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Embark on a voyage of discovery around the Museum in the company of one of our volunteer guides

Join us for exclusive craft workshops, just for Members.

Names like WH Fox Talbot, Calvert R. Jones and Nicolaas Henneman are not well known within a maritime photographic context. These names are more familiar for their early pioneering photographic work using nature and architecture.

Hear historian Diana Preston discuss the remarkable life of William Dampier, the subject of her bestselling biography, A Pirate of Exquisite Mind.

The personal diary of a Royal Navy commander's wife offers a striking insight into the lives of the British ruling classes in 1920s India and Sri Lanka.

In 1909, naval seaman Thomas Bouttell risked his own life to save a passenger who was fleeing a ship that was ablaze off the coast of Malta. For his bravery, he was awarded with the Royal Humane Society's Stanhope Gold medal, which was donated to the National Maritime Museum some 60 years later. The accompanying certificate is part of the Caird Library's manuscript collection.

There are few influential female figures in Cutty Sark's story but one notable character is Catharine Dowman, née Courtauld.

A Royal Navy officer's personal illustrated account of a long surveying voyage mapping the African coast, 1821-1826.

From the dizzy height of the main mast to the surprises below deck, step aboard and discover the best Cutty Sark has to offer

Join award-winning photographer Peter Iain Campbell to learn about his first photobook from on board the Platform Supply Vessels travelling through England, Scotland and Norway