26 Apr 2019
The Triumph of Britannia: naval victory and urban entertainment in mid-eighteenth-century London
25 Apr 2019
Relaunch of the National Maritime Museum Event Space
Following significant investment to the museum, state of the art production equipment has been installed in Neptune Court at the National Maritime Museum.
24 Apr 2019
A journal from HMS Hood
An interesting item from MSS/84/047, a midshipman’s journal kept by Lieutenant Peter Reginald George Worth DSC, RN, from his time aboard HMS Hood, prior to the outbreak of war in 1939.
19 Apr 2019
Night sky highlights - May 2019
13 Apr 2019
Women in Victorian Astronomy: celebrating Annie Maunder (1868-1947)
Learn more about the pioneering 19th century astronomer who transformed our understanding of the Sun
10 Apr 2019
Lieutenant’s logs: Records of Royal Naval voyages 1673-1809
Here in the Caird Library and Archive we are often asked about Royal Naval records relating either to specific individuals, events or ships. Most of the surviving records generated by the Navy during its long history are held by the National Archives at Kew. One set of records we hold on deposit here at Greenwich however are logs written by Royal Naval Lieutenants during the period of 1673-1809.
08 Apr 2019
Construction of an Icon: A Triumphal Procession
A rare and marvellous guest will be coming to Greenwich on Friday 12 April 2019