The research activity taking place at the
National Maritime Museum is incredibly rich and wide-ranging, as can be seen if you're a regular reader of the very diverse entries on this Collections Blog. Research ranges from curatorial research on
new acquisitions, for online projects, publications, galleries and
exhibitions to the specific
project research of our many doctoral students (often
Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded) and
Research Fellows (funded by the Museum's own fellowship programme). There are also major funded research projects such as the
Longitude Project and smaller funded ones to digitize and catalogue sections of the NMM's vast collections.
Alongside this, we have a vibrant programme of
conferences, lectures and seminars, often in partnership with a wide range of external institutions, ensuring that the research being undertaken at NMM is disseminated to a wide audience, but at the same time keeps up with the latest academic thinking in the Museum's various subject areas of maritime history, science of history and technology and art.
Each year we publish a '
Research Newsletter' in print and online, which gives a really good overview of all this varied research activity. Do have a
look! If you would like a paper copy please contact
research@nmm.ac.uk