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    Cutty Sark Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Adult: £22 | Child: £11 Members go free
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    RNLI day at Cutty Sark Join us on board Cutty Sark for an exciting day of lifesaving demonstrations, activities and talks in collaboration with the RNLI
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    Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition See the world's greatest space photography at the National Maritime Museum
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    Pirates Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is now open
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    ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners The winning images in the world's biggest space photography competition have been revealed
    Cutty Sark’s new binnacle: charting a course for heritage crafts A navigational case shines a light on traditional skills – and prompts intriguing questions into the tea clipper’s history
    HMS Captain: Britain's forgotten maritime disaster The historian leading the search for HMS Captain questions why the sinking of 'one of the finest ships in the world' is not better known today.
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Go behind the scenes with our expert curators, astronomers, conservators and library & archive team

15 Nov 2017
Revealing an icon: conserving the ‘Armada portrait’
Discover the conservation story of the Armada Portrait's restoration, from the early research to the finishing touches.
03 Nov 2017
What is it like to be an astronaut?
"When you're orbiting Earth, you no longer see countries, you see land. It makes you think globally." We interviewed NASA astronaut Scott Kelly...
02 Nov 2017
British and French Prisoners of War, 1793-1815
Discover documents that shine a light on the experiences of captured British and French sailors and soldiers in the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library.
03 Oct 2017
Futility: how a novel foreshadowed the sinking of the Titanic
October's Item of the Month looks at a prescient work of fiction from 1898, Morgan Robertson's Futility.
27 Sep 2017
Jane Franklin: a remarkable woman
When her husband went missing Jane Franklin studied the Arctic from afar, becoming an expert in its geography and the first woman to be awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal. Dr Claire Warrior, Senior Exhibitions Curator, tells the story of how Lady Franklin influenced both the search for her husband and how he is remembered today.
20 Sep 2017
How Inuit oral history helped locate Erebus and Terror
The recent discovery of Frankin's lost ships reveals more than artefacts and history. Amber Lincoln of the British Museum discusses the impact of Inuit oral history on locating the ships and what this means for the future of research in the Arctic.
15 Sep 2017
Top 10 astrophotography tips
Astrophotographers share their tips and tricks for taking the perfect astronomy photo.
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