View of Greenwich Hospital from the north bank
Events and festivals

Disability History Month at the Queen's House

Join us for a day of talks to mark Disability History Month

Saturday 16 November 2024 | 11am-4.30pm
Free (with the exception of the Treasures Tour)
Queen's House
Winter sunlight in Greenwich Park, with the buildings of the Royal Observatory visible on the hill
Events and festivals

Winter Solstice Festival

Join the Royal Observatory and The Royal Parks for a day of activities celebrating the winter solstice, and discover the science behind the shortest day of the year

Saturday 21 December 2024 | 12-6pm
Free
Royal Observatory
A still from a film documenting Cutty Sark's arrival in Greenwich in 1954
Exhibitions

70 years of Cutty Sark in Greenwich

A new display explores how the ship made its final voyage to its Thames-side location

Open daily | 10am-5pm
Included with Cutty Sark entry
Cutty Sark
Boat passing a headland at sunrise
Talks and tours | Maritime History and Culture Seminars

The Cattewater Tudor wreck in Plymouth: excavation and reinterpretation of the first protected wreck in the UK

Join us online for a free talk hosted by the National Maritime Museum, part of the Maritime History and Culture series

Tuesday 17 December 2024 | 5.15pm
Free
Online
Profile photograph of harpist Lucia Foti. She has dark curly hair and her head is leaning against a large golden harp
Events and festivals | Museum Lates

Evening concerts at the Queen's House

A night of music featuring soprano Sofia Bagulho and harpist Lucia Foti

Friday 29 November 2024 | 7.30-8.30pm
Adult: £16 | Child: £8
Queen's House
The gold hilt of a sword against a dark fabric background. The outline of a human skull has been digitally superimposed on to the right side of the hilt, creating an unsettling central motif
Exhibitions

Pirates

Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is now OPEN

Open daily until 4 January 2026 | 10am-5pm
Adult: £15 | Student: £11.25 | Child: £7.50
National Maritime Museum
Two women converse happily during an activity at a Museum. One is wearing a patterned headscarf and has a tote bag over her shoulder; the other has a yellow top and is facing away from the camera
Events and festivals

Black History Month

Celebrate the stories and perspectives Black communities past and present this October at Royal Museums Greenwich

Throughout October
See individual events for details
In Greenwich
Painting of Louis XIV
Talks and tours | Maritime History and Culture Seminars

The Sun King at Sea: maritime art and galley slavery in Louis XIV's France

A free online talk hosted by the National Maritime Museum, part of the Maritime History and Culture series

22 October 2024 | 5:15pm
Free
Online
The wreck of Endurance, showing the ship's stern, name and emblematic polestar
Talks and tours | Member events

Wonders in the Deep

Hear stories from the world-famous underwater archaeologist, Mensun Bound.

Thursday 10 October 2024 | 6.30pm-7.30pm
Free for Members | £8 for non-Member tickets SOLD OUT
Cutty Sark
with the River Thames and Canary Wharf in the background
Talks and tours | Salons in the Queen's House

Salons in the Queen's House: Architectures of Empire

In this free lunchtime talk, hear Assistant Curator Vittoria Cervini talk about the architectural and imperial afterlives of the Queen’s House

Wednesday 30 October | 1pm-1.45pm
Free
Queen's House