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William Westall was a British painter best known for his views of the Australian landscape

The National Maritime Museum pioneered conservation techniques still in use today

Paintings conservation can often feel like detective work, analysing tiny flecks of paint to uncover the artist's tools and techniques. But what has our team learned during the conservation of A Royal Visit to the Fleet?

Discover some of the festive items in our collections

Find out how the position of the Sun determines the longest and shortest days of the year in this special Royal Observatory Greenwich Illuminates extract

In February 2020, the three surviving Armada portraits of Queen Elizabeth I went on display together for the first time in their history. As the National Portrait Gallery’s portrait leaves Greenwich, we reflect on what we learned from bringing the three paintings together.

Discover what it takes to line a painting, and find out more about this important branch of art conservation

In this blog we recall a Victorian explosion on London’s inland waterways which conferred an unusual nickname on the bridge which stood in the way of the blast. The Macclesfield Bridge disaster of 1874 resulted in death and destruction and the passing of an Act of Parliament.

Discover the story behind the largest tapestry in Royal Museums Greenwich’s collection

See the stunning winning and shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 Young competition category