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Our collection of approximately 1000 horological objects covering marine, astronomical and domestic timekeeping

Discover how the National Maritime Museum's first LGBTQ+ Family in Residence created an inclusive and family-friendly workshop for the Out at Sea festival – and why they found the process so rewarding

Find out what it's like to live and work in the Antarctic with British Antarctic Survey scientist Joanne Johnson

In this blog we recall how the nation bid farewell to Nelson and look at the life of the Garter King of Arms, Sir Isaac Heard (1730-1822), who organized the procession and ceremony.

The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich has acquired a rare and very special uniform and manuscript from the descendants of a former Naval Midshipman called Charles Hare. Hare was a teenage prisoner in Napoleonic France who successfully escaped by disguising himself as an officer in the French Imperial Customs Service (Les Douanes). This never seen before uniform went on display today in the Nelson, Navy, Nation gallery at the National Maritime Museum ahead of Trafalgar Day on Oct 21.

The Queen’s House, Greenwich, to host new exhibition on the founders of English marine painting, 350 years after their arrival in England

A chronology of the Royal Hospital School including references to girls who attended the school 1805-41

The National Maritime Museum and Queen’s House will host a series of free events marking the coronation of King Charles III.

Includes a Planetarium, with live astronomer presented shows, and a science learning space.

New Book Explores Lesser Known Stories of the Royal Observatory Greenwich to Commemorate 350th Anniversary