HM Ships Compass Bearings, 1842-1918

Plan your visit

Tickets and prices

Getting here

Accessibility

Family visits

Group visits

School visits

Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Adult: £22 | Child: £11 Members go free

Free National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended

Free Queen's House
Queen's House Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended

Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Adult: £24 | Child: £12 Members go free
What's on

Exhibitions

For families

Member events

Talks and tours

National Maritime Museum Exhibitions
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition See the world's greatest space photography at the National Maritime Museum

Queen's House Events and festivals
Evening concert at the Queen’s House with the London Chamber Soloists Join us for a night of chamber music performed by the flute, harp and viola trio

National Maritime Museum Exhibitions
Pirates Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is open
Stories

Maritime history

Space and astronomy

Art and culture

The ocean

Time

Royal history

ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners The winning images in the world's biggest space photography competition have been revealed

The hidden details in Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar' Discover some of the intricacies within J.M.W. Turner’s monumental artwork, on display at the Queen’s House

A history of the Royal Observatory in six objects Explore 350 years of the world-renowned institution and the people who worked there through six intriguing objects
Collections

Conservation

Research

Donating items to our collection

Collections Online Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home

The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio

Caird Library Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
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Level:	SERIES
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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