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    Cutty Sark Open daily 10am - 6pm Last entry 5.15pm Adult: £22 | Child: £11 Members go free
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    National Maritime Museum Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended
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    Queen's House Open daily 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended
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    Royal Observatory Open daily 10am-7.45pm Last entry 7pm Adult: £24 | Child: £12 Members go free
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    Rhythm! Go with the flow at the National Maritime Museum's vibrant dance festival, inspired by the ocean and movement
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    Cutty Sark Rig Climb Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
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    Ocean Songs Live music at the National Maritime Museum celebrating our ocean planet, its mythology, natural wonders and as-yet-undiscovered depths
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    Who was John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal? Meet the man tasked with mapping the night sky from Greenwich, and discover how a feud with Isaac Newton shaped the early history of the Royal Observatory
    Blurring boundaries: the art of Maisie Broadhead Past or present, photographs or paintings? Artist Maisie Maud Broadhead challenges the viewer’s perceptions in two works now on display in the Queen’s House
    Where paths cross: a history of migration told through museum objects From maps and mementos to art and commemoration, discover surprising migration stories found in the National Maritime Museum's collection
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    Caird Library Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
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Protecting human rights in the fishing industry
Exploitation, slavery and even murder have been documented on board modern fishing fleets
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Life on a North Sea oil rig
Photographer and offshore worker Peter Iain Campbell shines a light on one of Britain's most challenging working environments
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‘A Female Sailor bold’ – how disguise and daring helped women run away to sea
We have all heard the saying ‘clothes maketh the man’. Perhaps it’s doubly true for women – especially those women who disguised themselves in order to run away to sea.
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The power of youth: portraits and symbols in Tudors to Windsors
Listen to Lewisham students respond to key paintings in the National Maritime Museum's major exhibition
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Highlights from the Caird Library and Archive collections
The Caird Library and Archive at the National Maritime Museum has a rich variety of items which include manuscripts, charts and maps, journals and diaries, prints and drawings, rare books, pamphlets as well as business records, crew lists and masters' certificates. Also included are the modern book and periodical collections. This article gives a taster of the types of documents and rare items that are under the care of the library team.
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Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation 2021: Astronomy Photographer of the Year
See the stunning winning and shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation category
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The History of the Caird Library
Named for the Glaswegian shipowner Sir James Caird, Bt. (1864-1954), the Caird Library and Archive has been facilitating research into maritime endeavour for over eighty years. Today it is the largest maritime reference library in the world.
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What does 'lining' a painting mean?
Lining is a major treatment in paintings conservation, and should only be used when absolutely necessary
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Who was William Westall? Artist profile
William Westall was a British painter best known for his views of the Australian landscape
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