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The Caird Library and Archive's new display case highlights sickness and healthcare in the Georgian Royal Navy

Exploitation, slavery and even murder have been documented on board modern fishing fleets

Photographer and offshore worker Peter Iain Campbell shines a light on one of Britain's most challenging working environments

We have all heard the saying ‘clothes maketh the man’. Perhaps it’s doubly true for women – especially those women who disguised themselves in order to run away to sea.

Listen to Lewisham students respond to key paintings in the National Maritime Museum's major exhibition

The Caird Library and Archive at the National Maritime Museum has a rich variety of items which include manuscripts, charts and maps, journals and diaries, prints and drawings, rare books, pamphlets as well as business records, crew lists and masters' certificates. Also included are the modern book and periodical collections. This article gives a taster of the types of documents and rare items that are under the care of the library team.

See the stunning winning and shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation category

Named for the Glaswegian shipowner Sir James Caird, Bt. (1864-1954), the Caird Library and Archive has been facilitating research into maritime endeavour for over eighty years. Today it is the largest maritime reference library in the world.

Lining is a major treatment in paintings conservation, and should only be used when absolutely necessary