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    Cutty Sark Open daily 10am - 6pm Last entry 5.15pm Adult: £22 | Child: £11 Members go free
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    National Maritime Museum Open daily 10am-5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended
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    Queen's House Open daily 10am - 5pm Last entry 4.15pm Free entry Booking recommended
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    Royal Observatory Open daily 10am-7.45pm Last entry 7pm Adult: £24 | Child: £12 Members go free
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    The Sky Tonight 1675 Celebrate 350 years of the Royal Observatory Greenwich by exploring the past and present night sky with our astronomers
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    International Slavery Remembrance Day Explore the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition at the National Maritime Museum and Queen's House
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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 shortlist Explore some of the stunning images shortlisted in the world’s biggest astrophotography competition
    A playful painting with a pressing problem Learn more about this comic scene with a surprising back story – and discover how your support helps care for the national collection
    Astrophotography at the Royal Observatory Royal Observatory astronomers are photographing the skies from historic buildings, continuing a long history of astrophotography at Greenwich
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    Caird Library Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
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Architecture

Architecture

Find out more about Greenwich and London's most spectacular buildings

History of the Queen's House

The centre of Greenwich for hundreds of years, the beautiful Queen's House has also been at the heart of royal life

Inspiring architecture at the Queen's House

Refined, stylish, revolutionary – the white cube of the Queen's House influenced centuries of British architecture

Inigo Jones and the Queen's House

Discover how England’s first Classical building was created

Musing on a mollusc: Brunel’s inspiration for the Thames Tunnel

The year 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening in 1869 of the East London railway line, completed in 1843 with the help of pioneering technology invented by Marc Isambard Brunel

Art for all, art for free

Whilst cataloguing a collection of papers from the early 19th century, we came across an intriguing note.

The Queen's House - centre of town for 400 years

Discover how the building of the House had a dramatic effect on the history of Greenwich

Andrea Palladio (1508–80)

Andrea Palladio was one of Italy's greatest and most imitated architects, whose influence can be seen in the elegant Queen's House.

Christopher Wren

Best known for designing St. Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren's two loves of astronomy and architecture were combined when he worked on the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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Architecture

Find out more about Greenwich and London's most spectacular buildings

History of the Queen's House

The centre of Greenwich for hundreds of years, the beautiful Queen's House has also been at the heart of royal life

Inspiring architecture at the Queen's House

Refined, stylish, revolutionary – the white cube of the Queen's House influenced centuries of British architecture

Inigo Jones and the Queen's House

Discover how England’s first Classical building was created

Musing on a mollusc: Brunel’s inspiration for the Thames Tunnel

The year 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening in 1869 of the East London railway line, completed in 1843 with the help of pioneering technology invented by Marc Isambard Brunel

Art for all, art for free

Whilst cataloguing a collection of papers from the early 19th century, we came across an intriguing note.

The Queen's House - centre of town for 400 years

Discover how the building of the House had a dramatic effect on the history of Greenwich

Andrea Palladio (1508–80)

Andrea Palladio was one of Italy's greatest and most imitated architects, whose influence can be seen in the elegant Queen's House.

Christopher Wren

Best known for designing St. Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren's two loves of astronomy and architecture were combined when he worked on the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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