Community projects and partnerships

Explore the experiences and stories of LGBTQ+ people in our collections, and find out more about the Museum's role in helping communities find new spaces for expression

An exciting, collaborative platform for practitioners to explore and interrogate the Museum's collection

The Queer History Club dives into the archives to explore Petty Officer Henry Peglar's papers

Watch a queer rebuff to the Queen in a ruff with performance artist Bird la Bird

Led by performance artist Bad Lay-Dee, this project invited our Young Creatives to explore the LGBTQIA+ histories in Royal Museums Greenwich through spoken word

How the Queer History Club Choir bent traditional shanties

Find out about an ambitious community project at The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre

Is your family interested in becoming a LGBTQ+ Family in Residence at the National Maritime Museum?

Watch the three unique films produced by local volunteers aged 15-18 as part of this Summers Young Volunteers Film Project.

Discover the creative talents of Windrush generation descendants in this podcast series hosted by the Gen Z Collective

Bringing together the personal stories of individuals who made perilous journeys and Royal Museums Greenwich’s contemporary map collections

Funded by Esmee Fairbairn, the Migration, Heritage and Belonging Project explores the migration-related collections of three museums spanning the South West of England to East Anglia

This project with the Caribbean Social Forum provided opportunities to reflect on the resilience, dreams and legacy of the Windrush generation

Learn about this joint initiative with National Museums Scotland to explore experiences of race, empire and migration in museum collections

Explore poems and photographs created by young people as part of the one-day intervention held in the National Maritime Museum's Atlantic Worlds gallery

Explore reminiscence resources created for Caribbean people living with dementia and their carers

See the outcome of workshops centred around Refugee Week 2023's theme of Compassion, hosted by the National Maritime Museum in partnership with Lewisham College.

See the outcome of workshops centred around Refugee Week 2022's healing theme, hosted by BLKBRD Collective in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum

Hear from sound system legends The Mighty Ruler and Saxon Sound System, design your own Carnival costume and perform at the legendary Notting Hill Carnival in these FREE creative workshops at the National Maritime Museum for ages 13–17

Join free drop-in workshops every month, themed around our collections, mental wellbeing, careers and creativity, for young people aged 13-25

Join weekly creative workshops for young people aged 13-16 during term time at the National Maritime Museum

Find out more about the Young Producers – a paid opportunity for young people aged 16-25

Discover more about a unique intergenerational project with members of the Caribbean Social Forum, led by Artist Jessica Ashman

Find out more about the 2020 Youth Collective's first Digital Takeover of Royal Museums Greenwich, featuring videos, playlists and tutorials

Led by performance artist Bad Lay-Dee, this project invited our Young Creatives to explore the LGBTQIA+ histories in Royal Museums Greenwich through spoken word

Working with Isatta Cesay from Doctored Sound, Beyond the Barlines gave young people the opportunity to write, perform and record their own music.

Explore poems and photographs created by young people as part of the one-day intervention held in the National Maritime Museum's Atlantic Worlds gallery

Discover the creative talents of Windrush generation descendants in this podcast series hosted by the Gen Z Collective

The All Aboard project worked in partnership with Age Exchange to develop reminiscence resources for people living with dementia, inspired by our travel journal collection

Using Royal Museums Greenwich's collections to support people living with dementia

Explore reminiscence resources created for Caribbean people living with dementia and their carers