Research guide
Research guide P2: Atlases, pilot books and sailing directions in the National Maritime Museum Collection
This guide outlines the Atlas Collection of bound volumes of charts, maps and sailing directions held by the Hydrography Section of the Museum
Museum Trustees
Read short biographies of Royal Museums Greenwich's Trustees
Story topic
The Shipping Forecast
The Shipping Forecast was first broadcast on the BBC in 1925. Explore the history of the forecast with the National Maritime Museum, and discover objects connected with the power of our ocean
Learning resource
Stories from the Sea: Pirates resource
Welcome to the merciless and thieving world of pitiless pirates, full of flintlock pistols, pieces-of-eight and Jolly Rogers - and plenty of fodder for great story writing.
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