Museum blog

Explore printed ephemera at the Caird Library and Archive, a collection that brings to life the golden age of ocean travel.

From the importance of collaboration to building an event centred around care and collective memory, guest curator Amouraé Bhola-Chin gives an insight into developing the programme for International Slavery Remembrance Day 2025.

The historian leading the search for HMS Captain questions why the sinking of 'one of the finest ships in the world' is not better known today.

Learn more about this comic scene with a surprising back story – and discover how your support helps care for the national collection.

How a reading of a Victorian novel led to research into contemporary maritime themes and an exploration of our collections.

Forty years ago, the attack on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira caused international outrage.

Take a closer look at the hairy diary of a sailor involved in one of the search expeditions to find Sir John Franklin and his crew.