Here’s all the accessibility information about visiting the National Maritime Museum that you need, including access resources and special events The Changing Places toilet is at the National Maritime ...

The daring dog dived nearly 11,000 metres (36,000 feet) to the deepest point of the ocean before returning safely to the surface. In doing so Snoopy became part of an exclusive club: to date, only 27 ...

The National Maritime Museum will celebrate Diwali with All Together Now, a free festival curated by Mehala Ford, founder of COMMONGROUND& and Friday Sari Project. Taking place on 7 November 2026, the ...

(Updated, June 2016). This panorama was originally mounted as a complete circle about 10 feet 6 inches (3.2m) across. Only a few spectators at a time would have been able to view it, by stepping up ...

We’ve got all the information you need to find accessible routes to visit the Royal Observatory Greenwich The Royal Observatory is at the top of a steep hill in Greenwich Park. There are two routes ...

A variety of names for the novice sea-goer exist, including tadpoles, griffins and pollywogs (American slang for tadpole). A wide variety of characters can also be included in the festivities: 19th ...

Naval volunteer Howard Ormerod shares his memories of 25 May 1982, when a container ship requisitioned by the British government was hit and sunk by Argentinian forces. On 2 April 1982, Argentinian ...

In this blog we look at cartographer John Rocque's An Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, ‘the outstanding plan of the capital in the eighteenth century’ One of the treasures of the ...

The Company’s own records are in the Asia Pacific & Africa Collections, The British Library. However the Museum holds books and manuscripts useful to anyone researching the history of the company or ...

The Shepherd Gate Clock was installed at the gates to the Observatory, and was the first clock ever to show Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) directly to the public. The first thing y'llou notice about the ...

The aurora is one of the most spectacular displays in the night sky – but how are these curtains of colourful light formed? Learn more about what causes the aurora borealis with astronomers from Royal ...

The gold lace on naval officers’ uniforms has traditionally be used to indicate rank. But what are its origins? Distinction lace – or ‘gold rings’ – on the cuffs of naval officers’ uniforms evolved ...