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Annie Maunder: life, work, legacy
A panel discussion led by curator of the Royal Observatory Dr. Louise Devoy celebrating pioneering solar astronomer and astrophotographer Annie Maunder
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Explore the myth, discover the truth: Pirates at the National Maritime Museum is now open
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See the Queen’s House and its collections in a new light with this series of free lunchtime talks exploring art, architecture, history and our contemporary culture
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The pirate hunter's cup
What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
The art of piracy: imagining the world of Zheng Yi Sao
A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
Night Sky Highlights - April 2025
Discover what to see in the night sky this April, from the Lyrid meteor shower to bright inner planets, and more.
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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
Electronic navigation
Exploring the Arctic
Globes
Globes and globe gores
Herschel family
Meteorological instruments
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Africa
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3 masted
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, bar
Bar
Bar, lead
Barber's pole
Barge
Bark cloth
Bar magnet
Bar magnets
Bar mat
Barnacle
Bar of 8 medals
Bar of 8 orders
Barograph
Barograph barometer
Barograph drawer
Barograph lid
Barograph papers
Barometer
Barometer box fragment
Barometer case and newspaper cutting
Barometer tripod
Barometer tube
Barquetine
Barrel
Barrel, barrel cover and main spring
Barrel-topped chest
Barrel arbor
Barrel arbor blank
Barrel bar with click and two screws
Barrel hoop
Barrel Hoop Fragment
Barrel hoop fragments
Barrel Hoop [part]
Barrel organ
Barrel slide rule
Barrel slide rule box
Barrel slide rule brass holder
Barrel with lid, and stand
Barrel with lid and stand
Barrel with stand
Barricoe
Barricoe Support
Barricoe support
Bar shot
Bar shot stand
Basboard
Baseboard
Baseboard for an Admiral's Barge
Boat Hook
Boat hook
Bottle
box
Bucket
Bust
Bust of Barbary Pirate
Cabinet contents
Cap
Capstan Bar
cast: coin cast: token, farthing, London, 1648(Temple Bar Token)
cast: seal cast: St Bartholomew, common seal of the Prior and Convent, late 13C
cast: seal cast: St Bartholomew, counter seal of the Priory of, ca.1150
Ceremonial Barge
cloth, tapa
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Barge Crew's
Coin cast
Common seal of the Prior and Convent of St Bartholomew, late 13C
Compass Part
Counter seal of the Priory of St Bartholomew, ca.1150
Drogue
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnet, bar
Fairey Barracuda
Flinders Bar
food processing t&e: hoop, barrel
food service t&e: mat, bar
Fresh water barrel
Full hull
Full hull design model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Barrel
Full hull model; Baseboard
Full hull model; Boat hook
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Barricoe
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Barricoe support
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Baseboard
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Bucket
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Drogue
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Fresh water barrel
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Launching rope
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Unidentified part
furniture, ship's: chest, barrel-topped
Gallantry award
geological specimen: tooth, mammoth's
Holder, Brass
House flag
Iron fragment
Iron fragments
Launching Rope
Launching rope
Launching Skids
Lead ballast
Life Float
Life Floats
Mast
Medal on ribbon
meteorological t&e: barometer
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid(height indicator)
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid: barometer, barograph
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(domestic)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(marine)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, cistern)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, syphon)
meteorological t&e: tripod, barometer(tripod only. marine type)
Miniature model
model
Model; Full hull; Rigged model; Sails set
musical t&e: barrel organ, chamber
Navy Board, Full hull model
Oar
Order
other structure: port, Barbary
Painting
Part of the 20ft reflector telescope stand
personal symbol: crest
Plank-on-frame
presentation artifact: trophy: pole, barber's
relic, ship: barrel
Rigged
Rigged model
Rowing Barge
Royal Barge
Sail
Sails set
Scale bar
Sculpture
Seal cast
Shot, Bar
Siapo
Slide rule box
Stand
Steering Oar
surveying & navigational t&e: bar, flinders
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, bar
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, bar(compass correction)
Sympiesometer
Tapa cloth
Telescope Barrel
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa(modern)
Thermometer
Timing weights
Token, farthing, London, 1648
Towing Post
Tripod barometer
Unidentified Part
Unidentified part
Waterline model; Miniature model; Fairey Barracuda
water transport: cargo/passenger vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: man o' war (Spain)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate (Barbary)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate, Barbary
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: scenic)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: service vessel: barge, admiral's
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: unknown function: boat
water transport: unknown function: ship (Algerine)
water transport accessory: bar, lead(Roman)
Western Tug & Barge Co
Western Tug & Barge Co HOuse flag
Yoke
zoological specimen: barnacle(pair)
zoological specimen: barnacle ?
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boxwood
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Canadian rock elm
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card
cardboard
chamois leather
clinker
cork
earthenware
felt
gilt
glass
glass, wood, rope, wax, paper, string
gun metal
iron
ivory
lead paint
leather
linen
mahogany
mercury
metal
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: lead
metal: steel
metal alloy
metal threads
nacre
oak
oil on canvas
oil on canvas, frame
oil on panel
organic: nacre
organic: twine
paint
paper
plaster
sand
silk
silk threads
silver
silver glass
steel
synthetic: plastic
synthetic fibre
teak
terracotta
textile
tin?
velvet
wood
wood - mahogany
wood: deal
wood: mahogany veneer
wood: oak
wood: pine
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Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
Display - QH
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
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Display - Voyagers
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Adie, Alexander James
Adie, Patrick
Admiralty Compass Observatory
Bray Developments Company
Broderip & Wilkinson
Carbic Limited
Cary
Cary & Co.
Cary Porter Ltd
Cetti, C
Christian, Mauatua
Cousins
Dover, A. W.
Edward John Dent & Co.
Eertvelt, Andries van
Elliott Bros
Foerster, W.
Fox, Robert Were
Gautrau
George, W.
Gibson and Peat
Haward, Peter
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, William
I & A Walker
Johann Alexander Herschel
John Samuel White and Co. Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Mechanism Ltd
Minderhout, Hendrik van
Monamy, Peter
Nairne & Blunt
Negretti & Zambra
Netherlandish School, 17th century
Newman, I.
Newman, John Frederick
Pope, H. J.
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
Unknown
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Verschuier, Lieve Pietersz
Vroom, Cornelis Hendricksz
W. & S. Jones
W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd
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Berlin
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Falmouth
Fiji
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Holwell, England
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London
Pacific Ocean
Pitcairn Island
Rochefort, France
Samoa
Slough
St. Albans
Staffordshire
Swansea, Wales
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Westminster
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702
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Bengloe (1961)
Bombay (1828)
Boyne (1810)
Cutty Sark (1869)
Fox (1855)
Hamadryad 1804
Kingfisher 1675
Penn (1941)
Raleigh 1806
Royal George (1788)
Salisbury (1814)
Santissima Trinidada 1769 (man-of-war: Spain)
Temeraire (1798)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
Victory (1765)
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Arctic Convoys
Art for the Nation
Nelson, Navy, Nation
Palmer Collection
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Turmoil and Tranquillity
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Barbary pirate
Bassett, D. H.
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Cockburn, George
Commissioners of the Navy
Cook, James
Franklin, John
Green
Harnage, George
Henderson, John
Hood, Alexander
Hood, Samuel
Jervis, John
Joaquim Antunes Ferreira & Co.
Lettforn, Dr
Lewin, Terence Thornton
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Nelson, Horatio
Netherlands: Navy
Petersen, Johan Carl Christian
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh
Roku Rata Lala
Royal Navy
Salter, Jocelyn S.C.
School of Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom
St Bartholomew, Priory of
Stock, A R A
The Western Tug and Barge Co
Thompson, Richard
Williams, John
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Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Baseboard
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Bucket
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Barricoe
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Unidentified part
Barograph
Barometer
Bar shot
Stick barometer (Barometer)
Barometer tube
Action between English ships and Barbary pirates (Painting)
Bar magnet
Flinders Bar
Bar magnet
Non-regulation cap (Cap)
Stick barometer (Barometer)
Ferreira(1869); Cargo vessel; 3 masted Barquetine (Model; Full hull; Rigged model; Sails set)
Bar
Meteorological Office standard barometer (Barometer)
Marine barometer (Barometer)
Barograph
2222 (Barometer)
Royal Observatory Standard Barometer 1840-1950 (Barometer)
20ft (reflector) telescope stand (Part of the 20ft reflector telescope stand)
Lead ballast
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