Our collections: Archaeology
Our collection of excavated remains of boats and ships and associated material
Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation 2020
A new category for 2020, "The Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation" is awarded to the person who produces the best image from publicly available data
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Time and Longitude gallery
At sea, navigation is a matter of life and death. Out of sight of land, how can you tell where you are?
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Tudor and Stuart ship models
See this collection of exquisitely-crafted Tudor and Stuart ship models on display
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'The War-Boats of Tahiti' by William Hodges
Discover Hodges' largest surviving painting, 'The War-Boats of Tahiti'
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Relics from Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition
Discover the shoes and other objects that survived from Robert Falcon Scott's final and tragic Antarctic expedition
How to create a hat like Joseph Johnson
Meet Joseph Johnson, merchant seaman who worked on ships transporting goods across the seas, and make your own version of its ship-shaped hat.
Creative responses to the Atlantic Worlds Intervention
Explore poems and photographs created by young people as part of the one-day intervention held in the National Maritime Museum's Atlantic Worlds gallery