Museum blog

While Mars may be the planet that springs to mind when there are discussions of possible alien life in our Solar System, a publication on the discovery of a rare gas (phosphine) in Venus's atmosphere may mean that there is more than one planet that possesses the potential for life.

A new project at Royal Museums Greenwich aims to open up records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital, a floating hospital at the heart of 19th century Greenwich.

Captain Matthew Webb was the first person to swim across the English Channel unaided. Using our library and archive collections we research the life of this extraordinary man.

How did Elizabeth I use gendered symbolism in the Armada Portrait? Dr Kit Heyam explores.

Lockdown may have kept visitors away, but it hasn't stopped Royal Museums Greenwich's security team. They have been working round the clock as usual to keep the ship safe.

Juno is a space probe developed by NASA which is currently orbiting around Jupiter. Now 4 years into its mission, what has the Juno probe revealed about the largest planet in our solar system?

At the end of the Second World War Britain was busy rebuilding a nation that was shattered by the war. The British government recruited workers from the Caribbean to cope with the shortage of labour in some British industries.