Discover epic stories of exploration and endeavour that have shaped our world today The National Maritime Museum is free, and you not need to book. However, if you would like to guarantee entry and ...

Bring your under-5s on a different adventure every week! Explore the Museum and the collection with your family through facilitated play, songs and stories led by early years specialists. Each session ...

The autumnal equinox occurs in September each year, and in the northern hemisphere the date marks the end of summer and beginning of autumn. The Earth is tilted on its axis. This means that the Sun ...

The historic tea clipper is one of the most famous sights along the River Thames. But why was Greenwich chosen as Cutty ...

Take an hour out of your day to relax in the sumptuous surroundings of the Queen's House, and listen to talented musicians from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Performances take place ...

The Leonids are usually one of the more prolific annual meteor showers, with fast, bright meteors. The Leonid meteor shower is associated with the Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The radiant (the point where ...

Do you know your Spanish farthingale from your Drum? Or your English hood from your French? Types of Tudor fashion evolved throughout the period. Our knowledge of how the Tudors dressed comes largely ...

In the 1570s and 1580s, Queen Elizabeth I granted royal permission to two Englishmen to colonise America. As Spain had laid claim to much of South and Central America, England’s attention was directed ...

The Spice Islands (Malaku, or the Moluccas) are a small group of islands to the north-east of Indonesia, between Celebes and New Guinea. They include Halmahera (the largest), Seram, Buru, Ambon, ...

What are watches on board ship? Life at sea meant short bursts of work followed by short periods of rest, these four-hour long segments of the day are called watches. These are the divisions of the ...

Join the Royal Observatory and the Royal Parks for a day of activities celebrating the winter solstice, and discover the ...

The ship’s biscuit was an important part of the sailor's sea diet before the introduction of canned foods. Long journeys at sea meant food needed to be able to survive the journey. One solution to ...