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Find out how to make the most of the October night sky by spotting the captivating Pinwheel Galaxy, the Orionid meteor shower, and more...

Find out what to see in the night sky this December, including not one, but two meteor showers!

Find out what to see in the November night sky, including the Orion Nebula, open star clusters and more.

Join guide John Wilson for a British Sign Language (BSL) tour of our state-of-the-art conservation and storage facility

Enter for the chance to win a bundle of ocean-related gifts, plus a Royal Museums Greenwich Single Membership

Explore the works and legacy of Richard Hakluyt, an Elizabethan compiler and editor of travel writing at the Caird Library and Archive.

Find events, activities and projects for young people and youth groups at Royal Museums Greenwich

Ever heard that traffic was chock-a-block, been called a son of a gun, or told someone you like the cut of their jib? Learn the maritime origins of phrases you hear every day

This month we take a look into Archive and Library item MSS/75/130/2 concerning Captain Frederick Secker Bell (1897-1973). Bell was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges at Dartmouth, Osborne, Isle of Wight and the Royal Navy Staff College at Greenwich. He served on board the battleship HMS Canada at the battle of Jutland in 1916, received his Captaincy in December 1938 and took command of HMS Exeter a month prior to the declaration of war on September 3 1939.

See Britain's newest polar research ship before it sets sail for the Antarctic, and discover more about polar science and climate research