Death of Lord Nelson in the Cockpit of the Ship 'Victory'
Nelson's Funeral Procession on the Thames, 9 January 1806
'John Bull taking a Luncheon: - or - British Cooks, cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard, with Bonne-Chere' (caricature)
The Sailor's Monument to the Memory of Lord Nelson (caricature)
The Gallant Nelson bringing home two uncommon fierce French Crocodiles from the Nile as a present to the King (caricature)
The Hero of the Nile (caricature)
A Mansion House Treat or Smoking Attitudes
The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson - in the moment of Victory (caricature)
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