18 Jul 2022
A closer look at the Thames lightermen and watermen
In this blog we look at the larger-than-life characters who carried people and goods on London’s river in centuries gone by.
05 Jul 2022
Workshops on the theme of healing - Refugee Week 2022
See the outcome of workshops centred around Refugee Week 2022's healing theme, hosted by BLKBRD Collective in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum
17 Jun 2022
Workhouse woe and boys saved from blindness: stories from HMS NHS: the Nautical Health Service
Discover just some of the stories recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital.
13 Jun 2022
HMS Sylvia's Circumnavigation of Hokkaido
In this month’s blog we travel to Japan, more precisely to its northernmost island of Hokkaido, and through a journal kept in 1871 by Lieutenant Swinton Colthurst Holland, meet the local Ainu people.
23 May 2022
The sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor: Falklands conflict oral history
Naval volunteer Howard Ormerod shares his memories of 25 May 1982, when a container ship requisitioned by the British government was hit and sunk by Argentinian forces.
19 May 2022
Sickness and health at sea
The Caird Library and Archive's new display case highlights sickness and healthcare in the Georgian Royal Navy
28 Apr 2022
The surgeon's mate by John Woodall
Learn more about Woodall's medical guide for the sea-going surgeon in the Caird Library collection