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While practitioner in residence at Royal Museums Greenwich during 2016-2017, Paddy Hartley created new artwork in response to the histories of ex-servicemen in and around the National Maritime Museum, with the help of curators, archivists, conservators and the visiting public. In this blog post written during his residency, he reveals how the stories of two World War I servicemen inspired his work.

Learn more about the textile artist and ceramicist's work while practitioner in residence at Royal Museums Greenwich between 2016-2017

The Lusitania was one of the great cruise liners of her day. The sinking of the passenger ship off Ireland in 1915 will live in infamy.

No other planet has been studied as closely as Mars - but what do we know about the Red Planet? And could humans ever live there?

Learn how explorer Robert Falcon Scott's ski overshoes were prepared for display in the new Polar Worlds gallery

Learn more about the nocturnal or ‘nocturlabe’, used for centuries to tell the time based on the movement of the stars

Discover what to see in November's night sky, including the Leonid meteor shower, several planets, and the Pleiades star cluster

Discover what to see in September's night sky, including a majestic winged horse, a galaxy far, far away, and a selection of planets.

How habitable are Jupiter's icy moons? Why is the Solar System's largest moon so unique? How did Jupiter, and other gas giant planets, form? Find out how the European Space Agency's groundbreaking JUICE mission will answer these questions and more.

Discover what to see in the night sky in February 2023, including planetary conjunctions and a rarely seen lunar impact basin.