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Recent acquisitions
Find out about new acquisitions to the Royal Museums Greenwich collections
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Research guide: LGBTQ+ history
This research guide covers why we research LGBTQ+ history, what's available in our archive, library and collections, and research by our Queer History Club members
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‘I've seen how Windrush identity has evolved’ – Anita McKenzie on mixed heritage and belonging
Anita McKenzie's parents arrived in Britain from Jamaica during the 1950s. Listen as she shares her memories of life in London, recorded as part of the Indo-Caribbean Windrush Oral History Project
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Away from the fleet: Royal Navy experiences in World War I trenches
Alternative Royal Navy experiences of the First World War
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Research guide U2: Maritime medals: Sources of information
This brief guide gives a bibliography of books held in the Library and other sources of information relating to maritime medals
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Research guide D3: RMS Titanic: Images and artefacts at the National Maritime Museum
This guide lists photographs, paintings, other images, artefacts and models of RMS Titanic held in the National Maritime Museum collections
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Master of disguise: how a Navy sailor escaped a Napoleonic prison
Discover the true story of Charles Hare, the 19th-century midshipman who used a French officer's uniform to pull off a daring prison break
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A universal map in a dead language
This blog takes a look at an almost five-hundred-year-old geographical text in the Caird Library and Archive.
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The history of Bounce: 'a dog of talents'
At the end of the 18th century, Bounce was not only a beloved companion to one of our most famous admirals, but considered by his owner the perfect naval dog - and more intelligent than some of his officers!