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Cutty Sark Rig Climb
Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
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Join us on board Cutty Sark for talks and demonstrations celebrating 200 years of the RNLI and their lifesaving work
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Pollution in the River Thames: a history
Lifeline, water source, sewer – follow the murky history of London's relationship with the River Thames
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 shortlist
See a selection of the incredible space images shortlisted in Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024
The nautical origins of everyday phrases
Ever heard that traffic was chock-a-block, been called a son of a gun, or told someone you like the cut of their jib? Learn the maritime origins of phrases you hear every day
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Cleaning a Missionary: Conserving the portrait of John Williams
The Pacific Encounters Gallery features this treated portrait of John Williams, a missionary to the Pacific islands who met a grisly end.
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South Pole exploration: Robert Falcon Scott, 1901–04
In the early 20th century the race was on to reach the South Pole. Robert Falcon Scott led the first British expedition.
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Sundials
For thousands of years, the sundial has told the time and divided the day.
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What made the search for longitude so important?
Why did most of the great European powers offer huge rewards for a way to determine longitude at sea?
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Which time is it?
Next time someone asks you the time, you may enquire if they want to know the atomic, universal, civil, local, solar or sidereal time
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Artist profile: J.M.W. Turner
Our art collection holds a major work by artist J.M.W. Turner: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (1822-24).
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Letters of marque
A letter of marque was a commission authorising privately owned ships (known as privateers) to capture enemy merchant ships.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
In 1789, master's mate Fletcher Christian led a notorious mutiny on the Bounty, which was under the command of William Bligh.
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Nelson's funeral
Nelson was shot at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). His body was brought back to England on board HMS Victory and he was buried at St Paul's Cathedral.
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Cutty Sark's main deck and ship's wheel
Do you have what it takes to steer 963 tons of Victorian tea clipper on the high seas?
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