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From handwritten manuscripts and letters to photographs and sketches, discover how this intriguing collection has been catalogued by the Library and Archive team

The Caird Library and Archive has hundreds of manuscripts and printed works related to Greenwich Hospital, but only one substantial collection of papers of a naval officer from his time as Treasurer of the Hospital.

Meridian astronomy is the meticulous surveying of the stars so that positions and movements of stars can be known accurately.

How do you know that your watch, clock or phone is telling exactly the right time? At one time, the only way was to look to the roof of the Observatory.

The Caird Library's display case has a new display showcasing some of the collection of personal papers of Admiral William Cornwallis.

Discover the work of Edmond Halley, the pioneering astronomer and mathematician

Relics from the Franklin Expedition, the worst disaster in the history of British polar exploration