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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
See the world's greatest space photography at the National Maritime Museum
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Join us on the second Wednesday of the month as we bring the art and heritage of ship care to life with shipkeeping talks and activities
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in the dark
This Valentine’s weekend, forget roses and candlelight. Instead, step into total darkness for an immersive hour of live music unlike anything you’ve experienced before
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Life on board a container ship – in pictures
Artist Zoe Childerley is embarking on a project with the National Maritime Museum to bring experiences of modern seafarers to light. How did she find her first voyage on board a container ship?
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
Space and astronomy highlights in 2026
What should you keep your eyes on the skies for in 2026? Discover this year's standout moments with Royal Observatory astronomers
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astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
Boat's compass
Carafe
Coat of arms
coat of arms, royal
Currency balance
documentary artifact: plaque
Fireback
food service t&e: carafe
food service t&e: rations: can, potato(part)
furniture accessory: fireback
lifebelt
lifesaving t&e: lifebelt
Naval crown
Naval crown fragment
original art: picture, silk
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal (1816-1837)
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal (post 1837)
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal(Victorian)
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal (William & Mary)
personal symbol: seal
picture, silk
Pivoted brass projection
Plaque
presentation artifact: tankard
Quintant
Rangefinder telescope
Royal coat of arms
Seal
Set of fireplace equipment
Sextant
Silk picture
Sounding machine
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: machine, sounding
surveying & navigational t&e: instruments, scientific
surveying & navigational t&e: pivoted brass projection
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
Tankard
Telescope
Tin
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured
water transport: recreation vessel: barge, royal (Prince Frederick's)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: training vessel
water transport accessory: badge
weights & measures t&e: balance, currency
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Watkins, William
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of Coronel, 1914
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Britannia (1820)
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Conway (1839)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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HM Dockyard, Sheerness
Holland, John
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Royal Greenwich Observatory
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Set of fireplace equipment
Plaque
Seal
Naval crown fragment
The top of a preserved potato tin (Tin)
Rangefinder telescope
lifebelt
Pivoted brass projection
Carafe
Royal coat of arms (reversed) from Prince Frederick's barge, 1732 (coat of arms, royal)
Fireback
Naval crown
Sextant
Currency balance
Silk picture
Silk picture
Royal coat of arms of Queen Victoria, from HMS 'Conway' (Coat of arms)
Coat of Arms from HMS Britannia (Coat of arms)
Silver commemoration tankard (Tankard)
Boat's compass
Quintant
Sounding machine
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