National Maritime Museum

08/04/2020

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich sites are closed. For further information please see www.rmg.co.uk/coronavirus

Whilst we are closed, our work continues online. Keep following us on Facebook to discover the latest updates, as well as stories from our experts and highlights from our collection: www.rmg.co.uk/discover

We look forward to welcoming you back when we can, but until then stay safe and take care. We thank you for your continued support.

18/03/2019

Who was the first woman to sail around the world?

Who was the first woman to sail around the world?

Unknowingly the first woman to sail around the world and forgotten by history for many years, Jeanne Baret was an extraordinary woman.

04/02/2019

Expedition targets Shackleton's lost ship

Expedition targets Shackleton's lost ship

The coming days will see an attempt to locate the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship.

03/12/2018

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

Can you spot the Plough this beautiful snowy photograph by Beiter Photo? ✨

Explore the #astrophoto2018 aurorae images: http://bit.ly/astrophoto2018-aurorae

12/11/2018

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

On this day in 1912, the bodies of Captain Scott and his men were found on the Ross Ice Shelf.

Captain Scott was wearing these shoes when he died. Watch the full film: http://bit.ly/Scott-relics

09/02/2018

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

The Mercy, starring Colin Firth, portrays Donald Crowhurst's attempt to sail around the world single-handedly in the first race of its kind.

Read the tragic true story that inspired the film.

10/01/2018

The Great British Seaside comes to the National Maritime Museum

From 23 March

Book online for 10% discount | Members go free
http://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/great-british-seaside

📣 Announcing 2018's special exhibition 📣

The Great British Seaside celebrates beach photography by some of Britain’s best-loved photographers - including Martin Parr, Tony Ray Jones, David Hurn and Simon Roberts.

From 23 March | National Maritime Museum | #GBseaside

Book online for 10% discount | Members go free
http://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/great-british-seaside

05/01/2018

Royal Museums Greenwich

HMS Terror and Erebus were bomb vessels, strongly built to fire heavy mortars, and used for exploration in polar regions. So why did they get stuck in Arctic ice and how did they disappear along with their crew for 170 years?

Last chance to piece together the mystery of Franklin's final Arctic expedition. Death in the Ice ends 7 Jan.
http://bit.ly/DeathInTheIce

20/12/2017

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

Inuit oral history has been telling us about British exploration in the Arctic for a very long time.

Last chance to see Death in the Ice at the National Maritime Museum.
Save 20% on tickets:http://bit.ly/InsideDeathInTheIce

06/11/2017

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

On this day in 2014, the ship's bell of HMS Erebus was recovered from icy waters by archaeologists from Parks Canada.

What can it tell us about Franklin's doomed exploration of the Arctic?
http://bit.ly/InsideDeathInTheIce #DeathInTheIce

29/09/2017

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

Take a sneak peek inside our groundbreaking exhibition Death in the Ice with Curator Helen Schulte as she reveals the stories hidden beneath the Ice for 170 years.

Save 20% when you book online: http://bit.ly/TourFranklin

20/09/2017

Royal Museums Greenwich

Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of QE2 - one of the most famous ocean liners of all time.

The Queen launched her namesake from Clydebank, Scotland in 1967. http://bit.ly/RMG-QE2

10/08/2017

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

Yinka Shonibare's Ship in a Bottle or Turner's largest painting? What floats your boat at the National Maritime Museum?

Don't be a tourist, be an explorer.
http://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum

10/08/2017

Royal Museums Greenwich

Royal Museums Greenwich

This single shoe is a powerful link to the 129 men who lost their lives exploring the Arctic in Franklin's final expedition.

http://bit.ly/InsideDeathInTheIce #DeathInTheIce

27/07/2017

Welcome to the National Maritime Museum.

Explore the history of life on the sea - the adventures, the battles, the bravery and the discoveries - through the vast collection of art and objects at the world’s largest maritime museum.

Part of Royal Museums Greenwich