Online bookings are currently unavailable due to planned site maintenance, but please try again later. Tickets to all our museums are also available on the day from admissions desks. The autumnal ...

This Easter we're playing with mark-making and materials to turn drawing on its head! Come and get stuck in this spring with SEAson of Drawing activities for the whole family, inspired by the Van de ...

A letter of marque was a commission authorising privately owned ships (known as privateers) to capture enemy merchant ships. A letter of marque was issued by the High Court of Admiralty. Any captured ...

Queen Elizabeth I inherited a nation suffering from religious flux, but went on to build a stable, peaceful nation. Queen Elizabeth I wanted to build a stable, peaceful nation with a strong government ...

In 1789, master’s mate Fletcher Christian led a notorious mutiny on the Bounty, which was under the command of William Bligh. The mutiny on the Bounty is one of the most well known mutinies that ever ...

How do you know that your watch, clock or phone is telling exactly the right time? At one time, the only way was to look to the roof of the Observatory. Picture the scene, you are looking down from ...

Online bookings are currently unavailable due to planned site maintenance, but please try again later. Tickets to all our museums are also available on the day from admissions desks. The National ...

Ryan Imperio's spellbinding image of our Sun earned him the top prize in Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 ...

What would happen if the Moon disappeared? Do we really need the Moon in the night sky? What is its actual purpose? If the Moon were to one day simply disappear, there would be some disastrous ...

Crew agreements for British-registered merchant ships, crew lists or muster-rolls and official ships' logs are of particular interest to genealogists and people tracing family history, and to anyone ...

The enduring influence of nautical styles in fashion have been long celebrated in British culture. Find out more about its origins and the role of Queen Victoria. As a maritime nation, naval and ...

Discover what it means when a planet is in opposition, and the dates of the next planetary oppositions The best time to see and photograph a planet is when it is at 'opposition'. Find out more and ...