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Meet the team
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Andrew Choong Han Lin
Curator, Historic Photographs, Ship Plans & Technical Records
Areas of expertise: First World War and Second World War, British, Japanese and US naval history, and the evolution of naval technology and warfare between 1860 and 1945
Other topics of interest: Victorian/Edwardian science fiction, naval wargaming, historical reenactment (Napoleonic)
Media work: Documentaries including Shipwreck Secrets: The Battle of Jutland, Combat Ships, Secrets of the Lost Liners, Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep, History Hit: Hunt the Bismarck, Pirates
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Simon Stephens
Curator of Ship Models and Small Boats
Areas of expertise: Ship history, Spanish Armada, Shackleton and polar history
Other topics of interest: Pirates, model making including POW work, toys and kits, LEGO
Media work: History Hit, BBC's Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, Salvage Hunters
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Hannah Stockton
Curator, Maritime London and Merchant Marine
Areas of expertise: Maritime London and the Thames, Princess Alice disaster, Thames watermen, Cutty Sark, merchant marine, mudlarking
Other topics of interest: Crafting, family history, oral histories, Vikings
Media work: BBC Radio 4 Front Row, BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, CBS News, Channel 5 Maps of Britain, podcasts, national print
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Alex Grover
Assistant Curator of Historic Photographs and Ship Plans
Areas of Expertise: Naval and merchant ship design, ship plans, SS Great Eastern, British polar photography, naval mutinies, ship badge design, World Wars, naval battles, Emma, Lady Hamilton.
Other topics of interest: Arctic Polar exploration, warships, battlecruisers, shipwrecks, maritime disasters, John Dee.
Media work: Local BBC, talks and conferences.
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Maya Wassell Smith
Assistant Curator of Art, Royal Museums Greenwich
Areas of expertise: Sailor’s craftwork, Royal art, nineteenth century sailors, life at sea, maritime folklore and folk art, textiles, tapestry, ceramics, tattooing, crossing the line and other ceremonies at sea.
Other topics of interest: Art, craft and interior design.
Media work: BBC Radio Suffolk, History Hack Podcast, Sew What? Podcast.
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Curators and astronomers at Royal Museums Greenwich are available to speak on a wide range of subjects.
Explorers and exploration
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Nelson and Navy
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British Empire and trade
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World Wars
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Astronomy, navigation and time
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Cutty Sark
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Queen's House, art and architecture
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Royal history
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Titanic
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Maps, globes and contemporary maritime
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Life at sea
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Royal Observatory astronomers are available to speak on a wide range of space and astronomy subjects
