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Type Family fun
Location
In Greenwich
Date and Times Every other month | 11am-11.45am, 12.15pm-1pm, 1.30pm-2.15pm, 2.45pm-3.30pm
Prices Free for Family Members – booking required

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Join us for our ongoing crafting sessions for younger Members, taking place across our sites. We'll be making rockets, ships and undersea creatures. 

This event is recommended for Members aged 3-8 and their adults. 

Please note that only Members with Family Memberships will be able to book tickets to this event. 

Dates for 2025 and locations

Saturday 2 August: Create your very own Pirate Parrots in the Seminar Room at the National Maritime Museum. 

Saturday 11 October: Make a solar system completely by your own design in the Seminar Room at the National Maritime Museum. 

Saturday 13 December: Design festive Pom Pom Fish Baubles in the Seminar Room at the National Maritime Museum. 

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Join today for a host of exclusive benefits and events, including unlimited free entry to Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, shows at the Peter Harrison Planetarium, and special exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum.

With Membership starting from as little as £65, what are you waiting for? Membership is your time to explore!

What’s On

Girls doing craft
Family fun | Member events

Members' crafting

Join us for exclusive craft workshops, just for Members.
Every other month | 11am-11.45am, 12.15pm-1pm, 1.30pm-2.15pm, 2.45pm-3.30pm
Free for Family Members – booking required
In Greenwich
Talks and tours | Member events

Members' Tour

Embark on a voyage of discovery around the Museum in the company of one of our volunteer guides
Various dates | 11am - 12pm
Free for Members | Booking essential
In Greenwich
Illustration of a pirate, with dagger and rifle over his shoulder
Talks and tours | Member events

Members' Lecture: Pirate Commonwealths

Join Dr Richard Blakemore as we delve deeper into 'pirate commonwealths' and how they affected empires, politics and piracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Thursday 10 July 2025 | 6.30pm
Free for Members
National Maritime Museum
Eleanor Anne Porden
Talks and tours | Member events

Members' Lecture: Eleanor Anne Porden

Uncover the often-forgotten life of John Franklin's first wife, Eleanor Anne Porden, with author Sam Pope
Monday 14 July 2025 l 6.30pm
Free for Members
National Maritime Museum
Aerial view of waves crashing in a dark blue sea
Talks and tours | Member events

Members' Lecture: Blue Machine

Discover the blue machine that drives our planet with scientist and presenter Dr Helen Czerski
Monday 21 July 2025 l 6.30pm
Free for Members
National Maritime Museum