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Looking back at nearly two years of strict (but necessary) measures of quarantine, lockdown and other medical regulations, we will come to find that, for an island who deals in trade with other countries, plague is not a new thing. Though COVID-19 is the latest pandemic in a long history of medical challenges, we have plenty of historic experience in dealing with these types of disasters. From the Great Plague to parliamentary acts, we take a look through our collection to explore the practice of quarantine.

Sets out the Museum’s responsibilities in relation to providing information about the collections and giving access to them, in line with the National Maritime Museum Act 1934, the Museum’s Mission Statement, and Corporate Plan.

Time-capsules of their present and windows of our past, shipwrecks can offer new perspectives into life on board

Your guide to the star at the centre of our Solar System, and our source for heat and light

Want to get into astrophotography but don’t know where to begin? Photographers from Astronomy Photographer of the Year reveal their top tips

A summary of RMG’s exhibition and display activities, its approach to ideas generation and selection, and to the management of exhibition, gallery and display projects, including process and governance.

Royal Museums Greenwich has a long-term purpose and holds collections in trust for the benefit of the public in relation to its stated objectives. Sound curatorial reasons must be established before consideration is given to any acquisition to the collection, or the disposal of any items in the museum’s collection.

John Dee (1527-1609) was a philosopher and scholar whose work during the Tudor period has been overshadowed by his alleged sorcerous and occultist activities. He is best known for having conversations with angels through his scryer Edward Kelley's interests in astrology, alchemy, calendar reform and suggesting the date for Queen Elizabeth's coronation. What John Dee may not be as well known for is his influence on English navigation and being the first person to coin the term 'British Empire'.

Wife to King Charles I and Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland, Henrietta Maria was a patron of the arts who oversaw Inigo Jones's completion of the Queen's House in 1635

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