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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist
Discover a selection of the breathtaking images shortlisted in the global astrophotography competition
250 years of the Declaration of Independence
The National Maritime Museum has put on display one of the earliest British reports of American independence, sent by a naval commander blockading New York
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
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astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(watch in OG)
Badge
Banjo
Boat's compass
Box
Box lid
Brooch
clothing, outerwear: uniform: trousers
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Seaman's
Collar stud
commemorative artifact: fan
commemorative artifact: tea caddy
commemorative artifact: tray
Compass, Chinese geomancer's
container: box
Dirk
Dividing model
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
Drawing instrument set
Dry card compass - marching
elescope
Fan
Fish hook
fishing & trapping t&e: hook, fish
Frame model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Dividing model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Frame model
Geomancer's compass
Geomantic compass
Georgian, Full hull/Skeleton model
Georgian, Full hull model
household accessory: box
Jewellery box
Lancet
Locket
Miniature
musical t&e: harp
Ornamental compass
Paper knife
Pendant
personal gear: box, pill
personal gear: chain, watch
personal gear: chain, watch ?
personal symbol: flag
Photograph Album
Pill box
Pin
Plank-on-frame
Plaque
presentation artifact: box, snuff
Presentation Sword
Presentation telescope
Puppet body
RMS Orduna penknife
Sculpture
Shell
Shirt
Snuff box
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, marching: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, ornamental
Sword
Tapestry
Tapestry; Sculpture
Tea caddy
Tea caddy lid
Telescope
toilet article: box, toilet
toilet box
Tray
Trousers
Watch
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht, Royal
written communication t&e: knife, paper
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amethyst
black stone
blued-steel
board
bone
brass
brass?
card
coating: enamel
coating: shell-lac
copper alloy
cotton
cultured freshwater pearl beads
ebony
emerald (?)
enamel
enamel coating
fruitwood
gilded brass
gilt
gilt brass
gilt metal
glass
glass paste
gold
gold?
gold alloy
gold leaf
gold wire
gouache
gum arabic
hair
human hair
ivory
lacquer
leather
linen
metal
metal-gilt
metal: brass
metal: silver
mica
miniature
mother-of-pearl
mother-of-pearl?
mother of pearl
Mother of pearl
mother of pearl?
opal
organic: ivory
organic: mother-of-pearl
organic: mother of pearl
organic: paper
organic: skin
organic: wood
organic: wood: teak, ?
paint
paper
papier maché
pearl
pearls
photograph
plastic
polished steel
red stone
ribbon
seed pearls
silk
silver
silver?
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skin
split pearl
stain
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steel?
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synthetic yarn
textile
turtle shell
twill
varnish
velvet
vitreous paste
watercolour
watercolour paint
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Display - Atlantic Gallery
Display - QH
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Traders Gallery
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Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Anonymous
Bentham, Julia
Browning, John
Burroughs, Thomas
Canivet
Dovecot Studios
Field, Robert
Fraser & Son
Hoppner, after John
Hoppner, John
John Millikin
Koehn, E
Tatham
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Walton, Thomas
Whittle, Alberta
Windsor, Arthur Octavius
Wiss & Menu
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Woolwich Dockyard
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American War of Independence: Battle of Doggerbank, 1781
Anglo-Spanish War: Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar, 1727
Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Attack on Pietra Nera, 1813
Boxer Rebellion, 1900
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Junon fl.1810
Mary Rose (1509)
Navy Board model
Royal George (1756)
Royal William (1719)
Torch (1894)
Torch 1894 (HMS)
Victoria and Albert (1843)
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Nelson, Navy, Nation
Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits
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75th Regiment
Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Anglo-Sicilian Forces
Bentham, Julia
Britannia
Brummell, George Bryan
Captain Imbert
Captain Louis
Captain Molyneux
Chien Loung, Emperor
Collingwood, Cuthbert
de France, Louis Auguste
de Montauban, Gen
Elliott, Thomas
Euler
Franck, Bernard
Hall, Captain Robert
Hamilton, Emma
Hardy, Pamela
Harmood, Harry
Hope, George Johnstone
Howe, Richard
Hussey, Leonard Duncan Albert
King William IV
Livingstone, David
Macartney, George
Maze, Frederick William
McGivering, John
Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy
Nelson, Catherine
Nelson, Horatio
Noyce, James
Purey-Cust, Herbert Edward
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal United Service Institution
Rutter, John Whitfield
Shortland, John
S P F ?, S P F ?
Stockham, John
Tatham
Trafalgar Lodge of Oddfellows
VII, King Edward
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