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Research guide C4: The Merchant Navy: Sources for enquiries
This guide lists places which, like the National Maritime Museum, have records and information that will help you research various aspects of mercantile history
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Inigo Jones and the Queen's House
Discover how England’s first Classical building was created
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Research guide B9: The Royal Navy: HMS 'King George V'
This guide outlines the history of the ship HMS King George V, and the National Maritime Museum's resources relating to this ship
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Research guide M8: Girls at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich
A chronology of the Royal Hospital School including references to girls who attended the school 1805-41
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Research guide V5: African Caribbean Family History
This guide informs how records in the Caird Library and Archive at the National Maritime Museum can be used to support African Caribbean family history research
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The James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of images
Royal Observatory astronomer Julienne Hisole looks back on what we’ve learnt from the pioneering space telescope’s first 12 months of observing
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Fundraising Campaign Launched To Conserve Thomas Gainsborough Portrait
10 July 2023 - Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) today announces the discovery of a portrait by famed eighteenth-century artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788).
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BISHI: shining a light on colonial histories
How artist BISHI transformed the Queen’s House and Old Royal Naval College for Diwali