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Family history research
Find out about your family history at sea using resources available in the National Maritime Museum's Library and Archive
Meet Cutty Sark's Captain
Say hello to Captain Woodget and take a tour around Cutty Sark
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The Titanic in popular culture
A hundred years ago, the world was awash in songs, poems, films and paintings about the Titanic.
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Dealing with self-isolation: a desert island guide from the real Robinson Crusoe
Think you're struggling with social distancing? At least you haven't started singing to goats... Curator Jeremy Michell uncovers the remarkable real-life story of island isolation which inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
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The Lindsay Papers in the Caird Library
In July 1988, the National Maritime Museum purchased the papers of William Schaw Lindsay. Comprising an extensive collection of journals, diaries, newspaper cuttings and correspondence, it covers the period throughout his life and relates mostly to matters nautical. The Caird Library is grateful for this guest-authored piece, written by Lindsay's great-great-grandson, William Stewart Lindsay, who is researching his illustrious forebear.