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The Royal Museums Greenwich press office handles all media enquiries for the Royal Observatory, the Peter Harrison Planetarium, Cutty Sark, the National Maritime Museum and the Queen’s House.

For press information or images or to arrange a press visit, press filming or press photography, contact the press office:

Email: press@rmg.co.uk

For anything else, including general, commercial and non-media enquiries, please call the Royal Museums Greenwich switchboard on +44 (0)20 8858 4422 or email RMGenquiries@rmg.co.uk.

Latest press releases

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 Shortlist Announced

Awe-inspiring scenes of the Milky Way, dancing aurorae and serene galaxies are all features of the shortlist for this year’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

National Maritime Museum flips our view of the world with new Ocean Map

The central courtyard of the National Maritime Museum will reopen with a new Spilhaus Map and season of events.

Deadline Approaches for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 Competition

Less than two weeks are left to enter the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 competition run by Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 dates announced

Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, announces the dates for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 competition – the annual search for the most inspiring images of our cosmos.

Pirates exhibition

In March 2025 the major exhibition Pirates will open at the National Maritime Museum (NMM), tracing the changing depictions of pirates throughout the ages and revealing the brutal history often obscured by fiction.

Royal Observatory Greenwich Celebrates 350th Anniversary

2025 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory's foundation by Charles II.

Recently Discovered Uniform Goes On Display At The National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich has acquired a rare and very special uniform and manuscript from the descendants of a former Naval Midshipman called Charles Hare. Hare was a teenage prisoner in Napoleonic France who successfully escaped by disguising himself as an officer in the French Imperial Customs Service (Les Douanes). This never seen before uniform went on display today in the Nelson, Navy, Nation gallery at the National Maritime Museum ahead of Trafalgar Day on Oct 21.