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Ocean Court summer programme
Dive into our newly designed space at the National Maritime Museum, and take part in festivals and creative workshops
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Artist profile: J.M.W. Turner
Our art collection holds a major work by artist J.M.W. Turner: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (1822-24).
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A relic from Trafalgar sold at auction: the Dobbie connection
What does a recent auction of a piece of a flag flown on HMS Victory have in common with this recently catalogued Dobbie collection?
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Susan Derges
In 2019 new works by Susan Derges came to the Queen's House. We spoke to her about the symbolism within them.
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Young Nelson
Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, on 29 September 1758. He first went to sea at 12, marking the start of his heroic naval career.
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Workhouse woe and boys saved from blindness: stories from HMS NHS: the Nautical Health Service
Discover just some of the stories recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital.