People and the ocean

From submerged forests to ancient hippos, author Vanessa Taylor explores how discoveries by the banks of the Thames continue to shape our relationship with the river

Forty years ago, the attack on the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior and death of photographer Fernando Pereira caused international outrage.

Learn about Dr Nina Baker’s struggle to become one of the first women navigation officers in the British Merchant Navy

Listen to the stories of women who volunteer with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution – part of a series of recordings by the National Maritime Museum

How does it feel to sail solely using the wind and the waves? Wind, Tide & Oar, a new film by Huw Wahl, explores the essence of engineless sailing

How one photographer’s quest to visit every lifeboat station shines a light on our maritime heritage

“Time and Tide” is filmmaker Paul Wyatt’s love letter to a once-industrial riverside path in Greenwich. This area played a significant role in bridging oceans and changing how we communicate forever. Paul talks to Assistant Curator Aimee Mook about his film.

What is the impact of global change change on Pacific communities? And what should the global response be when a person’s homeland is literally ‘going under’?

Are the oceans really free for all? Find out what could be done to protect marine environments – and who has the power to make it happen