Solar System Discovery | Virtual Planetarium Show
SPECIAL OFFER: Buy a Solar System Discovery virtual planetarium ticket and get a Charting our Solar System family workshop ticket free! Offer is available as an add-on at time of booking.
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Chinese New Year 2021
We may not be able to celebrate in person at the National Maritime Museum, but you can still take part in all our fantastic virtual events for free!
We'll be adding to this page in the build-up to the New Year, so check back for more great ideas and resources.
Chinese New Year: online events and activities
Toddler Time on board Cutty Sark
Stellar Encounters | Virtual Planetarium Show
SPECIAL OFFER: Buy a Stellar Encounters virtual planetarium ticket and get a Spaces Queries and Theories Q&A session ticket free! Offer is available as an add-on at time of booking.
Our Sun is just one of the billions of stars that make up our galaxy. But are all those other points of light in our sky the same as our own, perhaps even with systems of planets around them? Explore the space beyond our solar system and learn all about the lives of stars, from birth all the way through to death.
Ages: 7+
Bilingual Families
We invite you to join us for a virtual planetarium show presented by an astronomer in their native language, to be followed by a short Q&A session.
This programme is intended for bilingual or multilingual families who wish to explore the Universe with us in a language other than English.
Cutty Sark Characters
- Meet Captain Woodget, Cutty Sark’s longest serving master, to learn about life on board the fastest tea clipper.
- Find out how the ship got her name, as Nannie the Witch shares amazing stories about Cutty Sark.
Space Queries and Theories
Join us for a Question and Answer session with a Royal Observatory astronomer! Our astronomers will be giving a short introduction about about a topic in astronomy and then the audience, adults and children alike, will be able to ask questions about all-things related to space.
From understanding dark matter to finding out what happens when you fall inside a black hole, you’ll be able to find out everything you wanted to know about our Universe!
Ages: 7+
Common Salt
Common Salt is a performance around a table – a ‘show and tell’.
It explores the colonial and geographical history of Britain and India. It takes an expansive and emotional travel through time, from the first Enclosure Act and the start of the East India Company in 1600 to contemporary narratives of trade, race and culture.
Sheila Ghelani and Sue Palmer activate insights into our shared past, laying out a ‘home museum’ of objects and stories.
SENsory Social Club
The SENsory Social Club Online is a weekly club for adults and young people with SEND to meet and engage with the collection in a fun and interactive way.
Join us as we make new friends, have fun and learn new skills through a wide range of activities from story-telling, music, acting, craft and games. You can logon each week either at home or part of your community group/college class.
To help us create a fun experience tailored to your needs, please email us in advance.
Diary of a Cosmic Explorer!
As part of the workshop you will visit The Moon exhibition to see objects to inspire your comic!
Ages: 6 - 13 years
Please bring a packed lunch.
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