Museum Collections & Archive

Museum Collections & Archive in their new home at Charlton

Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust are delighted to announce the completion of the Museum Collections and Archive move of the Royal borough of Greenwich to their new home in Charlton. Following a substantial investment by the Royal borough of Greenwich, the museum collections and archive of the borough are now housed together, for the first time in their 100-year history, at a new facility and store fitted to the highest standards of collection and archive care and management. This new facility and research space will be open to the public by appointment only at the beginning of September, following a period of piloting new appointment and security systems over the summer. Additional focus is to prepare and turn the new research room into a welcoming and accessible space for the general public and academics to visit to carry out their research. We will announce an official opening date nearer to the time, in the meantime any specific questions related to making an appointment can be sent to the Trust directly by Messenger or at [email protected].

Have you heard about and joined a Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust facebook group yet? You'll have the opportunity to hear about some exciting plans over the coming months... For anyone interested in adult activities and events (25+), please join RGHT Generations at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtgenerations/ For anyone interested in activities and events for families and children under the age of 16, please join RGHT Families at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtfamilies/ For anyone interested in activities and events for young adults (16-25), please join RGHT Young Adults at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtyoungadults/ For anyone interested in activities of the Museum Collections & Archive, please join RGHT Collections at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtcollections/ For Friends of Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, please join RGHT Friends at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtfriends/

From April onwards Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust will be sharing some exciting news and plans for the assets in our care, and we would like to hear your thoughts, ideas and suggestions. Join one of our brand new facebook groups to hear these plans and to tell us what you think. For anyone interested in adult activities and events (25+), please join RGHT Generations at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtgenerations/ For anyone interested in activities and events for children under the age of 16, please join RGHT Families at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtfamilies/ For anyone interested in activities and events for young adults (16-25), please join RGHT Young Adults at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtyoungadults/ For anyone interested in activities of the Museum Collections & Archive, please join RGHT Collections at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtcollections/ For Friends of Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, please join RGHT Friends at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rghtfriends/

Next Thursday 6.30pm see @LizAtkin Live in action!✨✨✨✨ £15 on the door includes 1 drink (a pay bar will also be available) @LizAtkin talk, a chance to have a go at #CompulsiveCharcoal (materials provided) and a year membership to Friends of RGHT. Why wouldn't you?!?! ❣️❣️

Here Come the Girls

Fun with May at Eltham library today

Our Girls. May who lives on the Progress Estate, Nell the Munition Worker and Ivy the VAD Nurse. They will be telling their stories on our tour to various locations across the Royal Borough. Dates and venues to follow...

What a wonderful day making Puppets... Here are just some of the fabulous puppets that were made including Mr Fancy, a T-Rex (a vegetarian one mind you) Darth Vader and a new superhero, Johnny Two Hearts.

Its going to be difficult to pick a book to swap...

A few sneaky pictures of our preparations for the Book Swap tomorrow. Drop in from 11 am - 3 pm and swap a book, have your face painted, learn to knit or make a bookmark!

Something for everyone at our Museum Late tonight. What a fun filled evening, thank you to everyone who gave their time to make it happen

What a fabulous evening. If you missed it, follow us on FB and Twitter for the next one. Merry Christmas!