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Celebrate the Pacific and Māori New Year and learn about the connections between the stars and Pacific cultures
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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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armament, ethnographic: knife
astronomical t&e: telescope, pocket: telescope, achromatic
Box
Box base
Box lid
Broken part
Case
Comb
Combs
commemorative artifact: box
commemorative artifact: box, snuff
Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial
drafting t&e: drawing instruments
drawing instruments
Fan
food processing t&e: tea caddy
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
household accessory: box
Inner lid
Knife
Lancet
Magnifying glass
medical & psychological t&e: surgical instruments(set)
Non-achromatic telescope
optical t&e: glass, magnifying
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, spy glass(non-achromatic)
personal gear: box, snuff
personal gear: fan
personal gear: frames, spectacle
personal gear: glass, reading
personal gear: goggles, snow
personal gear: pinze nez
personal symbol: crest
Pin case
Pinze nez
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Pocket telescope
Portable telescope
presentation artifact: box
reading glass
Rigged model
Snow goggles
Snuff box
snuff box
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snuff box base
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snuff box lid
Spectacle frames
Spy glass telescope
Spyglass telescope
Surgical instrument
surgical instruments
Tea caddy
Telescope
textileworking t&e: case, pin ?
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth
toilet article: combs, pair of
Watch
water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
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blued-steel
bone
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brass (?)
card
coating: lacquer
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cotton
enamel
gilt
gilt brass
gilt metal
glass
glass, horn/tortoiseshell (?) and silver
gold
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horn
horn/tortoiseshell
horn/tortoiseshell(?): glass
ink
inorganic: glass
ivory
lacquered and guilded paperboard
leather
metal
metal, gilt
metal: brass
metal: gold, ?
metal: silver
mica
organic: horn
organic: ivory
organic: ivory, ?
organic: paper
organic: silk
organic: tortoiseshell
organic: tortoiseshell ?
paint
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papier mache
pewter
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vitreous paste
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Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
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Bloud, Charles
Cary
Dollond & Aitchison
G. & C. Dixey, G & C Dixey
Hatfield, A.
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J. Weiss & Son
Kempton, Peter
Morel
Nairne & Blunt
Nairne, Edward
Newton, William & Frederick
Simpson
Tassie, James
Thomas Brown
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W. & M. Hutchinson
Webb, Thomas
Woodrow, Charles
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Birmingham
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Dieppe
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King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
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Alert (1856)
Asia (1824)
Vanguard (1787)
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The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Back, George
Berry, Edward
Brummell, George Bryan
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Hamilton, Emma
Hardy, Pamela
King Charles I
Nelson, Horatio
Palmer, John
Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase
Parrott, Charles
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
Semple, Frederick
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Spyglass telescope
Box
Lancet
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surgical instruments
Tortoiseshell comb (Comb)
Lancet
William Bligh's reading glass (Magnifying glass)
Knife (Knife)
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Snuff box
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William Bligh's small reading glass (Magnifying glass)
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