Museum blog

Lying on its side within the historic Greenwich Park is Queen Elizabeth's Oak. Myths and legends surround the tree as thoroughly as the foliage which now covers it. We can only imagine what it has seen in its long past...

In the Armada Portrait, Elizabeth I is adorned with multiple strings of pearls, sumptuous velvets, silk ribbons and gold embossed designs. It is a painting packed with symbolic meaning - and Renaissance bling!

As part of LGBT History Month author and LGBT/gender historian, Jo Stanley, discusses queer history in the navy.

Royals, courtiers and complex relationships – what can we learn from exploring the lives of those who loved at the Queen's House?

One of my recent cataloguing projects has been a collection of business records relating to Sir William Fraser, principal managing owner of several vessels in the service of the East India Company at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The catalogued items all have the prefix FRS in the Archive Catalogue.

Learn about the life of the pioneering mathematician, astronomer and polymath – and his links with the Royal Observatory

Discover the conservation story of the Armada Portrait's restoration, from the early research to the finishing touches.