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History of the Queen's House

The centre of Greenwich for hundreds of years, the beautiful Queen's House has also been at the heart of royal life

Inspiring architecture at the Queen's House

Refined, stylish, revolutionary – the white cube of the Queen's House influenced centuries of British architecture

Inigo Jones and the Queen's House

Discover how England’s first Classical building was created

Musing on a mollusc: Brunel’s inspiration for the Thames Tunnel

The year 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening in 1869 of the East London railway line, completed in 1843 with the help of pioneering technology invented by Marc Isambard Brunel

Art for all, art for free

Whilst cataloguing a collection of papers from the early 19th century, we came across an intriguing note.

The Queen's House - centre of town for 400 years

Discover how the building of the House had a dramatic effect on the history of Greenwich

Andrea Palladio (1508–80)

Andrea Palladio was one of Italy's greatest and most imitated architects, whose influence can be seen in the elegant Queen's House.

Christopher Wren

Best known for designing St. Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren's two loves of astronomy and architecture were combined when he worked on the Royal Observatory Greenwich