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Queen's House Classic Treasures Tour with drinks on the balcony
Head to Greenwich for a new refreshing and effervescent tour experience
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Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is now open
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Cutty Sark Rig Climb
Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
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Turning our view of the world inside out: introducing the new Ocean Map
The National Maritime Museum's Ocean Map reminds us just how much of the Earth is covered by water – and how important the ocean is to our planet
Pirates: fact or fiction?
From buried treasure to walking the plank, how much of what we think we know about pirates is really true?
A whistle for a life: surviving the Titanic tragedy
Meet steward Cecil and passenger Lillian, two young people whose fates intertwined during the sinking of the Titanic
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