Every month the team at the Prince Philip Maritime Collection Centre in Kidbrooke host a special tour inviting you to explore a specific theme or topic.
We've been lucky enough to secure a limited amount of free Member tickets for two of the upcoming tours. Check out the tours available below, and book here to secure your free place on the tour.
Please note that once free tickets have been allocated, Members can still book tour tickets for a discounted price of £10.
This event is suitable for those 18+
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Tour of Polar textiles
Thursday 15 August 2024, 7-8.30pm
This tour will use three main objects to focus on three aspects of the work undertaken by the conservators and curators at Royal Museums Greenwich.
Aisling Macken, one of our Textile Conservators, will talk about what conservation process is required to make unique and delicate objects ready for display in galleries, as well as how the collection has been used to inform current scientific studies of the 1845-48 Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition. Aisling has worked at the Museum for five years and her role focuses on working with the Museum’s textile collection, including uniforms, clothing, flags and sailor’s craftwork, preparing these objects for display and loan, as well as assessing new acquisitions and packing objects for storage.
The next half of the tour will be led by Jeremy Michel, Senior Curator of Maritime Technology. By using a single object as the starting point, we will see how the research and stories that cover the object help our understanding of what we have from Franklin’s expedition, where it came from and the politics and personalities involved. Jeremy has worked at the Museum for 22 years, with a recent focus on the polar collections, including co-curating the Polar Worlds gallery. His wider responsibilities include managing the curators overseeing the ships’ plans, historic photographs, small boats, ship models collections and the Cutty Sark.
Plan your visit
Where will the tour take place?
This tour will be held at The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, our state of the art conservation and collection centre in Kidbrooke.
Getting here
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre is a quick, easy journey from central London by rail or via local bus services.
Address: The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, Nelson Mandela Road, Kidbrooke, SE3 9QS
By train: You can reach us from central London via direct routes by Cannon Street London Bridge, Charing Cross and Victoria. Our nearest station is Kidbrooke which is only 5 minute walk away.
By bus: The following buses stop near the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre: 178, B16, 286, 132
By car: There is limited parking space in our car park but we will prioritise parking for visitors with disabilities. Please pre-book, otherwise we cannot guarantee a place. E-mail: ppmcc@rmg.co.uk
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