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Putting the Caird back in the Caird Library
Find out more about Sir James Caird, the National Maritime Museum's founding benefactor.
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Polar science and RRS Sir David Attenborough
Find out more about the facilities, equipment and advances that make RRS Sir David Attenborough a pioneering research vessel
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The conservation process: A Royal Visit to the Fleet
Find out about the tools, techniques and skills required to preserve Willem van de Velde's ambitious work
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Who were the Van de Veldes? Meet the artists Willem Van de Velde the Elder and Younger
Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger were the most influential maritime artists of the 17th century
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'A banal and depraved business' – how Museum archives help to expose the realities of the transatlantic slave trade
Records, newspapers, notes and pamphlets can offer a window into the lives of enslaved people
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What's in a name? From Boaty McBoatface to RRS Sir David Attenborough
Find out more about how the UK's most advanced polar research ship came to be named after Sir David Attenborough
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Where is the RRS Sir David Attenborough now?
Track the UK's polar research vessel as it carries out important scientific research with the British Antarctic Survey
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RRS Sir David Attenborough – timeline and key dates
Follow the timeline of the new polar research ship, from naming and construction to sea trials and beyond
Why do we mark International Slavery Remembrance Day?
Members of the Ethno Vox choir speak about the significance of ceremony and commemoration
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Windrush Talking Heads
Memories and melodies – listen to the stories of the Windrush generation